Money or forests?
What precedes what? Choice is ours
IMPRESSIONS By Binoo Joshi
There is a smile on almost every face in Kashmir. The Valley is witnessing an unprecedented rush of tourists and the visitors are all over, and they are enjoying the legendary hospitality of the people of the Valley. The Government is happy because the arrival More
In memory of Sajid
You took me along with you
MEMORY By Syed Haamid Bukhari
It was a sorrowful telephone bell that made my father mad and mother to crawl in an unconscious state of mind. With tears in eyes, my mom's unusual entry into my room at 5'o clock in morning shattered me completely. "Iqbal sahib is left alone now, Sajid is no more", mom cried like a small kid. The More
- Kashmir
Wullar tragedy accused yet to be punished: WMC
‘We pleaded navy men to save students, but they did nothing’
UMER MAQBOOL
Srinagar, May 30: Five years after the Wullar tragedy, the families of victims are still running from pillar to post to get justice. On this day in 2006, 22 persons including 20 children drowned in Wullar More
- Srinagar City
GMC to host 'rare' cochlear implant surgery workshop
CURTAIN RAISER
GK CITY REPORTER
Srinagar, May 30: The Government Medical College Srinagar is hosting a first of its kind workshop on Cochlear Implant and Micro Ear Surgery, a rare procedure which till now hasn’t been done in the state More
- Jammu
MBA from Derbyshire, now a Sarpanch in JK
BINOO JOSHI
Jammu, May 30: He earned a masters in business administration (MBA) in Derbyshire and was flooded with job offers. But Gurmeet Singh Bajwa had other dreams. He has just been elected a sarpanch of a small More
- Briefs
Shah held at Pulwama
Pulwama, May 30: Democratic Freedom Party chairman, Shabir Ahmad Shah was arrested by police near Rahmoo here on Monday. According to reports, Shah and his associates were on way to Keller to attend More
- Business
SFC to get `150 cr under PMRP
`100 cr for recapitalization
MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN
Srinagar, May 30: In what would give a much-needed push to State Financial Corporation, Ministry of Finance has recommended Rs 100 crore financial support for recapitalization of the debilitating corporation More


