Geologists believe that about
ten crore years have passed when Kashmir Valley which was once a
lake called Satisar, the lake of goddess Sati, came into its
present form. For hundreds of million years Kashmir Valley is
supposed to have remained under Tethys Sea and the high
sedimentary-rock hills seen in the valley now were once under
water. Geologists...more
On 27th December 2007,
former Prime Minister Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was assassinated as
she left a campaign event at Liaqat Bagh, in the Pakistan city of
Rawalpindi. In the attack on Ms Bhutto, 24 other people were killed
and 91 injured....More Archive
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Srinagar: Stone pelting in Kashmir
valley appears to be fast turning into a lucrative 'business' for
some unemployed youths offering this 'service' for a price....More
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Kashmir was once dubbed the
Switzerland of the east. It was once a mecca for climbers, skiers,
honeymooners and film-makers drawn to the state's soaring peaks,
fruit orchards and timber houseboats bobbing on Dal Lake in
Srinagar, the summer capital.....More
ISLAMABAD - The brazen attack on
Monday on the United States consulate in Peshawar, the capital of
Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), was the first ever
against a US facility in the restive region......More
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The available details
regarding the fedayeen (suicidal)-cum- suicide attack on the US
Consulate in Peshawar, the capital of the North-West Frontier
Province (NWFP) of Pakistan, on April 5,2010, are still confusing...More Archive Opinion
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Poor health facilities exacerbate
Gilgit Baltistan situation
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Are Peace and
Kashmir two banks of a river that shall never meet? Is normalcy in
Kashmir a utopian dream? It seems so. Everytime when there is a
movement towards re-conciliation, dialogue or peace processsome elements amongst us get influenced by outside forces and
leave no stone unturned to thwart the positive initiatives....
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India’s fabled democracy masks a worrying waywardness. It
behaves like a mob at the first signs of a crisis. This is when
it shuts out debate, suspends core civil liberties by a fiat or
by being itself — a bull...More
The long-anticipated June launch of a
U.S.-NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan (VOA) has raised hopes
that it will rid the region of the Taliban....More
