Kashmir, the invisible sufferer

Kashmir bears the brunt every time there is an Indo-Pak border flare-up

Abid Bashir

The recent skirmishes at the Line of Control may have forced the two nuclear powers to calm down and stick to the cease-fire agreement, but Kashmir has already received a big jolt. History bears testimony to the fact that developments in Pakistan and India have directly affected Kashmir, which continues More
Widowed twice, Sharifa clings on to hope

Killings of two breadwinners has forced this Kupwara woman to live a life of penury

Rohail Afzal

For 45-year-old Sharifa Begum, who is living a life of penury in Lone Harie, Kupwara, 125 kms north of Srinagar, life has been cruel and full of sorrows. Holding close her nine-year-old son, Faisal, she narrates the hardships she faced in her life, especially after the death of her first husband.
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  • Kashmir

Sopore Custodial Killing

SHRC awaits Chief Minister’s action into ‘this grave human rights violation’

Asks DGP to initiate departmental probe against senior police officers

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Feb 6: Reminding Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of his promise to bring the accused in custodial killing of a Sopore youth in 2011 to justice, the Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission on Wednesday More


  • Srinagar City

Maintain quality, transparency in execution of development works: Jora

Reviews functioning of SMC, visits various areas of city

Srinagar, Feb 6: Minister for Urban Development and Urban Local Bodies, Nawang Rigzin Jora on Wednesday reviewed progress and functioning of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC).     More



  • Jammu

JK constitutes panel to ‘study’ Verma Committee report

To Recommend Amendments In Existing Laws On Crime Against Women

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Feb 6: The Government Wednesday constituted a high-powered committee to recommend amendments to make the existing laws dealing with the offences against women more stringent.An official spokesman More


  • GKeducation&Careers

Training journalists of the future

Ill-equipped departments, obsolete syllabus and inexperienced faculty worries journalism students

TEACHING JOURNALISM

IMRAN MUZAFFAR

Um Roommana Sulaiman, 23, wants to become a successful television broadcaster like Mishal Husain of the BBC. A 4th semester student of journalism at the Islamic University of Science and Technology Awantipora More


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