Being timid

We need a viable political organization competent enough to take decisions on its own

Z.G. Muhammad

It was a storm in teacup. That is how I looked at the ripples caused within a faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHCM)   by the statement of its former Chairman Abdul Gani Bhat. He had stated that the United Nations resolutions on Kashmir ‘were not practically applicable in More
Muchado about a cartoon

Has the Indian polity lost its sense of humour?

Anil Anand

American President D Eisenhower had once commented : “A sense of humour is part of the leadership, of getting along with the people, of getting things done.”  The spirit of this valuable argument came alive, though negatively, when Mr Thol Thirumavalavan, a lesser known MP from a fringe political More
Signal lights in the city

The new look and the old problems

FIDA IQBAL

In 1973 in my sixth standard I had the chance to learn a Persian lesson—‘Dar rah yak na-bina aast, Dar dasti oee chiraag aast------’. The moral of the lesson was that a blind man walking on the street carrying a light in his hand would otherwise appear surprising, but he carries it (light) not for More
Kashmir without birds

Their declining number should worry us

Irtiza Hakak

This refers to the news about the declining number of house sparrows (passer domesticus) in Kashmir. There are many other birds whose declining numbers go unnoticed in this intricate biological web. Majority of the Kashmiri people seem to be 'indifferent' towards the decreasing number of birds.
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  • Kashmir

LOC will fall like Berlin wall: Yasin Malik

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, May 13: The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik on Sunday said “artificial” Line of Control (LoC) dividing two Kashmirs would crumble like the Berlin Wall More


  • Srinagar City

SPCA TOP BRASS RESIGNED much before AWBI directive

We were fed up of dog issue, says former President

DOG MENACE BUSINESS PART IV!

M HYDERI

Srinagar, May 13: Breaking its prolonged silence, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals erstwhile top brass including the President and the Vice-President said they were so fed up of the More



  • Jammu

JMC MAKES FITNESS TEST MANDATORY FOR FOOD HANDLERS

RANJANA CHARAK

Jammu, May 13: The food handlers – from chefs in restaurants to road side eateries – will have to pass a fitness test before seeking extension of the mandatory license in Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu More


  • South Asia

Not enough evidence to arrest Hafiz Saeed: Gilani

London, May 13: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that there was insufficient evidence to arrest Lashkar-e-Toiba founder, Hafiz Saeed and even if the Mumbai terror attacks mastermind More


  • World

Clinton, Sonia, Nooyi among 'world's powerful moms'

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

Washington, May 13: India's ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Pepsico's India-born CEO Indra Nooyi figure in Forbes' World's 20 Most Powerful Moms list topped by US More


  • Pak

Kashmiri migrant kids stage rally on Mothers’ Day

TARIQ NAQASH

Muzaffarabad, May 13: Young Kashmiri migrants staged a rally here on Sunday to pay tributes to Kashmiri mothers. Coinciding with the World Mothers’ Day, the rally also drew attention of the United More


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