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CAG points out excess non-teaching staff at KU

JAMMU: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has slammed the  University of Kashmir for “excess”  non-teaching staff. The varsity has engaged additional non-teaching...

Avalanche warning issued

Srinagar: A medium danger avalanche warning was Wednesday issued for some snow-bound areas of Kashmir Valley. The avalanche warning has been issued for snowbound areas...

Pandit body slams BJP for ‘opposing’ temple bill

Jammu: Upset over the decision to refer the Temple and Shrines Bill to the joint select committee, a body representing Kashmiri Pandits today said...

Man locks school over land compensation

Srinagar: Upset over the delay in land compensation owed  to him, a man locked down a government school in north Kashmir's Lolab area. A local...

Pakistan’s Bazaar Movement of 1977

BY TARIQ MAHMUD The month of March is a grim reminder of the events of 1977, which, in the ultimate, changed the course of the...

Twin attacks: Security heightened across Pulwama

Srinagar: Security has been beefed up across  south Kashmir’s Pulwama district following  two attacks on Monday that left two policemen dead and two more...

Girl ends life

Srinagar: A teenage girl ended her life by jumping into the River Jehlum from the Amira Kadal bridge here. Reports said that passers-by were taken...

India: Driving into Disaster

BY PRAFUL BIDWAI ‘Scorched earth’ is the kindest phrase to describe the approach of the last budget (rather, vote-on-account) of India’s United Progressive Alliance in...

Drug peddler arrested

Srinagar: Police Wednesday arrested a suspected drug peddler and recovered 420 grams of cannabis from his possession in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla...

1967: Elections Held for J&K’s 3rd Legislative Assembly

Elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir for the state’s third Legislative Assembly. The Congress party secured 16 seats, and was followed by the...

‘Had license to fire against Bangladesh’

MIRPUR: His blistering 25-ball 59 helped Pakistan beat Bangladesh by three wickets and reach the finals of the Asia Cup and Shahid Afridi has...

The contagious madness of Shahid Afridi

Hassan Cheema You could almost feel the anger in Wasim Akram's voice. Shahid Afridi had attempted a trademark hoick with his team precariously placed...

Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal set for MCC bicentenary

LONDON: Pakistan's Shahid Afridi and Saeed Ajmal have joined several other leading international cricketers in being confirmed for this year's Lord's bicentenary match, Marylebone...

Afridi’s form augurs well for Pak’s World T20 campaign: Misbah

MIRPUR: With the World Twenty20 beginning here in less than a fortnight's time, explosive all-rounder Shahid Afridi's ominous form augurs well for the Pakistan...

Gavaskar slams India for fielding unchanged XI against Afghanistan

MIRPUR: Sunil Gavaskar on Wednesday slammed the Indian team management for fielding an unchanged XI in the dead rubber against Afghanistan and wondered whether...

An Earth Rights Law

BY BRIAN LOFFLER Once in a lifetime a truly game-changing event reshapes global society. Think back to 1833 when the British Parliament finally bowed to...

Pak man hands over 3 sons to Hafiz Saeed for ‘jihad’

M Zulqernain LAHORE: A Pakistani man has handed over his three young sons to Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed for jihad. Abu Haider, a Jamaat-ud-Dawa activist,...

Finally, no more two-finger test on rape victims

Nagpur: The Union Health Ministry, which has drawn new guidelines for treating rape victims, has asked all hospitals to set up a designated room...

Javid Mir operated

SRINAGAR: Senior leader of Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat Conference and of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (H) chairman, Javid Ahmad Mir was Tuesday afternoon operated upon...

LS poll dates to be announced today

New Delhi: The schedule for the Lok Sabha polls will be announced by the Election Commission on Wednesday. With the announcement of poll dates, the...

Bengali magic fails as hurricane Afridi sends India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh packing

NEW DELHI: Shahid Afridi's brilliant blitzkrieg proved too hot for Bangladesh to handle as Pakistan registered a thrilling 3-wicket win that knocked India out...

An Outcast in India, Pak History

BY JAWED NAQVI India’s feisty Dalit leader Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar scarcely finds place in our historical consciousness, having been airbrushed from much of the discourse...

Did Pak Need the US, or Vice Versa?

  BY SHAHID JAVED BURKI Pakistan, ever reliant on external financial assistance, faces a very different international situation as the government headed by Prime Minister Nawaz...

1929: Hari Singh’s Prime Minister Resigns

The Prime Minister of  Maharaja Hari Singh, Sir Albion Banerjee, who was a Bengali Brahman, resigned, and his historic indictment of the autocrat’s rule...

KU’s ten-day skiing course for girls underway at Gulmarg

Srinagar: A ten-day ski course for girls, organised by  Directorate of Physical Education and Sports, University of Kashmir  has begun at  Gulmarg. Around 20 students...

Temple bill sent to joint select committee, BJP warns of Amarnath-like agitation

Jammu: The Kashmir Hindu Shrines bill for management of temples by government was Tuesday referred to the joint select committee after it saw stiff...

India, Pak discuss trade across LoC

New Delhi: India and Pakistan Tuesday held a meeting on cross-Line of Control trade and travel during which ways and mechanisms for increasing people-to-people...

Pandits, Jammuites bound to feel bitter: Mehbooba

Jammu: PDP Tuesday  criticised government for "deliberately delaying" the passage of the Kashmir Hindu Shrines bill, and said it was a "fixed match" between...

1,083 complaints lodged with SVC: Omar

Jammu: The State Vigilance Commission (SVC) has received 1,083 complaints of corruption and has disposed of 252 cases since its inception. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah,...

Hurriyats slam govt for acting as ‘mute spectator’

SRINAGAR: The parallel Hurriyat factions led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Geelani Tuesday expressed concern over the “expulsion”  of Kashmiri students from...

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