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MRI correction
The last paragraph of Dr. Javid Iqbal’s coloumn is indeed the summary of our agony. Thank you for putting it so well; may the message reach one and all. It is a joy to read his writings, the latest one was no different!  Just a correction. The meaning of MRI  is Magnetic Resonance Imaging. < More
Deporting truth
This refers to the article by Mr. Abdul Majid Zargar titled `Deporting Gautam Naulakha’. The writer deserves appreciation for expressing his views in a most objective manner. I, as a Kashmir suffering the violations of human rights for decades, want to express my heart-felt gratitude to the writer for More
Stop arrests
This refers to the news “258 booked under PSA” and subsequent clarification of police on the issue. I am a resident of Baramulla. Here police arrest youth every now and then. Now that there is peace in Kashmir, such arrests have the tendency to fuel unrest in the Valley. Last year the Government of India More
Imposing restrictions
This refers to imposition of Section 144 in Srinagar for a period of two months. I agree with Advocate Zaffar Shah that the state government has misused this section in the name of security concerns. By taking such measures, the government is just trying to provoke the peace-loving people of Kashmir More
No powers
This refers to the news “Omar assures maximum powers to Panchayats.” The same day there was a news about an officer beating to pulp a Sarpanch in Handwara. This highhandedness of police and bureaucrats must end in the larger interest of the society. Every where people are either rebuked by the officers More
  • Kashmir

Kashmir Committee meets Nayeem, Shah, Mir ors

‘SEPARATISTS FOR PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF K-ISSUE’

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 3: The Kashmir Committee on Friday met various separatist leaders here and discussed the Kashmir issue threadbare. Continuing their mission Kashmir, the four member panel on second More


  • Srinagar City

2 decades on, Cheap Market shopkeepers await rehabilitation

SYED IMRAN ALI HAMDANI

Srinagar, June 3: In mid ‘90s government removed shops from a market, popularly known as Cheap Market, at Jehangir Chowk, with an assurance that the affected would be relocated. Around two decades on, More



  • Jammu

‘AIDS spreading in rural areas’

Cultural Groups, NGOs To Launch Awareness Campaign

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, June 3: With the detection of increasing number of AIDS cases from rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir, the Government has decided to involve cultural organizations and theatre groups to create awareness More


  • Briefs

Dr Showkat Zargar assumes charge

Srinagar, June 3: Prof. (Dr) Showkat Ali Zargar today assumed the charge as director, Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura.  In a communiqué, SKIMS said, Prof. Showkat Ali Zargar More


  • Business

‘Institutional mechanism essential for Islamic banking’

Interest-fee transactions gaining popularity at rapid pace: VC KU

MOAZUM MUHAMMAD

Srinagar, June 3: Vice chancellor, Kashmir University, Prof Talat Ahmad today said the Islamic banking and insurance has registered a 10 to 15 per cent annual growth during last decade. He said the More


  • News

Prince Barkat dies in road accident

Gilgit/Muzaffarabad, June 3: Prince Barkat Ali, the Meer Sahib of Nagar, died in a road accident near Karbala earlier this week. He was laid to rest at Najaf. The deceased had taken up diplomatic profession More


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