A day after curfew-like restrictions, life in Srinagar and other towns of Kashmir Valley bounced back to normal Thursday. City centre Lal Chowk, which had been tense over plans to unfurl the national flag there, was its bustling self. Markets opened early despite the morning winter chill as transport plied normally to ferry officegoers and businessmen to their places of work. … [Read more...] about Lal Chowk bounces back to normal
Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan to be honoured posthumously
26/11 hero Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan will be honoured posthumously with the ''Maharana Pratap Shaurya Puraskar'' at a function here for his supreme sacrifice for the nation. The NSG braveheart will be honoured on January 29 at a ''Kavi Sammelan'' here, event organiser Advocate Banwarilal Sharma told reporters here today. Unnikrishnan''s parents will receive the bravery award … [Read more...] about Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan to be honoured posthumously
Look inwards Mr Shah Mehmood Qureshi
A large number of violent incidents occurred through the length and breadth of Pakistan on July, 01. At least 40 persons were killed and 175 others injured when three suicide attackers blew themselves up inside the shrine of Lahore’s patron saint, Syed Ali Hajwairi. The incident took place when the compound was jam-packed for special prayers that are offered at the shrine every … [Read more...] about Look inwards Mr Shah Mehmood Qureshi
Taliban regaining lost ground -`Monster turns on the master’
Once nurtured by the Pakistani state, especially the ISI, Pakistan’s home grown Jihadis are now increasingly attacking the Pakistanis. The recent massacre of over 100 Ahmediya worshippers in Lahore’s two mosques, a brazen attack on a NATO convoy just outside Islamabad, an audacious attack on a hospital inside Lahore to free a captured terrorist -and many such others- all … [Read more...] about Taliban regaining lost ground -`Monster turns on the master’
Profiling of agitations in Kashmir
Jasbir Sarai The announcement of a panel of interlocutors by the centre has, most predictably, elicited a negative response from the separatists and their on and off partner the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is not without reason since these elements are well aware that now a can of worms will be unearthed which will clearly establish their complicity in orchestrating … [Read more...] about Profiling of agitations in Kashmir