The day people became commodity

9th March

Dr.Javid Iqbal leafs through the Treaty of Lahore that he finds as the culmination of Lahore-Jammu nexus and initiation of Jammu - Srinagar

In 1846, while spring was blooming in Punjab, the festival of Baisakhi merely a month away, the North Indian Maharajas and Rajas had frittered away the last chance of stopping the British advance. Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s death in 1839 cleared the deck for the implementation of imperial designs. The More
Reaching out to underprivileged

DEVELOPMENT

Tariq A. Rather writes about the empowerment and equitable socio-economic development through public information campaigns

Reaching out with information about various centrally sponsored socio- economic developmental programmes and schemes, at the doorsteps of the under-privileged, poor rural populace, particularly in far flung and inaccessible areas is the hallmark of the Public Information Campaigns organised by Press More
EUNUCHS: A Gender Disputed!

SOCIETY

Don't they deserve better treatment? Muhammad Kamran asks

I thought Kashmiri eunuchs are different from the rest of India.  They belong to different genre altogether! Unlike there Indian counterpart they don't go for begging. Neither are they known for their carrion manners. Here in Kashmir they play an important social role. They are marriage brokers More
  • Kashmir

Cab driver surrenders

Assault on cops

KHALID GUL

Kulgam, Mar 8: The cab driver, who had allegedly helped suspected militants, to flee after they attacked two policemen near Yaripora in this south Kashmir district on Monday produced himself before the More


  • Srinagar City

92.7 Big FM hosts Women’s marathon

SYED IMRAN ALI HAMDANI

Srinagar, Mar 8: Scores of woman and schoolgirls Tuesday morning participated in the marathon run on the Dal banks in connection with the International Women’s Day celebrations hosted by popular radio More



  • Jammu

Kupwara MLAs create ruckus

IN THE LEGISLATURE

Jammu, Mar 8: Three legislators of Kupwara district including two from the treasury benches on Tuesday created noisy scenes in the Legislative Assembly, demanding airlifting of stranded people from snow More


  • News in Brief

Army felicitates Aqsa Inayat

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, Mar 8: Army’s 6 Rashtriya Rifles today felicitated Aqsa Inayat of St Joseph Higher secondary School for securing first position in the recently declared class 12th result. In a ceremony More


  • Business

JK’s ration quota increased

APL to get 35 kgs, BPL, AAY 40 kgs

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 8: Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Qamar Ali Akhoon today informed Legislative Assembly that 35 kgs of monthly ration for six months from March 2011 would be strictly More


  • News

PaK PM sacks cabinet colleague

TARIQ NAQASH

Muzaffarabad, Mar 8: Pakistan administered Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan on Tuesday sacked a member of his cabinet who had started publicly criticizing him. Col (retired) Raja Muhammad More


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