Afghan officials working with tribal elders to rescue abducted Indian engineers
Kabul, May 7 : Security officials in Afghanistan are working with local tribal elders to trace the seven Indian engineers abducted by the Taliban gunmen in the restive northern Baghlan province, media reports said today. Provincial police spokesman Zabiullah Shuja said the Indian engineers of KEC International, an RPG group company, were working on […]
UP: Illicit liquor worth Rs 1 cr seized ahead of Kairana bypoll
Muzaffarnagar (UP), May 7 : The police today claimed to have seized liquor worth Rs one crore at two checkposts on the Haryana-Uttar Pradesh border in Shamli district, ahead of Kairana bypoll in Uttar Pradesh. The 48-hour drive against smuggling of illicit liquor came days before Kairana parliamentary constituency bypoll on May 28. According to […]
Durbar Move: Altaf Bukhari inspects various sections of Finance Deptt in Civil Secretariat
SRINAGAR, MAY 07: Minister of Finance, Labour and Employment Syed Muhammad Altaf Bukhari on Monday visited different sections of Finance Departments and interacted with the employees in the civil secretariat here. He sought cooperation of the employees for smooth functioning of the Finance Department and urged them to work with Zeal and Zest. Finance Minister […]
Karl Marx, 200 years later
To ignore Marx the philosopher is to remain impoverished in a market-driven world
By: Ramin Jahanbegloo Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx, the author of Das Kapital and the leading spirit of the International Workingmen’s Association (known as the First International). In the words of Oscar Wilde, the Irish playwright and writer, “An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called […]
Attack on Ahsan Iqbal result of appeasing Faizabad protesters, says Nawaz
Islamabad, May 07: A day after Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was attacked by a suspect believed to be affiliated with the Tehreek-i-Labbaik, ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif insinuated that the state had emboldened the attacker to execute his plans. A video showing the distribution of money to protesters after the Faizabad sit-in was called off. […]
National Conference delegation meets Governor
SRINAGAR, MAY 7: A delegation of senior National Conference leaders led by Ali Mohammad Sagar, met Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here today. The delegation expressed deep concern about the prevailing unrest, deteriorating law and order situation, loss of civilian lives, and failure of governmental machinery to deliver good governance and instil sense […]
Governor’s Secretariat reopens in Srinagar
SRINAGAR, MAY 7: The Governor’s Secretariat, which closed at Jammu on 27th April evening, reopened at the Raj Bhavan, Srinagar, today morning. Governor N. N. Vohra went around the various wings of the Raj Bhavan and met the officers and staff of the Governor’s Secretariat. He advised all the functionaries to ensure cleanliness, efficiency, promptitude […]
Picasso’s portrait of mistress to be auctioned after 20 yrs
London, May 7 : Spanish artist Pablo Picasso’s 1932 portrait of his mistress and muse Marie Therese will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s ‘Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale’ in London on June 19. Painted during Picasso’s ‘year of wonders’, ‘Buste de femme de profil. Femme écrivant’, a monumental, yet remarkably tender and intimate […]
Ibn Battuta and Shaikh Murshidi
By: Dr A Q Khan After travelling to Makkah, Madina, southern Persia, Iraq, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, Ibn Battuta reached the Indian Subcontinent, where he travelled from Sindh to the north west and then on to Delhi (which he called Dilli). At that time, Sultan Ghiasuddin Tughluq was the king. The king’s son, Mujahid Muhammad Shah […]
Rethink Kashmir
Whatever is happening in Kashmir is really worrisome. And scary too, because not a single day passes off without people getting killed here. While the encounters between the combatants – the government forces and the militants — are happening almost on daily basis and inflicting fatal costs on both sides, civilians too also falling like […]
