Geelani's dilemma

Condemning stone pelting now is pointless

COUNTERPOINT By Faheem Aslam

Syed Ali Shah Geelani is on a fresh statement spree. This time vehemently condemning stone-pelting as a means of resistance. He goes a step further calling stone-pelting as a “failed defensive measure”, citing “it gives no benefit to the freedom cause and hence the youth in Kashmir should desist from More
My first writing tools

All it took was a pen of reed and ink of clay

Nostalgia By ZGM

Looking back, it looks that those were the medieval times. But it is not that far- not that far, perhaps over half a century or so. It was the bleats of goats and ewes, solitary cry of chahregour, the herdsman from the nearby locality that truncated my dreams much before the sun would rise.  More
Live on budget

Maximise your income while minimising your expenditure

Whats Up By Sajad Bazaz

I received an SOS from one of my acquaintances. He was looking for a suitable price for his two-year old car. I knew that he had raised a loan to purchase the car and at the time of delivery of the car I too had accompanied him to the show room. He was on top of the world when the keys of the car More
  • Kashmir

Chaos, confusion prevail in G B Panth hospital

•ATTENDANTS SPEND NIGHTS UNDER OPEN SKY, CORRIDORS •BUILDING DESIGNED IN WRONG WAY: CHIB

POOR STATE OF HEALTHCARE

MOAZUM MUHAMMADSrinagar, Apr 30: Chaos and confusion prevail in Valley’s lone childcare hospital G B Panth here. There is no place for the attendants to have their meals or to stay put. People who come More


  • Srinagar City

ERA lies on Airport Road work timings

SYED IMRAN ALI HAMDANI

Srinagar, Apr 30: A day after Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) said drainage work on the Airport Road starts at 7 AM, no such activity could be seen taking place even till 8 AM. When this reporter More



  • Jammu

Expedite land acquisition for road widening in Ramban: Nasir

Ramban: The Minister of State for Home, Nasir Aslam Wani today directed the officials to expedite land acquisition cases for the road widening project in Ramban   Chairing a review meeting of More


  • Briefs

Dr Zargar retires

Srinagar, Apr 30: The state Government has directed the Joint Director Administration-- SKIMS to look after the job of director SKIMS Soura, till the search committee finalizes the list, an official spokesman More


  • Business

One-way traffic on highway disturbs tourists’ schedule

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Apr 30: The tourism traders said the restriction placed by the government on outbound vehicular traffic from Srinagar to Jammu today created inconvenience for many tourists. The traders More


  • News

‘MUBARAK FACES DEATH IF CONVICTED’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Cairo, Apr 30: Toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak could face execution if convicted of ordering the shooting of protesters during the uprisings that led to his downfall, the nation's new justice More


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