Dr.Ramesh Tamiri On the morning of 27 October 1947, as Pakistani invaders stormed into the historic town of Baramulla, they unleashed a reign of terror of unprecedented brutality. More than two thousand members of the Kashmiri Hindu community, comprising around 200 families, lived in the town. A small Sikh community, comprising six families, resided in…
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DR. MAHESH KAUL World Heritage Convention in 1972 established that heritage that is sometimes called as natural heritage can be linked tangibly with intangible. This is interesting to note that tangible and intangible heritage are linked like body and the soul. Tangible may be termed as the body that suffers degradation with the passage of time but the intangible aspects…
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DR. MADHULIKA SINGH Tarachand Bhat, popularly known across Jammu and Kashmir as Pandit Kashyap Bandhu, was a distinguished freedom fighter, journalist, and social reformer. He was born on 24 March 1889 to Thakur Bhat in Geeru (Nurpura) village of Kashmir. At the time of his birth, the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir was under the rule of Maharaja Pratap Singh.…
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ANUJA KHUSHU The National Conference (NC) is showing signs of internal turbulence that could reshape its future. The recent public clash between Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah drew attention not just to personal differences, but to deeper ideological and strategic fault lines within the party. The skirmish signals tension over leadership…
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Protests Rock Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Kotli and Rawalakot DR. MAHESH KAUL Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) is witnessing the worst political crisis that has exposed the socio-political and economic fault lines in the occupied areas leading to instability. The people of the occupied areas from all sections of the society came out on streets and …
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Dermatological Signs Of Endocrine Disorders Dr. Ennakshee Sharma When we think of conditions like diabetes or thyroid imbalance, the focus is often on blood sugar readings, hormonal assays, and internal organ systems. Yet, one of the most telling—and often the earliest—indicators of these metabolic disturbances is right in front of us: the skin. As dermatologists,…
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· Over 100 dead, thousands displaced, crores in losses as century’s heaviest rains batter J&K. · Floods, landslides, cloudbursts leave trail of death & despair · Highways cut off, rail lines suspended, bridges collapsed— a UT brought to a standstill · Electric grids down, water systems destroyed, & losses running into hundreds of crores. · Army, IAF, and locals…
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Dr Madhulika Singh Sardar Chabeel Singh was a resident of the village Patusa, in Choora, located in the Baramulla district of Kashmir. On 22nd October 1947, the barbaric Trans-Indus Pashtun tribal raiders, aided and abetted by the Pakistani Army, entered Indian territory and unleashed a reign of terror in the frontier regions of Jammu and Kashmir. Organised into lashkars (armed legions), these raiders advanced rapidly,…

