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Artisans ambassadors of JK’s treasured cultural heritage: DC Srinagar

Artisans ambassadors of JK’s treasured cultural heritage: DC Srinagar

SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 06: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Syed Abid Rashid Shah today said artisans are ambassadors of State’s treasured cultural heritage. He made these remarks while speaking at a daylong awareness camp which was organized by Handicrafts Department. On the occasion, DC said that Handicraft of Kashmir has made its footprints globally and it is a […]

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Political realism needed

Political realism needed

The happenings in Kashmir during and since the last year’s summer unrest have once again necessitated and reinforced the need of realism in the separatist politics here. Honest analyses of their politics – take for instance, people’s participation in shutdowns and strikes called by them, now followed by visible lack of interest in heeding these […]

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Feel Free by Zadie Smith review – wonderfully suggestive essays

Feel Free by Zadie Smith review – wonderfully suggestive essays

Exploring a range of subjects from hip-hop to JG Ballard to Get Out, Smith is both the coolly appraising connoisseur and the excited book nerd, the culture geek

BY: Alex Clark These essays and journalistic pieces, which date from 2010 to last year and cover a range of subjects from Brexit to Justin Bieber to Italian gardens and her childhood bathroom, confirm Zadie Smith as a non-fiction writer of striking generosity and perception. The generosity takes the form of a permanent, embracing invitation […]

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The anatomy of another riot

The anatomy of another riot

Kasganj is a metaphor for the emerging everydayness of riot-induced violence

BY: Shiv Visvanathan Every riot today produces a set of staged narratives which are eerie to watch and strange to listen to. A riot is no longer an act of production where the narrative focusses on causes but an act of consumption where a variety of narratives create a quilt patch we call history. The […]

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View from the spider’s web

View from the spider’s web

Well-regarded journalists in India have gone to the Congress, others have gone to the BJP.

  BY: Jawed Naqvi EVERYONE has the right to change their opinions and to choose or dump their political beliefs or allegiances. At an intellectual level, changing or discarding an opinion is considered a sign of a healthy mind. A cardinal rule in academia is to keep questioning the axiom unrelentingly. Professor Sarvepalli Gopal’s masterly […]

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21490 selections made by JKSSB, PSC in last 2 years: Priya Sethi

21490 selections made by JKSSB, PSC in last 2 years: Priya Sethi

Jammu, Feb 06: Minister of State for Education Priya Sethi, while replying on behalf of Minister for GAD, informed the Legislative Council that 21,490 selections have been made in various government departments by the recruitment agencies during the last two years. Responding to a question of Qaiser Jamshed Lone, the Minister informed that 132 selections […]

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Govt to create 300 posts for UMC Srinagar, AMC Jammu: Naqash

Govt to create 300 posts for UMC Srinagar, AMC Jammu: Naqash

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 06: Minister of State for Health and Medical Education Asiea Naqash today informed Legislative Council that the government is contemplating to create 300 posts including faculty positions, doctors and paramedics in Unani Medical College (UMC), Srinagar and Ayurvedic Medical College (AMC), Jammu. Replying to a question of Surinder Mohan Ambardar, the Minister informed […]

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Lower Munda, Borehallan Heerpur toll posts abolished

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 06: As a follow up to the budget announcement, the government has notified that Toll Posts established in Kashmir division at Lower Munda in District Anantnag and Borehallan Heerpur in District Shopian have been abolished February 06, 2018. “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (4) of the Jammu & Kashmir Levy […]

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Halep to miss Romania’s Fed Cup

Halep to miss Romania’s Fed Cup

Bucharest: BUCHAREST: World number two Simona Halep said Tuesday that she will miss Romania’s Fed Cup tie with Canada this weekend after an injury picked up at a gruelling Australian Open failed to heal. “I’m sad as playing for Romania is very important to me but I look forward to seeing everyone in Cluj as […]

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Salman Butt to play in Dhaka Premier League

Salman Butt to play in Dhaka Premier League

DHAKA: Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has arrived in Bangladesh to play his first full-fledged competition outside his homeland since serving a five-year ban for spot fixing, an official said Tuesday. He was cleared by the Pakistan Cricket Board to play in the latest edition of the Dhaka Premier League, a popular Bangladesh club franchise […]