A tight spot
Amnesty’s latest Kashmir report must spur corrective action
DATELINE SRINAGAR By Arjimand Hussain Talib
Amnesty International guys have done some plain talking on Kashmir after quite a while. To all those who believe in democratic values and rule of law, its latest report should cause worry. No political set up that aspires to be acknowledged as democratic would afford to get a report like this on its MoreStones Told Me Stories
The stories I am narrating decades after
Nostalgia By ZGM
Stones came to life! I very vividly remember during soonth- in wee hours I and my buddies almost every day in wee hours went up Koh-a-Maran, the legendary hillock barely a kilo meter from my house. Going uphill this hillock had its own romance. The massive brownish boulders that frighteningly MoreSpring is here
Spring season rejuvenates our spirit for struggle and bliss
Freeze FRAME By Syeda Afshana
They say spring is the time and symbol of nature’s rebirth. Of course, it is the season when nature stops weeping for gladness, clouds move, fir¬mament gets clear, brightness radiates, flowers in gar¬den blush with ease, pigeons coo and sparrows twit¬ter in joy as they nest for their new nestlings More
‘Endangered crafts’
Our youth make a hope of its revival
WHATS UP BY SAJAD BAZAZ
A few days back I had an opportunity to attend one of the sessions of Youth Leadership Summit 2011 organised here at Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre by a non governmental organization, One Young Kashmir and supported by Mercy Corps. The theme of Summit – Lets learn and live our culture More- Kashmir
JK without a drug policy
DRAFT GATHERING DUST IN POWER CORRIDORS
UMER MAQBOOL
Srinagar, Mar 26: Even one and a half year after preparation of draft drug policy for improving healthcare in Jammu and Kashmir, the state Government is yet to implement it evoking widespread resentment More
- Srinagar City
‘Compensate us before shifting’
DEMOLITION TRIGGERS RESENTMENT IN KHAYAM
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Mar 26: The residents and traders of Khayam area in Shahr-e-Khaas on Saturday expressed resentment over demolition of shops there before “completion of the compensation process to pave More
- Briefs
Written exam for posts of District and Sessions Judges held
Srinagar, Mar 26: The written examination for the posts of District and Sessions Judges was conducted in both wings of High Court today. The examination for (Paper-1) was conducted in Srinagar wing More
- Business
JK demands release of `687 cr from Centre
GK NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi, Mar 26: Asserting that J&K is on fast track to minimize its fiscal deficit, Minister for Finance A. R. Rather has urged the Centre to release to J&K all the resources agreed at the time More


