2010 – One year after

The unrest throws many lessons for us to think over

WORDS WITHIN By Firdous Syed

 June 11 today, exactly a year ago Tufail Matoo was killed in the most barbarous way. The killing of a 17 year old school going boy, the only son of his parents, triggered an intense unrest. The tempestuous events of 2010 are deeply agonising, the death of more than 110 innocent boys, women and More
Long shadows of short stories

All a short story needs at its core is a moment; enigmatic, immense, unique.

LITERATURE By Navtej Sarna

The sky is a splattered sunset orange. The sun, a blazing hoop of fire, balances itself on the taught line of the horizon and then sinks effortlessly into the sea. The swaying palm leaves make silhouettes and the last of the sailboats are heading, still aided by a strong breeze, homewards. The next More
  • Kashmir

Will remain CM for 6-years: Omar

‘NO SCOPE FOR CABINET EXPANSION’

KASHMIR NEWS SERVICE

Srinagar, June 10: Dismissing the speculations of rotational Chief Minister in JK after January 2012,  Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Friday, said 10-Janpath hasn’t given any such indication and he More


  • Srinagar City

Safa Kadal school pays Rs 3 lakh rent, sans basic amenities

Established in 1955, Govt institution craves for permanent space

MOAZUM MOHAMMAD

Srinagar, June 10: Want to know how concerned the authorities are towards education in Shahr-e-Khaas? Sample this: The state government spends Rs three lakh annually as rentals for school building at Safa More



  • Jammu

2-DySPs including 4 police officers under scanner

Chopra Murder case

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, June 10: While former National Conference legislator and his brother, arrested for their alleged involvement in infamous Chopra Murder Case, were sent to five days police remand by a local court More


  • Briefs

Cop saves tourists

SHEIKH NAZIR

Ganderbal, June 10: A policeman saved two tourists from drowning at Gagangeer Sonamarg on Friday. Eyewitness told Greater Kashmir Sumit Kumar and his son Manish Kumar of Janipur Rajsthan slipped into More


  • Business

FM for switching to accrual based accounting in JK

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 10: Underscoring the need for a smooth and time-bound migration of government accounts from traditional (manual) system to accrual based accounting (ABA) to make accounts transparent and More


  • News

15 CHILDREN DIE IN PaK ACCIDENT

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, June 10: At least 15 children were feared dead when a van carrying students fell into a canal near Mirpur in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) Friday, police said. The van, which was More


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