We the dog-eaten

Do we need children or dogs?

WRITE HAND By AJAZ UL HAQUE

How will animal rights activists interpret the tragedy of a ten-year old boy mauled by a pack of dogs? No matter how wonderfully you phrase your response, the only way to answer this question is to feed anyone of them (as a test case) to the same pack of dogs and see what happens. Will they still More

Had They Learned From Ants

Nostalgia

ZGM

It was not just dancing snowflakes and  snowmen during somber winter days that in unison sang merry songs for us.  It was not also just desecrating the virgin snow for curing the chilblains that filled our hearts with mirth. We were a happy got lot, looked for joy in every season and every More

Afghanistan needs good neighbours

Why Afghanistan is what it is today is because the counties in the region have been using the Afghan theater for their geopolitical games

Statecraft By Happymon Jacob

Afghanistan easily qualifies to be one of the foremost strategic challenges that the international community faces today. Even as the western powers are contemplating the withdrawal of their troops from this warn-torn Southern Asian country, the situation in Afghanistan is nowhere close to stability More

Seattle to Srinagar

Freeze FRAME

Syeda Afshana

 Seattle is the central city of King County, Washington. Popularly known as the Gateway to Alaska, Seattle is also the largest city in the Northwestern United States having a population count of 608,660.      Recently, Seattle received the first snowfall (about 1-8 inches More

Where do we go from here?

Case for political devolution and a Governance Reforms Commission in J&K

Arjimand Hussain Talib

After a summer of choreographed peace, this winter in Kashmir has exposed many unpleasant realities of our governance yet again. To create a situation of measured stability – tourism, sports, PR events, conferences, etc. is now our summer fashion. Winters tend to expose everything in their naked reality More

  • Kashmir

8-member panel to prepare draft for amendments

Panchayat empowerment row

Srinagar, Jan 28: The row over empowerment of Sarpanchs and Panchs has forced the Speaker Legislative Assembly, Muhammad Akbar Lone, to constitute 8-member committee which would look into the matter, a More



  • Srinagar City

As Budgam goes ‘smoke free’, Ruhullah pledges to quit puffing

No more ashtrays at houseboats: Tuman

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, Jan 28:  Barely two days after Budgam was declared “Smoke Free” on the Republic Day, the local MLA Aga Ruhullah Mehdi Saturday had some candid confession as the young Cabinet Minister pledged More




  • Jammu

GOVT COMMITTED TO EMPOWER PEOPLE: RANA

Nagrota, Jan 28: Devender Singh Rana, political advisor to the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the coalition government has set in motion an effective mechanism to empower people and involve them More



  • South Asia

Army's days are over in Pakistan: Imran Khan

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Davos, Jan 28: Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who is drawing massive crowds in his country, has declared that "army's days are over" in Pakistan and vowed to have "best relations" with India.& More



  • World

Drinking tea cuts blood pressure

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

London, Jan 28: Drinking up to eight cups of tea a day lowers blood pressure and could prevent heart disease, Australian scientists have found. Researchers at the University of Western Australia gave More



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