Time to act now

The 25th June tragedy at Dastgeer Saheb should be a wakeup call

M Saleem Beg

Natural and manmade disasters have been a bane of Kashmir’s turbulent history. Wars, human neglect, lack of appreciation for prevention and precaution have taken a heavy toll on life and property down the centuries. Of all these, fire has been the most potent due to inherent fragility of the construction More
A Very Personal Loss

It was like someone very close had just died. Suddenly and without warning.

Moazum Mohammad

It was an early, rainy morning in Kashmir. Nothing unusual, just cloudy and a little overcast perhaps. The phone rang and suddenly it felt as if the world had just altered its design. For me and for countless other Kashmiris the world had changed in a very fundamental and deeply saddening manner. More
My lone memory

A day before flames consumed it I had the last peep into this abode of spirituality!

Moazum Mohammad

A few years ago, one of my friends from Manchester visited Kashmir. Over the countless resorts and hills of the valley, she preferred a 'shrine' in Khanyar area in the north of Srinagar. Having travelled miles to visit this congested neighborhood in downtown, she pulled out a book showing some grayscale More
  • Kashmir

Kashmiri students beaten in Haryana

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 30: The thrashing of Kashmiri students by ‘hooligans’ in northern state of Haryana on  Friday night has triggered panic among  the Valleyties undergoing studies at several  More


  • Srinagar City

MANEKA GANDHI TO REVIEW DOG WELFARE IN SRINAGAR

To visit Shuhama pound, chair high level meeting

M HYDERI

Srinagar, June 30: Amid government curbs on human protests against deadly dog menace in Srinagar, the coalition is all set to host prominent animal rights activist and Member Parliament Maneka Gandhi, More



  • Jammu

Coalition empowered people: Rana

Manjakote/Mendhar, June 30: Chief Minister’s Political Advisor, Devender Singh Rana, on Saturday  the collation government under the leadership of Omar Abdullah was committed to the welfare of the More


  • South Asia

‘Revamping of 1974 Act must for socio-economic development in PaK’

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Rawalakot, June 30: Civil society representatives at a discourse held under the aegis by Centre for Peace, Development and Reforms (CPDR) resolved that revamping of interim act of 1974 was essentially More


  • World

Mursi sworn in as Egypt's President

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Cairo,June 30: Muhammad Mursi was sworn in today as Egypt's first freely elected President bringing his Muslim Brotherhood to power after 84 years of struggle, even as the military seemed determined to More


ADD
Designed Developed and Maintaned By Imobisoft Ltd /Algosol Software Solutions