MAQBOOL BHAT: MY COMPANION MY LEADER

WHEN HE SPOKE, ONE FELT THAT THE SOUL OF ALL REVOLUTIONARIES HAD CONVERGED IN HIM

11 FEB: ANNIVERSARY By Hashim Qureshi

It was the winter of 1968; I was just 15. Nevertheless conscious that final decision of Jammu and Kashmir State was pending and freedom invariably meant Pakistan. I knew very little about Maqbool Bhat. Then suddenly in December 1968 we found large size posters carrying pictures of Maqbool Bhat, Yasin More

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Unfair Minister

In helping his son pass exams he failed as a minister

What is up By Sajjad Bazaz

THE crime branch has corroborated use of “unfair means” by Education Minister Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed’s foster son to pass class 10 examination in 2009. If the reports are to be believed, the education minister using his official position to help his foster son to pass the examination is most disturbing More

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Geelani’s mission New Delhi

Attending a function organized by Ram Jethmalani shows his far sightedness

Big Bite By Javaid Malik

SYED Ali Shah Geelani was a special invitee at a function in New Delhi last week organized by the Chairman of Kashmir Committee and senior Bhartiya Janta Party leader Ram Jethmalani. The function reportedly was attended by retired bureaucrats, army officials and others.Geelani, according to the More

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Bookshelf

Title   : Lucknow Boy: A Memoir Auther  : Vinod MehtaISBN  : 0670085294Year  : 2011Publisher : VikingPrice  : 499/=The BookSharp, insightful, shocking, delightful ... in this sparkling More

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• Kashmir

• Srinagar City

• Jammu