Bad omen for Kashmir

Hollow slogans back in political discourse

Binoo Joshi

The  dynamics of the internal politics in Jammu and Kashmir  is  changing.  Hollow slogans  are  back in the  political discourse, with each player  throwing a new ball in the court with the expectations that it would never return to their court. This is not More
Browbeating to cover helplessness?

Asking people to pay market price or face load-shedding because of the loss due to alleged power theft is like the pot calling the kettle black It betrays extreme helplessness in tackling the situation!

M.Ashraf

As given in Wikipedia, the following poem is found in the school book "Maxwell's Elementary Grammar", copyright 1904. "Oho!' said the pot to the kettle; "You are dirty and ugly and black! Sure no one would think you were metal, Except when you're given a crack.""Not so! not so! kettle said More
Tender souls overburdened

How heartlessly we subject our kids to torture

G. N. Wadoo

School going children are being overburdened with the heavy book bags hanging on their tender shoulders from dawn to dusk. It certainly does not look different from forced child labour. The way a load is thrust on them both at schools and the tuition centres, is deeply disturbing.Mostly our school More
The dirty hospitals !

Not just patients, attendants too are facing a great risk

Salman Nizami

The health of hospitalized Kashmiris and their visitors is being seriously put at risk by government hospitals. Inadequate infection control measures in hospitals and declining levels of cleanliness are believed to be behind the rise of deaths due to infection. Increased reporting of cases has also More
  • Kashmir

Negligence, misconduct killed infants at GB Pant Hospital: SHRC

‘Incident Fit For Registering Criminal Case’

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, June 25: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) Monday observed that ‘criminal negligence’ and ‘misconduct’ were responsible for infant deaths at GB Pant Hospital and a criminal case must be More


  • Srinagar City

Sibal speaks Akash, longs for Wazwan

Union Minister inaugurates countrywide teachers training program, interacts with Srinagar centre

M HYDERI

Srinagar, June 25: At a time when picturesque Valley is attracting thousands of people, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Kapil Sibal too aspires to visit this City in the Himalayas.  More



  • Jammu

Army orders inquiry against Major General in corruption case

Jammu, June 25: Army has ordered a Court of Inquiry (CoI) into allegations of bribery against senior army officer Major General V K Sharma at the Northern Command headquarters in Jammu and Kashmir.  More


  • South Asia

Taliban attacks Pak military posts, 13 soldiers dead

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, June 25:  About 100 Taliban fighters sneaked in from Afghanistan and attacked military posts in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 13 soldiers, seven of whom were beheaded, drawing strong More


  • World

Mursi sets out on govt formation

EGYPT PREZ POLLS

Cairo, Jun 25: After his historic triumph in Egypt's first free presidential election, Muhammad Mursi today launched moves to form a broad-based national reconciliation government, to help shake off apprehensions More


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