The politics of tourism

Don’t oversell peace and tourism of Kashmir

Binoo Joshi

Touch wood, Kashmir tourism is peaking. The visitors and hosts are happy the way  things are happening. The tourists have choked almost every  street and corner of the  Kashmir Valley  and the hosts are  happy to serve them, though some unscrupulous elements  overcharging More
We're also human beings

Our children are dying. Is anybody listening out there?

Hashim Qureshi

It is so sad to think that our generations to come are getting callously killed in hospitals. We understand the Chief Minister is not going to the hospital to treat the ailing kid nor will he be able to bring clean drinking water to every household. But we will remind him of the mandate given to him More
Besmirched Environment

Despite destruction, all is not lost yet

Dr. Farooq Ahmad Peer

We feel proud of the advances in the field of agriculture, medicine, biotechnology, energy and industry. However, these advances have created problems of pollution, over population, development of new diseases, imbalance of natural resources, global warming and destruction of wildlife. Our beautiful More
Inter-community relations

Time to go beyond rituals

B L Saraf

Their centers of   spiritual faith are attracting  Kashmiri  Pandits to the Valley in larger numbers. What started in a trickle a few years back has, pleasantly, turned into a downpour.    There are reasons for it. Obvious one being  improvement in  the More
  • Kashmir

Separatists make beeline for books at NBT fair

Geelani For Promotion Of Urdu Literature; Mirwaiz, Yasin Urge Youth To Develop Reading Habit

SPOTLIGHT

ZAHID MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 4: The National Book Trust of India (NBT) Book Fair at SP College here Monday saw some high-profile customers: Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman Syed Ali Geelani, Hurriyat Conference (M) More


  • Srinagar City

CS speaks on dog menace

Seeks gear-up in sterilization, echoes sanitation mantra

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 4: Finally, the state’s top bureaucrat -Chief Secretary, Madhav Lal on Monday spoke about the dog menace at a high level meeting even as he sought a gear up in the ongoing canine sterilization More



  • Jammu

BJP MP among 150 VHP activists court arrest

AMARNATH YATRA DURATION ROW

JAMMU, JUNE 4: Around 150 Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists and senior BJP leaders including party Member Parliament (MP), Tarun Vijay Monday courted arrest after they were prevented from proceeding More


  • World

Deadly clashes in Syria as EU-Russia seek solutions

Damascus, June 4: Syrian government troops fought deadly battles with armed rebels today as the European Union pushed for an end to a split with Russia over how to end the 15-month bloodshed. In talks More


  • Qaimoh

Encroachments unabated on Vaishaw Nallah; authorities in slumber

Toilets constructed on banks; people dump garbage everyday

KHALID GUL

Qaimoh, June 4: The inhabitants of Qaimoh are up in arms against the state government for its failure to check the rampant encroachments and pollution in the Vaishaw Nallah. The stream is being encroached More


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