Saudi govt decides to not confiscate passports of Indian airlines crew: Air India
New Delhi, Mar 30 : The Saudi Arabian government has decided not to retain the passport of the Indian airline crew members on arrival in the country and issue a bar code instead, an Air India spokesperson confirmed. The move comes as a big relief to the crew of Air India and Jet Airways, the […]
‘Gulshan ka Qadi’
TRIBUTE: Translation of Sahil Maqbool’s Urdu short story
Don’t know of what mysterious sins I have been penalized, least I know the reason of the ordeal or try-out I have been put to and bafflingly how and when I was restricted in this garden. I was unaware of the my identity, my name to me is yet another issue to be set on, […]
A murder mystery that is also a comment on the woman question
A Murder on Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
Perveen Mistry, the lawyer-turned-detective in the book, A Murder on Malabar Hill, first made an appearance in the novella titled Outnumbered at Oxford published in 2015. In that story, Perveen is studying law at St. Hilda’s in Oxford — one of the few Indians studying at Oxford in the early 1900s. An elderly mathematics professor […]
Unabated Bloodshed consuming Kashmiri Youth
The youth is rightly termed as the season of hope. But in Kashmir this very season of hope is facing many perils- The biggest among them being the unabated bloodshed and rising trend of Kashmir youth opting for armed rebellion again India. Even some highly qualified youth have very recently chosen to walk this path. […]
In presence of Akhilesh, farmer claims banks recovering waived loan amount from accounts
Lucknow, Mar 31 : SP president Akhilesh Yadav today presented before the media a farmer, who claimed that banks were recovering the amount written off under the crop loan waiver scheme from the accounts of some beneficiaries, a charge promptly denied by the Uttar Pradesh government. Gaurav Chaudhary, the farmer from Meerut district, said some farmers […]
Shab-e-Meraj arrangements reviewed at Bandipora
BANDIPORA, MARCH 31: In order to ensure facilities to the devotees on the ensuing auspicious occasion of Shab-e-Meraj and its Friday Following, a meeting of concerned officers was held here today under the Chairmanship of Assistant Commissioner Revenue Bandipora, Hameeda Akhter During the meeting, the concerned officers were directed to put in place all the […]
DGP orders promotions of over 120 ASIs(S) and SGCTs(M)
Jammu: The Director General of Police Dr. S.P Vaid today issued promotion orders of 10 ASI(S) and 112 SGCT(M). Director General of Police, J&K, Dr. SP Vaid today ordered promotions in favour of 10 Assistant Sub-Inspectors (S) to the rank of Sub-Inspector (S) and 112 Selection Grade Constables (M) to the rank of Head Constable […]
A false dilemma
For Ramachandra Guha empathy for Muslims is a liberal predicament. He makes a deeply unfair argument
Harsh Mander who has worked tirelessly for communal harmony has, in his piece (‘Sonia, sadly‘, IE, March 17), expressed anguish at what he sees is the abandonment of an entire community. Victims of discrimination, bigotry and hate violence, Muslims now are being shunned by even allegedly secular political parties for fear that mention of the […]
