Baba loag’s wonderland

What New Delhi and Srinagar can do to improve Kashmir’s tourism

Arjimand Hussain Talib

Kashmir is smiling this summer. It is not that all is well for its people though. After three successive summers of mayhem, it is a moment of respite. Tourists are swelling this land again. Life in Srinagar looks vibrant today. Other tourist spots are buzzing with cosmopolitan activity. In all this More
We Had Our Hyde Parks

Parks full of politics, wit and humour

Nostalgia By ZGM

I don’t   remember exactly, when for the first time I heard leaders speaking from a stage made of massive wooden planks erected on the lawns of the Mujahid Manzil. But, I do I very vividly remember that the two story building made of red brick on the banks of the river Jhelum facing the Khanqah More
….. and then there were none…

LOSING LIVES ONE BY ONE

We are reproducing an article by Sajid Iqbal, a young columnist who lost his life in a tragic road accident recently

Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; one choked his little self and then there were nine… (Tufail Ahmad Mattoo) Maximum restraint...For the past few weeks, with young Kashmiris dropping like flies all around me, I have been mulling that phrase over. I ask myself, in matters of crowd control More
  • Kashmir

Invest in your own state: Mir to businessmen

GK NEWS NETWORK

Tilgam (Pattan) June 18: Agriculture Minister, Ghulam Hassan Mir, on Saturday urged local investors to invest in J&K rather than in Delhi and Mumbai to provide ample employment opportunities to educated More


  • Srinagar City

SDA team heckled at Pantha Chowk bus stand

Development authority files FIR against ‘erring school authorities’

GK CITY REPORTER

Srinagar, June 18: A team of Srinagar Development Authority officials was “heckled and kept hostage” at Pantha Chowk bus terminal by drivers of a prominent English medium school  at Athwajan who had More



  • Jammu

SRTC heading towards management crisis

Top Management Posts To Be Vacant In 1 Yr

SYED AMJAD SHAH

Jammu, June 18: The Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) is heading towards a possible management crisis as around 17 officials of the corporation are retiring this year and in the More


  • Briefs

Attention Hajj pilgrims 2011

Srinagar, June 18: JK State Hajj Committee, Srinagar on Saturday asked the intending Hajj pilgrims of 2011 having age above 70 years and registered in covers of 3, 4 and 5 to give their consent in writing More


  • Business

Omar pitches for investments in JK

Says govt ready to provide package of incentives to investors

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 18: Pitching for investments into the state, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said government was ready to provide package of incentives to investors and satisfy their queries and apprehensions More


  • News

Afghanistan, US in contact with Taliban: Karzai

Kabul, June 18: President Hamid Karzai said today that Afghanistan and the United States are engaged in peace talks with the Taliban, even as insurgents stormed a police station near the presidential palace More


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