The day when nation was sold

16th March 1846 – THE AMRITSAR TREATY

And sold so cheaply, Dr.Javid Iqbal takes a leaf from history

Gulab Singh assumed sovereign rights, over Kashmir as enshrined in Article 4 and 12 of Lahore treaty, signed on 9th March. The treaty of Amritsar, a shadowy deal formalised what was agreed in Lahore. Allama Iqbal says of the deal:Dahkan, Kisht, Joey Va Khayaban Farukh’tandQaum-i- Farukh’tand More
People with a history

KASHMIR

Dr Farooq Ahmad Peer rummages through the pages of history finishing with a hopeful note

Historians believe that Kashmir used to be a huge lake - named Kashyap Sar - before human beings began to inhabit it. According to Nilmata Purana as well as Kalhana’s Rajtarangini, the Valley of Kashmir was a lake and Kashyap Rishi, a grandson of Brahama, is said to have drained out the waters of More
Mismanaged hospitals

HEALTHCARE

Hospital Administration is a specialized field which requires trained professionals. We can't leave it to the mercy of a general line doctor, comments Musadiq Imtiyaz

Professions must be run by relevant professionals. A Neurologist can’t be a Pathologist. A gynecologist can’t be an ophthalmologist and same way General Surgeon cannot be a Neurosurgeon.  Then how can any specialist or a General Line Doctor become a Hospital administrator?  It is a known More
  • Kashmir

Process of recording evidence underway

ZAHID FAROOQ KILLING

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, Mar 15: The General Security Force Court today began the process of recording evidence against a BSF commandant and a constable in the case related to the killing of a teenaged boy in Nishat More


  • Srinagar City

Of stray dogs, Govt inaction and fear on Zaina Kadal banks

DAY-2: OMAR’S BODY STILL UNTRACED

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Mar 15: Zaina Kadal Jhelum banks witness an unusual scene for the second running day Tuesday. Scores of people stand silently with eyes fixed on the motorboats of the River Police as cops keep More



  • Jammu

4440 KP families applied for return: Government

‘1790 migrant candidates given jobs in Valley’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 15: Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla Tuesday said the state government is working on a comprehensive return policy for Kashmiri Pandit migrants and 4440 families More


  • News in Brief

9 of a family injured in cylinder blast

Bandipora, Mar 15: At least 9 members of a family were injured when a gas cylinder exploded at Malangam village here in north Kashmir, on Tuesday evening. The injured including four children were More


  • Business

‘JK expends Rs 9,900 cr under PMRP’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 15: Minister for Finance A R Rather has said that under Prime Minister's Reconstruction Programme Rs 9904.19 crore have been expended for upgradation of infrastructure under various sectors More


  • News

Polls after last week of June: PAK EC

TARIQ NAQASH

Muzaffarabad, Mar 15: Pakistan Administered Kashmir Election Commission here on Tuesday retracted its earlier statement on the forthcoming general election to the Legislative Assembly, saying the polls More


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