Celebrating Adventure Tourism Year

Tourism 2011

Declaring 2011 as Adventure Tourism Year will no doubt revive the theme of adventure tourism, but we need to celebrate it not just in letter, but in spirit too, writes Muhammad Yusuf

Declaration of 2011 as the ‘Year of Adventure Tourism’ by the Tourism Ministry of Jammu and Kashmir state was a step in right direction towards revival and development of adventure and recreation tourism in the state but half of the year has already passed and non of the celebration events have been More
The marriage market

SOCIETY

Getting married is the most expensive thing to happen in the valley writes Salman Nizami

On the afternoon before his wedding day this fall, Faisal was sitting in an empty teahouse worrying a glass of tea between his fingers, his brow furrowed in concern. He confessed to feeling a certain anxiety at seeing his bachelor’s independence slipping away. But something else was troubling him More
IT does matter?

CYBERAGE

This is the era of Information Technology and we can't afford to isolate ourselves,writes Suhail Shafi Shah

The information technology is one of the essential components of modern as well as post modern societies and is considered to be a signal facet of every activity. Be it railways, banking system, sea networks and other business and defence activities-----that has become significant during last thirty More
  • Kashmir

Healthy, educated JK my endeavor: Omar

AWAMI MULAQAT

Srinagar, July 27: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that during the first two years of his tenure the attention was paid to provide necessary paraphernalia to the hospitals, schools, colleges More


  • Srinagar City

Chinar ‘amputated’ at B&J Hospital

GK CITY REPORTER

Srinagar, July 27: A majestic green Chinar was chopped down in broad daylight at Bone and Joints Hospital in the City drawing flak from various quarters who have sought a probe into the “killing of heritage More



  • Jammu

E-governance in JK, a distant dream

Professionals Find Govt Jobs Lackluster

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, July 27: The much hyped E-governance project to create paperless offices in Jammu and Kashmir is still a distant dream as the computer professionals in the state are not showing much interest in More


  • South Asia

Pakistan Foreign Office's 'Fab 4' all women team

AGENCIES

Islamabad: For the first time, Pakistan's foreign office has an all-women team at the helm, including its first female foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar who completes a powerful quartet. Filling More


  • National

Lokayukta indicts Karnataka CM in illegal mining

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Bangalore, July 27: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa's survival hung in suspense tonight after the state Lokayukta strongly indicted him over payment of about Rs 30 crore kickbacks by a mining More


  • World

UK recognises Libyan rebels

Expels Qaddafi envoys

London, July 27: Britain has officially recognized Libya’s main opposition group as the country’s legitimate government, and on Wednesday expelled all diplomats from Muammar Qaddafi’s regime.Foreign Secretary More


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