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Libraries going history, online book rentals score a hit in city

Sunday 12 April '09

An avid reader, IT consultant Shilpa Srivastava reads several titles simultaneously. But her method of borrowing books has changed over the past one year.
Youth Hostel Association steps forward to 'save Dal'

Tuesday 24 March '09

The Youth Hostel Associations of India has stepped forward to volunteer to save the shrinking Dal Lake. They recently organized a meeting to discuss alternate ways of saving the Lake.
The once beautiful Dal is now a curse for inhabitants

Monday 23 March '09

The people who live in the Dal lake are now looking for a way out of the polluted surroundings they have to dwell in.
Dal water ebbs as floating gardens look for elbow space

Monday 23 March '09

The Dal's waters are shrinking as the numbers of the erroneously named 'floating gardens' rise for planting vegetables for Srinagar's markets.
Concrete eats into the Dal - slowly and steadily

Friday 20 March '09

Whole illegal colonies have come up in the Dal Lake, with full cooperation from the LAWDA and the local authorities - for a fat payback.
Corruption a way of life in Lal Ded hospital

Tuesday 24 February '09

In Lal Ded hospital, valley's only maternity hospital, corruption is not an evil but an institution. There are set rates of bribes for everything in the hospital.
SKIMS Hospital bereft of bare necessities

Tuesday 24 February '09

There is no labour room here, no emergency, no Intensive Care Unit (ICU), no incinerators, and not even needle destroyers. There is almost nothing to call it a general hospital.
‘This isn’t a hospital but a den of butchers’

Tuesday 10 February '09

One of the paramedics comes out to inform Ghulam Ahmad Ganaie's attendants that he is being catherised and needs a balloon which is not available with the hospital.
Want to get operated in SKIMS? Threaten suicide!

Saturday 7 February '09

It was a suicide threat by a desperate patient that finally got the authorities at Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical sciences to listen to his plea and act.
Hospital wakes up after patient’s suicide threat

Friday 6 February '09

It took a suicide threat by a desperate patient for the authorities at Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical sciences (SKIMS) to administer the required treatment.
Omar to keep off Hari Niwas, stay at own house

Monday 5 January '09

The story of chief ministers in Kashmir is not only about the throne but also of their dream residences.
Now, J-K Assembly to see political scions take charge

Saturday 3 January '09

The son of a slain politician father. A daughter, out to become the face of her father’s vintage political dream...
Valley tunes in to poll results, rejects off-key Pak channels

Monday 29 December '08

No news of J&K results on Pak television; markets abuzz with poll talk on Super Sunday
Srinagar votes, stunned hawk Geelani admits: Unthinkable

Thursday 25 December '08

Policemen sit idle at the entrance, the gates are open, there are no visitors. This is Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s home...
‘We don’t know where the booth is, we don’t want to’

Wednesday 24 December '08

The soldiers walk back in two long queues, their rifles slung on shoulders and tall steel tiffin boxes in their hands.
2 brothers, their cook spice up triangular contest in Tral

Wednesday 10 December '08

Two brothers and their cook. The elections for Tral constituency in south Kashmir are unfolding like a Shakespearean plot.
Village votes for Geelani, stays off booths

Monday 8 December '08

In Dooru village, there are no queues outside the polling station.
Man dies in Army custody, Mehbooba says reduce troops

Wednesday 3 December '08

The alleged custodial killing of Ghulam Hassan Malla by the Army in Shopian became a poll issue after People’s Democratic Party.
‘Mumbai attacks will not affect J-K polls’

Friday 28 November '08

The election campaigning in the Valley continued in full swing and candidates’ are expecting a high turnout in the next phase despite the terror attacks in Mumbai.
The men who made it possible

Tuesday 21 October '08

The clang of metal shafts and the screech of huge screws don't disturb Keshav Chatri much.
Coming down the mountains, wearing red patina, train sweeps Valley

Monday 13 October '08

As the bright red train chugged in making its first appearance at the Srinagar station, whistles blew, hands clapped and shouts rang out.
Manmohan Singh’s menu has no space for Wazwan

Saturday 11 October '08

When PM Manmohan Singh sits down for dinner with his wife Gursharan Kaur on Friday evening, the chefs...
Journalists injured as CRPF ‘enforces curfew’

Monday 25 August '08

At least six correspondents and one cameraperson of national television channels were beaten up - leaving several injured...
15-yr-old was picked up by Army, say eyewitnesses

Thursday 14 June '07

ONE day in the summer of 1993, Bashir Ahmed Bhat left home for work as usual. But the day turned out to be quite different from others because he did not return.
'I want to die after seeing my son'

Tuesday 12 June '07

It was midnight. The darkness had slightly engulfed Daribal Khanyar. And Bashir Ahmad Sofi was in his dreams. Suddenly, the calm of the night was shattered by a knock and so were the dreams of the Sofi.
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