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Establish crèches in courts, jails: Women commission to Chief Justice, DG Prisons

SRINAGAR: Chairperson, J&K State Commission for Protection of Women and Child Rights (JKSCPW&CR) Vasundhara Pathak Masoodi has written separate letters to Chief Justice of...

Support Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg, the 16 year old Swedish climate change activist, has created ripples with her activism, something that has brought her both support and...

How to Beat Plastic Pollution

Dr Khursheed Ahmad Wani Every plastic waste that is in my backyard is due to my own fault, whether I will quench my thirst, fill...

Pak Army ‘fully prepared’ to respond: Bajwa

Islamabad:  Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Thursday that his troops are "fully prepared" to give a "befitting response to any...

Only 250 people under preventive detention, says Ram Madhav

Jammu: Reaching out to the people of Kashmir with the message "every Kashmiri is ours", BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav on Wednesday assured...

On Experience

Generally speaking, and by and large, experience is everything. But, in Kashmir, we tend to postpone experience and prefer the speculative over it. This...

Notes on Solitude

Muhammed Hussain Sufi Solitude is an essence to sculpt the symmetric shape out of a regular stone you are, by removing the deformities, edges and...

On Education, Competition and Teachers

Malik Nazir Ahmad As teachers we know about these definitions but perhaps we have forgotten the great role ordained to us. We are not free...

Sin and the City

In cities, especially large and big ones, which accord the veil of anonymity to people, and where different people of different persuasions reside people,...

Greed is Destroying Kashmir’s Wetlands. It Should Alarm Us All

SHEIKH UMAR AHMAD Kashmir is gifted with immense natural resources that give it a paradise personification on earth. Being geographically small and fragile ecosystem, it...

Wake Up Before It is Too Late: Notes on the Importance of Kashmir’s Deteriorating Soil Health

Dr. Tasneem Mubarak The ever expanding population and changing life styles are creating enormous demand for food, fodder, feed, fiber and fuel. To keep pace...

Move offices to close on Oct 25; Reopen in Jammu on Nov 4

Jammu:As part of the bi-annual “Darbar Move”, under which the Jammu and Kashmir government functions for six months each in Jammu and Srinagar, all...

On the Nature and Cause(s) of the Evil of Rape

AZHAR AALAM MIR Rape isn’t a new crime; it has been there since ages but was considered as a minor crime. It was in 20th...

On Kindness

Kindness is an attribute of human nature, to state the obvious. But, often times, given the competitive nature of society and the ruthlessness it...

Vijay Hazare Trophy: Bengal beat J&K, Gujarat cruise to win over Tripura

India A speedster Ishan Porel bowled brilliantly to grab six-wickets while Shreevats Goswami made an unbeaten 86 to guide Bengal to a comfortable eight-wicket win...

Day 57: Heightened security in Kashmir

Normal life affected, communication blackout continues Srinagar: Government forces have intensified surveillance and area domination operations in Kashmir following Saturday’s militancy-related incidents, including a grenade...

BDC polls in J&K on Oct 24; To be held on party lines

Mir Iqbal Srinagar: The elections for Block Development Council (BDC) in J&K would be held on October 24, Chief Electoral Office (CEO), Shailendra Kumar announced Sunday. The...

Nehru approaching UN was Himalayan blunder: Shah

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday faulted the country’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru for approaching the United Nations in 1948...

4 civilians injured along LoC in Poonch

Jammu: Three women and a child were injured as Pakistan violated ceasefire for the second consecutive day on Sunday in Poonch district of Jammu...

CW meet: India rebuts Pak stand on Kashmir

New Delhi: India strongly criticised on Saturday Pakistan’s stand on the Kashmir issue as “propaganda” at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Uganda and said...

No restrictions in Kashmir: Amit Shah

‘Entire world supports abrogation of Article 370’ Charges opposition with spreading ‘misinformation’ New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said there are no restrictions...

JK facing economic slowdown due to restrictions: Congress

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir is passing through various kinds of restrictions leading to “worst kind” of economic slowdown, the Congress on Saturday urging the...

One more apple collection centre opening in Kulgam

Mir Iqbal Srinagar: The government is mulling to open one more collection centre for procuring apples in Kulgam under Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) in coming days. Known...

Govt fails to scrutinise dubious, unrecognised paramedical degrees for appointments, promotions

Manzoor-ul-Hassan Srinagar: The Health and Medical Education Department (H&MED) has failed to devise a mechanism to scrutinise dubious or unrecognised paramedical degrees and diplomas obtained by...

Pak stands with Kashmiris, says Imran after returning from US

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan on his return from the US on Sunday said that those standing by Kashmiris were doing “jihad” and Pakistan...

Why Abuse Women when the Almighty Has Given Then Rights?

Mir Abas Most of the women in certain environments spend all their time in service of men especially their husbands ― making them breads, meal,...

Grounded Selves

Pride and arrogance, by humans, are one of the grotesque aspects of the human nature. Yes, there are attributes of humans and part of...

Three militants, soldier killed in Batote gunfight

Ramban: Three militants and an Army man were killed in gunfight in Batote area along the Jammu-Kishtwar national highway on Saturday, according to officials,...

Grenade hurled at Nawa Kadal

Srinagar: In the first attack on government forces in the valley since abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, militants hurled a grenade at...

India hits back at Khan’s UN speech

United Nations: Hitting back at Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s allegations at the UN General Assembly, India has said its citizens do not need...

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