The Pakistan fantasy

Of cricket and Kashmiris’ Obsessive Compulsive Affinity

DateLINE SRINAGAR By Arjimand Hussain Talib

We all know how weird Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) among humans could be. Obsessive Compulsive Affinity – not necessarily a disorder - is a term which doesn’t exist.  But imagine if it were coined now, wouldn’t the masters of semantics describe Kashmiris’ obsessive affinity to the ‘rogue More
OF Cannabis Smokers

They have a history of their own

Nostalgia By ZGM

Superstitions! I don’t think during my childhood I have ever heard this word.  We were never told that something like superstition existed. What I later learnt were superstitions passed for us as mystic experiences. I and my peers believed that every bit of our burg had a halo of spirituality More
A strange character

He is the one around you, a big manipulator

Freeze FRAME By Syeda Afshana

I am hereon this street corner.I am calling outyou there.The haze of shoutsblurs my entreaty.The lamp on the poleblinkers your vision.The lonelinesssmothers my being.The crowdssurround you in vain.Roads are blockedfor me.Pathways of deceit
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Rangarajan Job Plan

If all goes well, unemployed youth can decode their dreams into reality.

What’s up By Sajjad Bazaz

J&K state is in grip of wide range of economic issues. Even as ours is a rich economy, we have not been able to keep pace with the national economy and this has led to poor employment scenario. The reason is lack of a valid developed private sector and lack of private investment base. This lack More
  • Kashmir

DAK seeks ban on private practice by GMC docs

‘Many unrest deaths due to absence of facilities in peripheries’

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Mar 5: Demanding ban on private practice by doctors serving in teaching institutions including Government Medical Colleges and their allied institutions, the medicos Saturday said that bureaucrats More


  • Srinagar City

Tinted glasses, use of mobiles in cars to attract fine, legal action

Runaway Challan System invoked, offenders to receive fine notice at their homes

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Mar 5: The next time you are caught talking on mobile while driving or your car has tinted glasses be ready to pay a hefty fine!  In a bid to minimize the risks of accidents and ensure smooth More



  • Jammu

Mian Altaf for strict enforcement of bio-medical waste rules

Jammu: A one day ‘training cum awareness Workshop’ on bio-medical waste management was organised by J&K State Pollution Control Board here today which was chaired by Minister for forest, Environment More


  • Briefs

‘Stone-pelter’ held in Pattan

Srinagar: Police on Saturday said it has arrested a "wanted stone-pelter".  Nissar Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Singhpora near Pattan town of Baramulla district, was arrested today, a police spokesman More


  • Business

JK produced 17 l MT fruit in ‘09-10: Economic Survey

State GDP shows 76 pc increase in 7 years

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 5: The Economic Survey tabled today in both Houses of legislature shows that the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) has continuously grown.  “As per new series (2004-2005), it has grown More


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