Two militants killed in Nowgam gunfight

SRINAGAR: Lashkar-e-Toiba chief Abu Ismail was killed along with an associate in a brief gunfight with government forces in Aarigam area of Nowgam on the outskirts of Srinagar on Thursday, police said. An official as quoted by a section…

IDB will finance 12 new projects in Kazakh

W. Musavir ASTANA: The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will finance the realization of 12 new projects worth nearly US$1 billion in Kazakhstan. Islamic finance has become one of the rapidly growing industries of the world system with an…

Kashmir needs indigenous mutton industry

'Kashmir is blessed with vast meadows, pastures to nurture animals' SRINAGAR: Mutton crisis has frequented Kashmir, known for its second to none meat consumption, various times in last two years or so and it came to fore yet again with…

Craze for Snacking

Has Snacking replaced main Food Schedule? SRINAGAR: With the passage of time rapid changes are taking place in the society, so does our food habits. And due to the mobility from home to other places, a large section of society from…

‘Agenda of Alliance’ dumped 

As PDP's 'battle of ideas' succumb, BJP inching towards its goal   MIR IQBAL | iqbal.mir26@gmail.com SRINAGAR: Rather than surrendering the state's special status to New Delhi led by right wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu and…