Statetimes - The Bold Voice of J&K

R.B SURI                 An Innovative idea indeed for the economic betterment of Jammu and Kashmir as also for revenue realization beyond expectations and minimizing the element of breeding of corruption at the Plaza. Such like things…
Read More...

Padma Rao Sundarji  On 21st May, a tiny news item informed us that a gardener in Gorakhpur was arrested and set free only after he paid one lakh rupees. His crime? Mowing the lawn of a public park - but too close to the local SDM…
Read More...

Dear Editor, To my mind, there is not a single laboratory report that suggests that the consumption of leading soft drink brands is good for health. On the contrary, they are harmful; the high sugar content causes a loss of tooth enamel,…
Read More...

 STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Six of the 18 Armymen slain in an ambush by insurgents in Manipur were from the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir. "Six of the martyrs of the Manipur ambush of Dogra battalion are from Jammu region," defence…
Read More...

Dear Editor, It is not that governments have been unaware of the problems of a growing population or lacked the resources to promote family planning. But the issue has become linked to vote-bank considerations, which have been the bane of…
Read More...

Dear Editor, It reminds me of Bharat Ratna M Visvesvaraya, who when offered the position of Dewan of Mysore State, invited his relatives for dinner. He told them that he would take up the offer on the condition that they should not ask him…
Read More...

 STATE TIMES NEWS Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday hit out at the ruling PDP-BJP coalition over waving of Pakistani flags in the Valley and emergence of Khalistani posters in Jammu, saying it has not…
Read More...

STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Ten Superint-ending Engineers (SEs) of Public Health Engineering (PHE) have been transferred while seven newly promoted SEs have been adjusted. Rajeev Malhotra has been transferred from Hydraulic Circle Jammu and…
Read More...

SRINAGAR: Supporters of Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Friday waved Pakistani flags outside his residence in Hyderpora. The incident comes after Geelani refused to owe allegiance to India even as he applied for a passport here.…
Read More...

 STATE TIMES NEWS Srinagar: Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Friday appeared before passport authorities and declared himself as an Indian while completing formalities for travel documents but insisted that he did it out of…
Read More...