India,Pakistan agree to open more trade routes

Decision On Liberal Visa Regime Likely At Secy-Level Talks

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

New Delhi, Apr 14: Just a day after opening a new integrated check post at the Attari border, India and Pakistan Saturday said the countries were exploring the possibilities of opening more routes to deepen economic engagements.India's Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma and his Pakistan More

Bashir new Pak envoy to India

REZAUL H LASKAR\PTI

Islamabad, Apr 14: Pakistan's former Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir, who has been part of the post-26/11 Indo-Pak dialogue process, is the country's new High Commissioner to India.60-year-old Bashir has been appointed as the new envoy to India in place of Shahid Malik, Foreign Office spokesman More

Pakistani textile brand to open 200 stores in India

New Delhi, Apr 14: Pakistan-based fashion house Sefam, which already has a store in the capital's Greater Kailash market, is planning to expand its network in India with 200 stores in the next five years.“Owing to impressive demand for Pakistani dress material in India, we are targeting at significantly More

In Dark Rooms of SKIMS, Blind Lead the Way

Colleagues On Their Side, They Handle X-Ray Prints At Ease

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Apr 14: In the dark rooms of Kashmir’s premier hospital, SK Institute of Medical Sciences, job of an odd group of employees stands out. These are visually impaired professionals manning the dark corners of the X-Ray rooms at the Institute for past three decades. Together, they form part More

Implementation of Right to Information Act in limbo

Chief Minister’s Secretariat, Raj Bhavan Among Defaulters On Voluntary Disclosures

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Apr 14: Putting a question mark on the claims of State Government about effective implementation of Right to Information Act in Jammu and Kashmir, the State Information Commission (SIC) has disclosed that majority of the government departments and offices, including Chief Minister’s Secretariat More

Interlocutors were appointed to divert attention: Er Rashid

Nothing In Report To Celebrate

IMRAN MUZAFFAR

Srinagar, Apr 14: MLA Langate Engineer Abdul Rashid Saturday said Kashmiris had nothing to celebrate about the Interlocutors’ report and the panel was constituted just to divert attention from the unrest of 2010.“The report prepared by Interlocutors, if media is to be believed, does not even reflect More

Omar to raise repeal of AFSPA at CMs' meet

Jammu, Apr 14: Enthused by the drastic decline in militancy, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is determined to raise the issue of repeal of AFSPA from some areas in the state at the chief ministers' meet in New Delhi Monday, sources close to him said.Omar Abdullah is set to tell the central government More

Short validity passport for Hajj pilgrims

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Apr 14: People who want to go on Hajj but lack proper travel documents can now breathe easy as they will have the facility of a speedy short validity passport.“Ministry of External Affairs has issued instructions to all Regional Passport Officers in the country to issue a short validity More

Father-son duo injured in grenade blast

Srinagar Apr 14: A father-son duo was injured in a grenade explosion in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, police said on Saturday.    A police spokesman said unknown persons hurled a grenade More

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