The sell-off panic

Our dreams are our own and they belong to us only

WORDS WITHIN

FIRDOUS SYED

Ah ha, servants claim to be masters---“will talk as owners, not salves”--- what a joke? The clowns previously were able to amuse the public, now it seems the poor fellows have even lost that sense of humour More

• Aspirations and Grievances
• A saga of pain
• Why kill daughters?

Are we entertain-mentally challenged?

Most of us in Kashmir don’t live life; we just breathe

SERIOUS THOUGHT

EJAZ AYOUB

In order to maintain a healthy balance between our body and mind we have to provide an outlet to our natural instincts by involving ourselves into ethical pleasures. We as humans need a break from our More

• Neither here nor there!
• Transition Pains in Egypt
• Are Coalitions Corrupt?

Tragic story

The story  'four sons of jana begum' captured by Majid Maqbool was so tragic and painful. Its clearly showing the terror of Indian government by giving the special powers to the security forces  More

• Amazing cartoonist
• Hurriyat epitaph
• Heart ailments
• Read history
• No LPG

Winter Secretariat

Winter secretariat in Srinagar is said to be in a state of freeze. One of the objectives of operationalising off-Darbar secretariats in the winter as well as the summer capital was to make available grievance More

Left demands rollback of passenger fare hike

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Dec 7: Day after Jammu and Kashmir government approved hike in transport fares, state unit of CPI (M) today termed the decision as "anti-people" and demanded its immediate rollback."The hike More

• Commuters incensed
• JKSMA to celebrate Int’l mountain day
• JK Postal Circle to recruit more staff
• Govt wins FDI vote in Rajya Sabha
• EPFO time bars inquiry against employers in PF cases to 7 yrs

‘JKCA Constitution does not give Dr Farooq power to stop players’

He Can Take Disciplinary Action: Nehru

RANJI TROPHY

ABID KHAN

Srinagar, Dec 7: A day after J&K Cricket Association (JKCA) Chairman Dr Farooq Abdullah directed JKCA to stop two senior players from joining JK Ranji trophy squad, the players have raised questions More

• Omar Abdullah for early resolution of Olympic row
• 2 Valley players to play in Int’l Chess C'ship
• England bloom at Eden Gardens
• Inzamam, Moin slam Dhoni’s behaviour
• Coca Cola Inter-School Football Tournament

Ire brewing against pesky power cuts

Protests Erupt In Summer Capital; No Improvement Unless Consumers Cooperate: PDD

MUDDASIR ALI/ZAHID MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Dec 7: With power situation worsening in Kashmir, people on Friday took to roads in several parts of the summer capital here to protest against the erratic power supply amid biting cold conditions More

• Police DPC likely to meet on December 11
• Kashmir in grip of biting cold
• Geelani condemns slapping PSA on Mushtaq
• KWT PROVIDES RELIEF TO FRISLAN FIRE VICTIMS
• Police announce free coaching

Dal Dwellers Dislocation in Disarray

Rakh-e-Arth lacks basic amenities

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Dec 7: Notwithstanding the Central government’s liberal funding on conservation of Dal Lake and rehabilitation of Dal dwellers, the state government has been unable to mitigate the sufferings More

• APS showcases cultural heritage
• 'Switch over to environment friendly packaging material'
• Erratic BSNL’s Shivpora tower
• Bulbul Lanker residents hail firefighters
• Students appeal KU V-C

Govt orders promotions, transfers in middle-rung administration

Zubair Posted Spl Secretary Finance, Kumar Is Addl Secretary Planning

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Dec 7: The state government Friday ordered promotions and transfers in the middle-rung administration.  As per the orders issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), Farooq Ahmad More

• JK gears up to launch RFD initiative
• 25 years on, no post created in ISM Deptt
• Govt examining report on rights violations: Omar
• 620 creche centres run through 114 NGOs in JK!
• Major reshuffle in R&B deptt

Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal arrives in Gaza for first-ever visit

Rafah, Dec 7: Exiled Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal broke into tears on Friday as he arrived in the Gaza Strip for his first-ever visit, a landmark trip reflecting his militant group's growing international More

Four Sons of Jana Begum

A mother who lost her four sons and her husband to conflict in the past sixteen years

A MOTHER’S TRAGEDY

MAJID MAQBOOL

Sitting near the window of her modest home in Diver, Lolab, 120kms north of Srinagar, Jana Begum, 51, emptily stares around, heaving long sighs of “haye meray Khuda”, before talking about what she has More

• A village that symbolizes religious harmony

Pollution, encroachments mar Jhelum’s beauty at Bijbehara

Islamabad: Failure of the authorities to take measures for conservation of river Jhelum here has pushed it on the verge of extinction.  Considered to be lifeline of Kashmir, the river is marred by More

• Inordinate delay hits widening of vital road