As weather improves, Jammu-Srinagar highway opens for one-way traffic
Jammu: The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway on Tuesday opened for one-way traffic, an official said. “Traffic will only move from Jammu to Srinagar. All stranded vehicles on the highway were cleared on Monday,” the traffic department official said. Supplies of essential commodities are routed into the landlocked Kashmir Valley through this 300 km-long highway. Acute scarcity […]
Pak govt issues order to seize assets of all banned outfits under UN sanctions regime
Islamabad: Pakistan promulgated a law to streamline the procedure for the implementation of the UN sanctions against individuals and organisations, amid mounting pressure from the global community to rein in the terror groups operating on its soil and curb their financing. The Foreign Office said that the government issued the UN Security Council (Freezing and […]
US trying to find common ground between India and Pakistan: Pompeo
Washington, Mar 5 (PTI) The United States is trying to find a common ground between India and Pakistan, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said, describing Kashmir as a long-standing battle between the two South Asian neighbours. Pompeo cited the India-Pak dispute and the Israeli conflict as recent examples of America’s negotiating diplomatic skills, about […]
US to terminate GSP designation of India, Turkey
Washington, Mar 5 (PTI) Arguing that New Delhi had failed to assure America that it would provide equitable and reasonable access to its markets in numerous sectors, US President Donald Trump on Monday informed the US Congress about his intent to terminate the designation of India and Turkey as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalised […]
Tral Encounter: One militant killed as gunfight rages on
Srinagar: One militant has been killed in the ongoing operation in Mir Mohalla in Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday morning. A senior Police official said that yesterday after initial brief exchange of firing there was a long lull, but we had tightened the cordon and sealed all the exit routes of […]
Failure yet again
A failure is staring on the face of the civil administration in Kashmir yet again, but the officials at the helm do not bother to admit it. In fact they are browbeating about everything being normal and are even claiming credit for it. This time around the failure of the administration has been exposed quite […]
What makes Article 35-A prerequisite for the State of Jammu and Kashmir: A debatable Issue?
DR.JAHANGEER AHMAD BHAT There is hue and cry regarding Article 35-A that is scheduled to begin hearings this week on the petitions filed against its validity in the supreme court of India. Article 35A is a provision incorporated in the Constitution giving the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature a carte blanche to decide who all ‘permanent […]
Real journalism at stake in India: Jingoistic approach of media houses is perilous for peace in South Asia
Bhat Zaieem Fake journalism is a type of propaganda that consists of deliberate disinformation or hoaxes spread via traditional print and broadcast news media or online social media. The false information is often caused by reporters for being paid for such stories. The fake journalism is highly unethical and inhuman and has capacity to destroy […]
Girl child- A blessing: A girl child is indeed a blessing from God!
JAVAID JAFRI Girl Child is one of the biggest blessings of Allah. A girl is the one who plays many roles in our lives. She is our mother, our sister, our wife, our grandmother and many more. She is the cause of life, because of her we are in this world. Before a sister, a […]
Reckless driving fails to lead us to home
Peer Faizan Bashir As we draw back to the ancient times, humans had to reach elsewhere by travelling on foot. A heap of items (loads) had to be put on to the shoulders of primitive humans for reaching them to the mentioned place. Human morphological development seems to have happened that time when he tries […]