The Arab street

Early to say what will be the outcome of these protests

GUEST COLUMN By Seema Mustafa

The Arab street has spoken. The anger had been felt by the despotic governments in power when the United States invaded Iraq and let loose its “shock and awe” bombs on the hapless people. There were protests in most parts of the Middle East but the governments, most of them having close ties with More
School is the bedrock

EDUCATION

From here we lay the foundation of a robust system of education, writes Dr Farooq Ahmad Peer

 Nobody knows when or where the first schools were started. But it is not so difficult to understand why they started? The earliest school of which we have any knowledge was one existed in Mesopotamia around 2100 B. C. The object of the creation of schools there was surely to impart the teaching More
The Bard by any other name...

LITERATURE

Shakespeare can be found in many places, in many guises. A quick tour by Visa Ravindran

There have been many adaptations of Shakespeare, some bizarre, some cleverly transposed in time and place without losing the grandeur of the originals that inspired them. For those purists who believe that without his original poetry the majesty of Shakespeare's language is lost, modern adaptations More
  • Kashmir

Geelani issues novel calendar

Lists killings, summer unrest events

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Jan 30: After remaining in the limelight last year for issuing protest calendars, the Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani has chosen a novel way to enlist the major killings More


  • Srinagar City

RURALIZATION OF CITY AREAS FEARED TO FAVOR LAND MAFIA!

FOLLOW UP

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Jan 30: Government’s proposed move to “ruralize” some of the City areas by excluding them from the Srinagar municipal limits is feared to favour “land mafia” for construction of residential colonies More



  • News in Brief

16 Valley children participate in NCSC

Srinagar, Jan 30: Sixteen U-16 young scientists of the Valley have participated in the 18th National Children’s Science Congress recently held at Vel’s University, Pallawaram Chennai. Owais Ahmad More


  • Business

J&K Bank clocks Rs 167 cr net profit in Q3

Bank is guardian of JK’s industry, commerce and trade: Mushtaq Ahmad

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 30: The J&K Bank, state’s only listed company, has registered a net profit of Rs 167.88 crore for the third quarter ended December 2010, which is up by 20 per cent approximately from More


  • News

India, Pak must discuss JK at Thimpu meet: Experts

‘Borders can be made irrelevant if not changed; People should be consulted’

Bangkok, Jan 30: A group of senior opinion makers from India and Pakistan including retired ambassadors, foreign secretaries, intelligence chiefs, army chiefs, academics, political leaders and strategic More


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