Statetimes - The Bold Voice of J&K

The Supreme Court's 1998 ruling upholding a Kerala High Court judgement declaring Bandhs illegal is applicable to the whole country. Political parties have since subverted the spirit behind the ruling with a twist in nomenclature: they now…
Read More...

With the spread of ISIS in Iraq and Syria is a cause of concern for India too if Afghanistan is caught in the vortex. With US poised to withdraw from Afghanistan there is every possibility of Taliban concentrating on Indian border. The…
Read More...

 Mudassar Khawaja   Education has been the only and primary source of enlightenment for humanity since ages. Since ancient Greece, the importance of formal education has developed multi fold. Reforms undertaken by successive civilisations…
Read More...

Ahmed Ali Fayyaz SRINAGAR, May 25: Even as security forces suffered a major setback, losing three soldiers, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in a fierce encounter with the infiltrating militants on the LoC in Tangdar area of…
Read More...

Dr PP Singh  There is a continuous row over the demand for AIIMS at Jammu. All political parties even BJP except NC are in favour of AIIMS at Jammu. Since Jammu and Kashmir are two big provinces and population of both the provinces is…
Read More...

Kanchan Gupta  Years ago, a television producer had commissioned me to interview Sunil Gangopadhyay, the finest writer of Bengali prose who was also considered by many to be the best contemporary poet. That was almost a decade before Sunil…
Read More...

Allaying fears regarding its stand on Article 370, which guarantees a special constitutional status to Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP on Monday said "status quo on it will be maintained". "This is a constitutional matter and any kind of change…
Read More...

Dear Editor, The Union Government's refusal to process separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's incomplete passport application (unpaid fees, missing biometric details and photographs) has come as a welcome surprise. It is the same Geelani…
Read More...

Dear Editor Through your esteemed newspaper I want to bring the attention of NHAI on the worst condition of road over Tarnah Nala in Hiranagar. The vichles on the sight are crawling due to the diches which become wide day by day. Many…
Read More...

Dear Editor, We,the habitants of Lane No-5 Lakkarmandi are facing crises of water these days.The main reason behind this shortage is the usage of motors by some of the residents of our locality. In order to get the supply of water, majority…
Read More...