‘Allow kids to think critically’
BETTER EDUCATION
Since 2008, Kashmir Education Initiative (KEI), a volunteer-driven philanthropic organization with a focus on education in Kashmir, has been quietly supporting education of talented and deserving Kashmiri students, besides financially helping those who otherwise can’t continue their education MoreScholarship/Fellowship Opportunities
World Press Institute fellowshipJournalists who live outside the United States can apply for a fellowship.The World Press Institute (WPI) is offering four-month fellowships for experienced journalists hoping to improve their understanding of American journalism.The program MoreTHE EDITOR RECOMMENDS
WEBSITE OF THE WEEKhttp://kashmirei.org/An excellent initiative for academic excellence in Kashmir. KEI enables access to enriching educational opportunities, provide financial assistance to those in need, and sustain a More- Kashmir
Unregistered medical shops, nursing homes in dock
D A RASHID
Srinagar, Dec 15: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed Secretary Health and Medical Education, Deputy Commissioners and Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) of all districts of the state More
- Srinagar City
92.7 BIG FM TURNS 7
Organizes mega musical show, selects Big Radio Star RJ
ARIF SHAFI WANI
Srinagar, Dec 15: Popular private entertainment radio channel 92.7 Big FM on Saturday completed its six years of operation in Kashmir. To commemorate its sixth anniversary, the 92.7 Big FM organized More
- Jammu
Home Department orders promotions in prosecution wing
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Dec 15: Home Department today ordered promotions of around 37 officers of police prosecuting wing. As per the orders three Deputy Directors have been promoted as Joint Director, 5 Chief More
- World
Divided Egypt votes on proposed new constitution
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Cairo, Dec 15: Egyptians today began voting on a referendum on proposed constitution that has divided the country, with President Muhammed Mursi and his Islamist supporters backing it, while liberals, More
- GK Features
Listening to Nabza Bano
Nabza Bano lost her three sons and her home to the conflict.
A MOTHERS TRAGEDY— III
MAJID MAQBOOL
Sixty-five-year-old Nabza Bano stands near a small cornfield where her three-storey house once stood in Sundbrari village, Kokernag in south Kashmir, about 85kms from Srinagar. Lost in a melancholic silence More


