Pak says not approaching IMF for new bailout programme
We are considering alternative options: Finance Minister
Karachi: Pakistan will not approach the IMF for a new bailout package and is considering alternative options to tide over its economic crisis, Finance Minister Asad Umar said Saturday. Minister Umar made the remarks during a meeting with businessmen at the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI). Umar told the participants that the Imran […]
Cosmetic measures won’t work
The state government is making plans to commission the State of Art India International Kashmir Saffron Trade Center (IIKSTC) set up at Dussu, Pampore. The trade center was established owing to the fact that Jammu and Kashmir is the 2nd largest Saffron producing area in the world and is the only state in the country […]
The institution of joint family system-a blessing of bygone days
By Mushtaq Hurra During the last four or five decades, world has changed and progressed by leaps and bounds. Man has conquered the moon and the stars, he has pierced the chest of the earth, and has established his rule over mighty oceans but the other side of the coin is very ugly. Values, morals […]
Is blood of Kashmiris really cheap?
In Islam, the protection of life has always been a focal point
“Our lives are meaningless and will remain so”, concluded Albert Camus. In his “The Myth of Sisyphus”, he intended to proffer the futility of human existence. Camus and the existent man see eye to eye over this belief, especially the way the latter is taking his life for granted. The question on the tapis is, […]
Modi govt failed to give befitting response to Pakistan: Cong
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Saturday expressed shock over the killings of two soldiers and an Army porter in Rajouri district and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government had “failed” to give a befitting response to the neighbour. An Army Major and a soldier were killed in an IED blast along the Line of […]
Corporators create ruckus at oath-taking ceremony
Jammu: Some elected village heads created a ruckus during their oath-taking ceremony in Jammu city, demanding they be allowed to take the oath in Dogri language. Sarpanch Shiv Dev Singh of Barnoti block of Kathua district led the group to demand that they be allowed to take oath in Dogri, instead of Urdu, and raised […]
SDM Zainapora assures redressal of grievances
Shopian: Sub-district Magistrate (SDM) Zainapora, Syed Ahmad on Saturday held a public darbar here at his office during which people apprised him about various issues including potable drinking water, power supply, sanitation and mainly traffic related issues. Officers of Revenue, Engineering departments, Municipality, Transport and people from the sub-division of Shopian district attended the darbar. […]
26 absentee employees suspended
Srinagar: Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC), Budgam, Khurshid Ahmad Sanai on Saturday suspended 26 government employees for remaining absent from duties. An official spokesman said that during the inspection, 21 employee of Power Development Department (PDD) and 5 employees of Roads and Buildings (R&B) departments were found absent from their duties without any authorization. The […]
Bipin Rawat’s statement aimed to hoodwink people of India: Sehrai
Says 'Kashmir not misinformed, freedom struggle not driven by social media'
Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chairman, Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai on Saturday reacted to the statement made by Army Chief, General Bipin Rawat wherein he had said ‘Kashmiri youth are being radicalized with misinformation by social media’. Sehrai in a statement issued here said that people of Kashmir are neither misinformed nor this ‘indigenous political freedom struggle’ is driven […]
