J & K bans poultry in view of bird flu scare

The Jammu and Kashmir government has banned thr import of all poultry products with immediately effect. An order to this effect was issued by senior IAS officer Naveen...

Mehbooba is now on the margins of history: Her rant has few takers

Mehbooba Mufti has a trait which no other contemporary politician can lay a claim to, being rabid in her choice of words, phrases and going to extremes. Particularly when...

November 25 is blackest of black day in Mirpur: When Hindus paid the price of not joining Pakistan

The attacks by tribal lashkars led by Pakistani soldiers on Jammu and Kashmir ruled by Maharaja Hari Singh began on October 22. A lot had been done by Pakistan in the...

The hero we remember with gratitude for saving Poonch in 1947-48

In 1947-48 war with Pakistan, that raged in many parts of Jammu and Kashmir for months together, November 21, 1948, is a very important date. It was on this day that the...

Why these elections in J and K would’ve MLAs' status greatly degraded

The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will see eight phase elections for District Development Councils (DDCs) beginning November 28 and ending on December 19. It is...

The Braveheart Major who saved Srinagar for India on this fateful day in 1947

Once Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession with India on October 26, providing troops for the defence of Jammu and Kashmir became the responsibility of...

How come stone-pelters are queueing up in thousands for a BSF job, Ms Mufti?

Kashmiri youths were stone-pelters and now they are lining up to protect India’s borders and we don’t know whom to believe anymore.