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

• Bill on juvenile justice unlikely in Budget session
• Pay anomaly forces medicos to leave valley
• Govt wakes up, starts collecting samples
• Non–utilization, diversion of funds shocking revelation: Senior citizens
• Body recovered

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

• NC taking Srinagarites for ride: Mehbooba

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

• Agnishekhar turns down award for best book
• Agriculture Minister meets Governor
• ‘QAZIGUND-BANIHAL, UDHAMPUR-KATRA RAIL TRACKS TO BE READY BY DEC’

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

• Gilani wants India to share information to combat terror

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

• Someone in Pakistan knew about Osama's hideout: Panetta