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No need for revocation of PSA: Govt
SRINAGAR, Oct. 1 — The state government today said there is no proposal or need for revocation of Public Safety Act (PSA) given the additional safeguards incorp...
Gandhi Park, where Gandhi’s ashes were kept on display
Ashes of Indian leader M.K. Gandhi were kept on display at Gandhi Park before being immersed in the waters of Kashmir. Gandhi Park was initially called Gool Bag...
Baglihar project: A lurking danger
Prof. S.A. Qazi (Shaz) An ecosystem is a region with a specific and recognizable landscape form. Such as a forest, grassland, desert, wetland, or coastal area. ...
Gadar Party Fair: They Still Dream Revolution…
Akshay Azad Vinod Kumar Dutta, 68-year old, was quietly watching anyone and everyone entering the hall to have a glimpse on the posters pasted on its walls. His...
Pleasure in Lidder Valley
By Syed Salman “Gar firdous bar-ruhe zamin ast, Hamin asto hamin ast“. Perhaps because of the fame of Himalayas and the love for trekking, Pahalgam has always b...
One Equation Can Lead To Another
By Kuldip Nayar UNFORTUNATELY, both China and Pakistan have reacted adversely to the President Bush-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh nuclear agreement. There is no...
Hope amid bitterness of 29 years
Twenty-nine years on, the ghost of two irreconcilable narratives of the Kashmiri Pandits and the Kashmiri Muslims continues to haunt Kashmir. Both communities h...
Award winning Kashmiri film rekindles creative hopes
Yamini Koul JAMMU, Dec. 6: Rekindling the creative hopes of a community forlorn in the annals of civilization is “Bub,” a film in Kashmiri language based on a r...
Looking back a quarter century on
Firdaus Ahmed* The night of 19-20 January is traditionally taken as the beginning of the uprising in Kashmir. However, it can also be dated to the earlier relea...
Lack of political will and strategy
By H.L. Shishoo Kashmir has emotional significance for every Indian, almost generating infectious enthusiasm, even if it reminds him of India’s political, diplo...
KANGRI: VALLEY’S WEAPON AGAINST WINTER
By Mushtaq ul Haq Ahmad Sikander “What Laila was on Majnoo’s bosom, so is kangri to a Kashmiri”wrote Walter R. Lawrence in his book. ORIGIN: It has been suggest...
Gaw Kadal Massacre: A Tale Retold By A Pandit Resident
SRINAGAR, Jan 20: For Manohar Lal, a Pandit living in the periphery of Gaw Kadal area-January 21, 1991 is the most dreadful day of his life. “Everyone was waili...
Valleyites mourn the brutal killings of 1990
SRINAGAR, Jan 21: The people of Kashmir recalled the brutal killing of 50 civilians way back in 1990. People who have been eyewitness to the incident or have su...
Why The PDP Should Not Ally With The BJP In Jammu And Kashmir?
“A prophetic warning on the PDP alliance with the BJP in 2015. It will not heal divisions but result in a more polarised Jammu and Kashmir. It will lead to the ...
Modi’s gifts for Obama
“For the Parivar, as for Modi, the top priority is not economic growth, not job creation, leave aside holistic development, but politics-how to deepen and widen...
Bridging The Gulf
The emergence of the BJP, political face of the Sangh Parivar, as the main opposition in Jammu has the ominous portent of further strengthening the existing com...
Are There 26 Lakh Hindi Speakers And Only 20,000 Urdu Speakers In J&K?
By Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal. Dated: 10/17/2020 9:26:13 AM Data being quoted by govt selectively and with a twist JAMMU, Oct 16: Three weeks ago as the J&K Officia...
BJP, RSS suggest “balancing” population in Kashmir
Kashmir Times Correspondent JAMMU, April 19: Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh, its political wing, Bharatiya Janata Party and their front organizations today sugges...
Raulaki Rakh
Shivnath This year, Jammu recorded a maximum temperature of over 44°C while Delhi showed the maximum of around 41°C that day and it has not gone upto 44°C on an...
Dogri Poetry Has a New Genre
Some of the veteran Dogri poets have made a distinct mark in a particular genre of poetry and are invariably identified with it. Some of the experiments are lik...