16.6 C
Srinagar
Monday, June 22, 2026

AUTHOR NAME

KR Desk

42396 POSTS
0 COMMENTS

Gold falls from 3-month high on stocks as advance curbs demand

LONDON: Gold today declined from the highest price since November as rising equities cut demand for a haven and on speculation the metal's advance...

Pathribal: Force Dictates the Course of Justice

BY CHRISTINE MEHTA Abdul Rasheed is the son of Juma Khan, one of the five Kashmiri villagers killed in the infamous fake encounter at Pathribal...

The Jama’at-Geelani Property Row: Confusion or Confrontation? – (II)

BY MUDASIR WANI Two points become clear from the foregoing discussion: that there is a strong connection between Geelani Sahib and the Jama’at in the...

From the Ruins – (II)

BY SAROOP IJAZ To celebrate the culture of Sindh through a festival named the Sindh Festival does not create any provincial divisions; on the contrary,...

People’s League Activist Subjected to Fatal Torture

Peoples League worker Ghulam Muhammad Bulla, arrested from Sopore on February 11, was shifted to Srinagar, where he was reportedly tortured by the police. ...

Killer Roads

According to official averages, three persons are killed and twenty-five injured per day in road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir. Shockingly, 3,595 persons have...

HC grants interim relief to former MoS health

Srinagar: In a major relief to former minister of state for health Shabir Ahmd Khan Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday asked him...

Political, Not Administrative – (II)

Picking up from where these columns left off on Tuesday, another priceless gem from the Cabinet Sub Committee report on new administrative units depicts the...

Fortune’s Favourite

As the wag said, there is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. Not that Dr...

Take Hill Councils Call

The row over new administrative units in Jammu and Kashmir has almost been settled. But a long-pending demand of the people of the Pir...

Dubious Distinction

Jammu and Kashmir has the dubious distinction of having the maximum number of unemployed youth in India. According to data furnished by official sources,...

Shabir Shah, others detained

SRINAGAR: The recently floated Hurriyat Conference Jammu and Kashmir while expressing strong resentment over the Army decision to close the Pathribal fake encounter case...

PPP Pioneers

Side-effects, a term usually associated with prescription drugs, can safely be applied in Kashmir to illness itself. For, no sooner does a healthy person...

AAP and Anarchy

Many in Kashmir would find it instructive to study how and why the Indian National Congress, the political platform that eventually came to lead...

The Roshni Scam

The Vigilance Organisation seems all set to probe the Roshni scam. The Superintendents of Police (SPs) in the SVO have been directed by the...

Fulfil Sher-e-Kashmir’s dream

Sher-e-Kashmir tried his best to grant hill councils to erstwhile Doda district and the Pir Panchal region. However, the Jammu people opposed it and...

JKCA gives Ranji team a rousing reception

‘Proud that our performance brought happiness to fans’ We will try to set our house in order: Wazir SRINAGAR: J&K Ranji team arrived to a rousing...

Pulwama girl dies, family hospitalised after ‘food poisoning during exorcism’

Srinagar: A teenage girl died and five others fell ill due to suspected food poisoning when an occultist had come to a house for...

Battle of Tours…Muslim divisiveness lead to reverses in France

Golden Mein: By Dr. Javid Iqbal Just like the French reverses in ‘Battle of Waterloo’ a battle that settled the Anglo-French confrontation with Nelson dealing the decisive blow...

JKFA condole former footballer’s death

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Football Association (JKFA) Wednesday condoled the demise of former footballer Manzoor Ahmad. A condolence meet in this regard was chaired...

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Dubai, 1st day

DUBAI: Sri Lanka owed it to their bowlers for taking the opening day honours against Pakistan in the second Test in Dubai on Wednesday...

Sopore attack: Army, SOG intensify search for militants

Mushtaq Ahmed Baramulla: Army and Special Operations Group (SOG) of police conducted searches for the second consecutive day Wednesday in Sopore town of this north...

2 PaK bank executives record statement in Mumbai attacks case

M Zulqernain Lahore/Islamabad: One of the alleged Lashker-e-Toiba trainers involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks used to frequently get money transfers into his account, two...

Govt patronizing liquor consumption at clubs: Mirwaiz

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday expressed concern over “growing immorality in Muslim- majority Kashmir”. Addressing a conference on the life of...

1958: Sher-e-Kashmir Released

The Sher-e-Kashmir was released on January 8, 1958, after more than five years of imprisonment. He had been dethroned and arrested on August 9,...

Sopore: Police officer killed in encounter

Mushtaq Ahmed Baramulla: An officer of the Special Operations Group (SOG) of police was killed and three other policemen injured Tuesday in a fierce gunfight...

Khidmat Center holders on indefinite protest

Jammu: To press for their demands, Khidmat center holders, working for National e-Governance Project, Tuesday held protest at press club here. Khidmat Center holders (VLE),...

Four Kashmir girl students develop android app for Aryans

Srinagar: Four girls of Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh from Jammu and Kashmir have developed an android app that would help the Aryans Group...

Wani elected president Pampore saffron growers association

PAMPORE: Abdul Majid Wani, a well know businessman here, was Tuesday elected as president of the All Saffron Growers Development Marketing Cooperative Association. The election...

Weather forecast: Snowfall from Jan 8-10

Reader Correspondent  Srinagar: Weather woes are likely to mount as Kashmir braces for heavy snowfall in the next three days. The weather is likely to hit...

Latest news