Uncertain and Adrift

Interlocutors leave Kashmir as they had found it

POINT OF VIEW BY RIYAZ AHMAD

It was a horrible sight watching the senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan being ruthlessly beaten in his chambers over his Kashmir remarks. The resounding first slap on his unsuspecting face followed by kicks, punches and dragging through the room with no one intervening to save him  was a chilling More
Listen to saner voices

Kashmir can’t be buried and forgotten

VIEWPOINT By Javaid Malik

Activists of little known Ram Sene assaulting the noted Supreme Court lawyer and member of Team Anna, Prashant Bhushan, in New Delhi for supporting Kashmir cause has once again proved that saner voice are being choked in India. It seems hardliners in India are slowly but surely coming on forefront More
Latch Key Kid

My working parents snatched my childhood from me

MEMORIES By Muhammad Kamran

I had not even started eating with my own hands or say started even eating some solid stuff, I was taught A, B, C… 1, 2, 3… and so on, which was way beyond the capacity of my brain.At the age of three when I should have been sitting on my mother’s lap with toys in my hand, enjoying my mother’s love More
Poetics of protest

Who can forget a voice called Mulk Raj Anand

LIVES By C.Vijayasree

"What is a writer if he is not the fiery voice of the people?" asked Mulk Raj Anand and that's what he was through seven decades of his literary career. Growing up under the Raj and writing against the backdrop of colonial rule and anti-colonial resistance, Anand was convinced that art cannot and More
  • Kashmir

CM chairs OBC Board meeting

‘Holistic development of all sections my Government’s policy’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 18: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, on Tuesday said that equitable development of all areas and all sections of the society is his Government’s policy and initiatives have already been taken More


  • Srinagar City

Omar for early elections of urban local bodies

Reviews ERA functioning, seeks fast track work on proposed Rambagh flyover

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 18: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Tuesday asked the Housing and Urban Development Department to mobilize men and machinery for holding elections of urban local bodies as soon as possible More



  • Jammu

PDP misleading people: NC

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Oct 18: Senior National Conference leader and Member of Legislative Council (MLC), Ajay Sadhotra, on Tuesday reacted sharply to the statement of Peoples Democratic Party President, Mehbooba Mufti More


  • South Asia

Taliban must give up arms before talks: Pak

Islamabad, Oct 18: Pakistan will only hold peace talks with Taliban insurgents if they lay down their arms first, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Tuesday, after both sides signaled willingness to More


  • World

Israeli soldier Shalit freed in mass prisoner swap

Gaza/Jerusalem, Oct 18: Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit returned home to a national outpouring of joy on Tuesday after five years in captivity as hundreds of Palestinian prisoners exchanged for him were greeted More


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