Sonia's candid message to Congress
With Lok Sabha Polls Due In 15 months
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Jaipur, Jan 18: In a candid message to her party, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today drew attention to its weaknesses such as lack of unity, personal ambitions and ostentatious displays of wealth while calling for introspection in the face of challenges ahead. Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls More
Death of Dr Safaya widely mourned
New Delhi, Jan 18: The death of a well known multi-faceted personality of the State, Dr A N Safaya, former Medical Superintendent of AIIMS and former Director, Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences has been widely mourned by medical fraternity, Sathya Sai family and Kashmiri Biradari More- Kashmir
Omar seeks financial assistance for Sarpanchs, Panchs
Writes To Jairam Ramesh
DAMAGE CONTROL?
ABID BASHIR
Srinagar, Jan 18: In a damage control exercise Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has shot a letter to Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh seeking release of Rs 100 crore for monthly honorarium More
- Srinagar City
Directs for immediate restoration of essential services
DIV COM CONDUCTS CITY TOUR
Srinagar, Jan 18: Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon today conducted an extensive tour of Srinagar city and took stock of situation arising due to snowfall. The Divisional Commissioner More
- Jammu
Sagar hospitalized
Jammu, Jan 18: Minister for Rural Development and Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Sagar was hospitalized on Friday afternoon, after he complained of chest pain. Sources said that soon after Friday More
- South Asia
Qadri summoned by Canadian authorities for asylum oath breach
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Islamabad, Jan 18: Firebrand cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, who led a massive protest against the government here, has been summoned by Canadian authorities to explain a violation of the oath he had taken while More
- GKeducation&career
The menace of tuition centers
Why have tuition centers become centres of nuisance for local residents and female students?
CONCERN
IMRAN MUZAFFAR
In a 20×12 tin shed at Parraypora, a physics teacher is teaching complex equations to around 200 students crammed in one classroom. Outside the ‘classroom’, dozens of youngsters roam around, speeding away More


