The leadership dilemma

This is the time to remove the covers and talk straight

WORDS WITHIN By Firdous Syed

 The ongoing leadership debate in GK has been turned into a clash of egos. It has become a competition of matching verbosity, therefore making hardly any contribution to a very pertinent issue. Without any doubt, leaders right from Sheikh Abdullah to Omar Abdullah/ Mehbooba Mufti on one hand More
Laws One Must Know

A significant read for students of law

Book Review By Z. G. Muhammad

Name:  Jammu and Kashmir: Houses and Shops Rent Control ActAuthor:  G.Q. WaniPublished by: Dreamland Cottage,Bagh-e-Mehtab,   SrinagarPrice: Rs.580Pages: 499Published at:  Afaq Printing Press, Srinagar KashmirThe literature on Jammu and Kashmir More
Abandoned in Dardstan

Once Gurez connected Kashmir to Central Asia. Now the place is even cut off from Valley

LANDSCAPE By Dr Iftikhar Ahmad Mir

The region of Dardstan is most fabulous sub-division of district Bandipore and the soil of this particular  region is very fertile. Valley’s Chak rulers were from Dardstan and first Chak king was Gazi Chak and the last was Yakoob Chak s/o Yousf Shah Chak ruled till 1886. Yousf Shah Chak and Haba More
What ails us

Why does our school education suffer?

FEEDBACK By G. N. Wadoo

On teacher’s day, Ms. Naila Neelofar, Academic Officer (English), shares her thought with the readers (GK 5th September, 2011) regarding the failed system of the society which willy nilly makes a highly qualified person a teacher by chance and not by choice. Many other things discussed in the column More
  • Kashmir

JK Govt responds to BSNL petition, files affidavit

FLYOVER ROW

Srinagar, Sep 9: Jammu and Kashmir government has filed an affidavit in the High Court in response to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) petition over a piece of 17-kanal land which the later is refusing More


  • Srinagar City

Dog ‘rehab’ to cost Rs 1000 Cr

2500 kanals land required for 1800 pounds, recurring expenditure Rs 98 Cr: SMC

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Sep 9: Stray dogs seem to be a fortunate lot in Srinagar as their “rehabilitation” will come up at a whopping cost of around Rs 1000 crore. The expenditure on construction of pounds is expected More



  • Jammu

Woman kills son for property

Police register murder case

SYED AMJAD SHAH

Jammu, Sep 9: Jammu and Kashmir police have registered a murder case against a woman for allegedly killing her minor child with the help of her paramour. The inquest proceeding initiated by the police More


  • South Asia

10 dead, over 2,000 hit by dengue in Pakistan

Islamabad, Sep 9: A recent outbreak of dengue fever in Pakistan's eastern province of Punjab has led to the death of at least 10 people and affected 2,256 others, an official report said Friday. About More


  • World

Interpol issues arrest notice for Gaddafi, son

Lyon, Sep 9: World police body Interpol today called for the arrest of fugitive former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for his alleged crimes against humanity, following a request by the International Criminal More


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