The State of State Archaeology

Kashmir archaeological department from last three decades has never been active in exploring new archaeological sites or to excavate any existing ones

HERITAGE WEEK By Ajmal Shah

Kashmir has a history of 5000 years. From the habitational pits of Burzahom and Gufkral to the highly decorated tiles of Harwan and Hutmur, Kashmir history has remained untold archaeologically. Explorations and excavations have been undertaken at very few selected sites such as Burzahom, Gufkral, More
Sheep VS Hangul

Wild Joke and Gross Misreporting

DEBATE By Muhammad Maroof Shah

Open discussion organized at Dachigam on whether sheep farm is a threat to Hangul has been a failure for lack of proper organization as most of the time was spent on listening to those who neither knew sheep husbandry nor wildlife; allowing only officials to speak. It was a wild joke. Louder your More
Heritage Forgotten

Bamiyan type Buddha statues in Kargil

HERITAGE WEEK By M. Hussain Pashkumpa

Kargil district of Ladakh is dotted with a number of ancient monuments and valuable heritage sites. Among these are the three huge rock sculptures locally known as chambas at Mulbekh, Kartsekhar and Apati. These are 7 to 9 Meter high rock statues of the Maitreya Buddha curved out in deep relief. These More
  • Kashmir

Few high-end tourists visit Valley: Director Tourism

WORLD HERITAGE DAY OBSERVED

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Apr 18: Director Tourism Farooq Ahmad Shah on Wednesday said that Tourism Department was trying its best to woo the high-end tourists to visit the Valley but their number was very low.   More


  • Srinagar City

KU STUDENTS PROTEST against dog menace, SMC

GK CITY REPORTER

Srinagar, Apr 18: Scared of the growing dog menace in the City, Kashmir University students on Wednesday staged protest demonstrations against the government, particularly the Srinagar Municipal Corporation More



  • Jammu

Expand scope of cross LoC trade, travel: Mehbooba to India, Pak

Poonch, Apr 18: President of Peoples Democratic Party Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday   said complete operationalization of cross LOC routes was must for improving relations between India and Pakistan More


  • South Asia

'Kashmiris not averse to Indo-PaK dialogue process'

Status-quo won’t be acceptable to people of Valley: Malik

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, Apr 18: Former PaK premier, Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chudhary and the JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik have reiterated their call for a meaningful and result-oriented dialogue between key More


  • World

Mamata named among world's most influential people

YOSHITA SINGH

New York, Apr 18: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been named among the 100 most influential people in the world by the prestigious Time magazine in its 2012 list which also includes US President More


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