A Facebook clip does not mean ban

PRIVATE PRACTICE DEBATE

We must not belittle the contribution of our own doctors, comments MH Laharwal

Doctor's is a noble profession. Yet there are critics, indeed very harsh and adverse ones. As there are lambs, so are tigers. Doctors resort to private practice, given the urge to earn more while offering medical consultation or advice to a needy patient. And the people, who are not satisfied with More
The opium use

MATTER OF CONCERN

Kashmiri children pay a heavy price, writes Salman Nizami

Under a black-colored pheran that flows from the neck down over his body, Musaif  sat cross-legged, spinning the wheel of a sewing machine and methodically stitching a seam into a flowing stream of white cloth. The 16 -year-old son of a farmer  was working to burn off a consuming and deadly More
The enlightenment

MUSINGS

We wake up with the light and end with the dark. In between many questions are born, the questions that baffle us, writes Dr. Mushtaq Chalkoo

The world is beautiful and the details add to its charm. It is a wonder-box which throws many mysterious questions and equally mysterious answers to reveal the unknown. Where do you start your day from? Probably from the dawn when the light dispels the dark and the day is born. Now imagine for any More
  • Kashmir

CAPD official quizzed in sugar scam

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Mar 17: The Special Investigation Team of police probing the mutli-crore rupees sugar scam on Thursday quizzed Joint Director Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution department, while the Director More


  • Srinagar City

AWBI team reviews dog menace in City

Healthy beginning, says SMC; Futile exercise, reacts civil society

GK CITY REPORTER

Srinagar, Mar 17: A two member team of experts from Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has arrived in the summer capital to review the dog menace, officials said Thursday. Following a hue-and-cry More



  • Jammu

14 CoIs, 21 MAGISTERIAL PROBES ORDERED

Reports Awaited In 12 Cases

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 17: The state government has constituted 14 Commissions of Inquiry (COIs) under Commission of Inquiry Act since 1998. Besides, 21 Magisterial Inquiries have also been ordered in different incidents More


  • News in Brief

Polytechnic students seek exam deferment

Srinagar: The students who recently got admission in various polytechnic colleges of the Valley have expressed anguish over the announcement of the 1st semester examination scheduled from March 22.  More


  • Business

Black Boxes put JKTDC buses on GPS track

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Mar 17: Ever thought of keeping track of a vehicle’s status— about its location, speed and fuel level— right from your home or any place in the globe? Well, the J&K government has taken a More


  • News

GHOST OF BRIBES FOR MPs RETURNS TO HAUNT GOVT

WIKILEAKS REVELATION

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Mar 17: The ghost of bribes for MPs' votes returned to haunt the government today with the entire Opposition demanding its resignation over allegations that UPA-I purchased the support of lawmakers More


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