MUMBAI: Primary articles led by food items have the highest share in overall price index at a whopping 35.7% and are mainly responsible for high inflation, Care Ratings has said in a report. The manufactured items basket, though having the highest weight, contributes the least to the overall inflation index, it said. This is despite […]
SRINAGAR: Chief Patron of Jammu Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi (MeA) Muhammad Azam Inqilabi Sunday condemned killing of seven alleged militants in Lolab forests by forces last week. In a statement, Inqilabi said, “Indian imperialists martyred six lakh Kashmiris since 1947.” “No Kashmiri is safe in the presence of sword of Indian imperialism which enjoys impunity under the […]
Jammu: Panic gripped the city of temples Sunday when a local informed the police about a suspect in army fatigues and an assault rifle. The police swung into action and launched a massive manhunt to nab the suspect. Police assisted by the special operations group (SOG) searched Panjthirthi and its adjoining areas. “The operation continued […]
Srinagar: The Kashmir Administrative Service aspirants appearing in the Mains examination Sunday appealed for rescheduling of their postponed General Studies paper. A delegation of the aspirants that visited Kashmir Reader said the Public Service Commission (PSC) has postponed the General Studies paper till March 10—a day before they are to appear in examination of Urdu […]
BY ROBERT FISK Tarif Khalidi is a big, bearded bear of a man, the kind you would always choose to play Father Christmas, or perhaps a Cossack leader sweeping across the Russian steppe, reins in one hand, sword in the other. But Tarif – or Uncle Tarif as I invariably call him – is an […]
BY MUNIR AKRAM Europe and the United States have successfully encouraged a revolt against Viktor Yanukovych, the inept and corrupt, but elected, Russian-oriented president of Ukraine. A pro-Western interim administration has been installed in the capital Kiev. But, neither the new Ukrainian leaders, nor their Western backers, appear to have a plan for what to […]
Mumbai:Japanese two-wheeler maker Yamaha today reported a 32.5 per cent increase in sales at 42,548 units in February 2014. The company had sold 32,097 units in the same month last year, Yamaha Motor India said in a release here. The Auto Expo 2014, new product launch along with innovative ongoing customer-centric activities boosted the volumes […]
“India said no to President Obama’s initiative to appoint a special envoy on Kashmir. The amazing thing was not the rejection of India to President Obama’s initiative but that the United States took the ‘NO’ of India as an answer,” Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, the then Executive Director of the Kashmiri American Council/Kashmir Center during […]
NEW DELHI: As Sebi sifts through “hopelessly mixed up” documents submitted by Sahara, chances remain very low of finding genuine investors and the market regulator suspects it to have provided details of mostly “ghost or fictitious” investors. Making things worse, there has been a considerable delay in response from central agencies and state governments from […]
Srinagar: Responding to state agriculture minister, Ghulam Hassan Mir’s comments of pro-freedom groups, Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Geelani Sunday said that the Democratic Party Nationalist chief was an “agent” of the Indian army and intelligence agencies. “This person is directly controlled by India’s secret agencies and is organizing public rallies with the funding […]