The Corporate of India

Gandhi’s Wheel is no longer turning

Inksight By Mehmood ur Rashid

The National Counter Terrorism Centre finally gets the nod from the Parliament. What does that mean? Is there really some terrorism that is to be fought against? Most certainly not. It is to ensure that political dissent is managed quickly and effectively. Law just provides a soft glove to the otherwise More

Chasing dogs

…...and I found myself with dogs dogs everywhere

MUSINGS By Nissar Bhat

FOR the whole night in that humid summer in Hyderabad I could not sleep. The question haunted me. How the prisoner had killed the dog and escaped the gallows? My friend had given me three days to solve the riddle, but my curiosity did not let my mind free even for a moment! The question was piercing More

The Institution of Education

Change can happen only when we strengthen this institution

INTROSPECTION By Dr.Mirza Ashraf Bég

On the return from my first trip to the US in 1990, I was asked by my friends in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, “Why do we say US is a world power?” My instantaneous reply was, “Its innumerable educational institutions, universities, colleges and schools besides its huge forests make it a world power. Everybody More

Education compulsory

Let's have a minimum qualification level for politicians

GOVERNANCE By Mudasir Ahmad Wani

Democracy is considered as the best form of Government. Its importance has been acknowledged since ancient times. Athens was the first Greek city state which adopted a democratic form of governance. Today several countries have been embracing the democratic form of government including India, and More

  • Kashmir

Patient dies due to ‘unavailability’ of doctors at Chest Disease hospital

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, Mar 21: A 75-year-old patient Wednesday died at the Chest Diseases Hospital here allegedly due to non-availability of doctors.  Lal Muhammad, of Baba Reshi in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district More



  • Srinagar City

SMC helpline for windstorm victims proves blessing for horse family

Mare, colt stuck in neck deep marsh rescued after fortnight

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Mar 21: The devastative windstorm, which unleashed havoc across the Valley leaving at-least three people dead, literally proved a blessing in disguise for a mare and her three-month-old colt More




  • Jammu

Localised check system evolved to contain menace

ABSENTEEISM IN SCHOOLS

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 21: With absenteeism in schools becoming a major challenge for the education department in rural and far-flung areas of Jammu Kashmir, it has introduced a new localised check system to contain More



  • Sopore

20-yrs on, Sopore-Bypass Bridge still incomplete

People aghast over slow pace of work; authorities indifferent

Sopore, Mar 21: Twenty years after the construction on the Sopore-Bye Pass Bridge was started by the authorities of Border Roads Organization, the work on the vital communication link is still incomplete More



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