Bureaucrats have to perform or they will suffer, Guv Malik
Srinagar: “Perform or suffer” is the message of Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik for the state’s bureaucrats and he says he has been directed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to build a “badhiya (wonderful) Kashmir” where corruption, inefficiency and sluggishness will not be tolerated. During an interview with PTI recently, the governor had outlined […]
Use of disproportionate force perpetuating violence in Kashmir: Tarigami
Srinagar: CPI(M) MLA from Jammu and Kashmir M Y Tarigami on Thursday accused the Centre of contributing to the cycle of violence in the state with its use of disproportionate force to quell unrest. He said the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre is making the situation in the state worse by subduing people’s political […]
Former Navy officer to conduct bathymetric survey of Dal-Nageen lake
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has appointed former Navy officer S K Jha as a consultant for conducting a comprehensive bathymetric survey of the Dal-Nageen lake. “Sanction is hereby accorded to the engagement of Vice Admiral S K Jha (retired), PVSM, AVSM, NM as consultant for carrying a bathymetric survey of Dal-Nageen lake,” the […]
Kashmir still a ‘core vexed agenda’, says Pak Army chief
Islamabad: Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday said the Kashmir issue continues to be a “core unresolved agenda” and warned against “misadventure” against his country. Gen Bajwa made the remarks during a visit to Sarpir and Pandu Sectors at the Line of Control where he interacted with the Pakistani troops, the Inter-Services […]
First Pak astronaut will go into space in 2022 with China’s help: Pak Govt
Islamabad: Pakistan would send a human to space for the first time in 2022 with China’s help, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry announced Thursday, ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s maiden visit to Beijing to further cement the all weather strategic cooperative partnership. Pakistan’s first space mission has been planned for 2022 and the federal Cabinet […]
Amidst India-Pak hostility, Kashmir born novelist writes a touching ‘love story’
'Mehr: A Love Story' is an attempt to capture love's deepest mysteries
New Delhi: Author Siddhartha Gigoo, who is out with his latest novella, says the cross-border love story is his attempt to understand the depth of obsession in its many forms — love, patriotism and religion. In “Mehr: A Love Story”, Gigoo sketches the tale of a Pakistani woman and an Indian man who fall in […]