Pak using militant groups to change status quo in Kashmir: US diplomat
Washington: Pakistan has used militant groups to change the status quo in Jammu and Kashmir, which has undermined every peace effort and impacted human rights negatively, a Barrack Obama-era diplomat has told US lawmakers. In a statement to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation, Alyssa Ayres, senior fellow […]
Pak harbors, trains militants: India
United Nations: In a scathing attack on Pakistan, India has said that if there is an unfinished agenda at the UN, it is that of tackling the scourge of terrorism and the country, a globally-recognised epicenter of the menace, which harbours and trains militants and hails them as martyrs. Exercising India’s right to reply on […]
Pivoting the economy
Kashmir’s economy is unique in nature. It can survive the vagaries of external pressures as it is largely dependent on the regions local production which includes agricultural produce and the handicrafts sector. However, the two sectors have been ignored and have not been able to take shape in the form of co-operatives so that the […]
Letting technology to ruin our future
Syed Tajamul Islam Reeling under bizarre covid19 atmosphere, human beings lost all its taste and colours of their outdoor life. Either they are locked and confined indoors or allowing them to march into outdoor environment with suffocating masks and preventive dress kits making them to look like aliens or somewhat whitish death angels roaming more […]
Teacher: An Agent of Transformation
Prof Rajan Kapoor The other day, I took part in an online quiz. There were a few questions the answers of which were not known to me. I did not attempt those questions and submitted the test. As expected, I failed to qualify the test. After a few minutes, one of my colleagues, who appeared […]
Of increasing divorce rates
Rayees Ahmad Kumar Divorce or Talaq means to break a bond between two souls who earlier were combined through Nikah (Fathul Bari by Hafiz Ibni Hajar RA). Word Talaq existed in pre-Islamic period also and in present days also it is prevalent. Talaq is permitted only when woman’s virtues, character and morals aren’t upto the […]
An invigorating cup of black tea
K S S Pillai What reassures me that life is worth living is the first glass of black tea (we still follow the old Kerala custom of drinking tea or coffee in a glass instead of a cup) that I get early in the morning. I have always considered the leisurely sipping of a glass […]
Killing of woman in Srinagar encounter very unfortunate’: DGP
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Tuesday termed very unfortunate the killing of a civilian woman during an encounter in the Batamaloo area here and said usually the security forces handle such situations with discipline and professionalism. The woman, identified as Kaunsar Riyaz, was killed in cross-firing during the gunbattle […]
