Corruption: A Menace to Society and Good Governance
Corruption survives where opacity, discretion and impunity meet. It weakens when transparency, accountability and institutional integrity reinforce one another. Ahmad Ayaz Corruption is not merely a financial irregularity or the misuse of public office for personal gain. It is a deeper institutional and social problem that weakens governance, undermines the rule of law, distorts public…
India snubs Pakistan, says J&K was and will always be part of India
STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 26 (STC): Jammu and Kashmir was and will always be a part of India. Islamabad is once again using the UN platform to publicize its position and divert attention from the issue of terrorism, said First Secretary of India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Pital Gehlot. He rejected the allegations…
LG Sinha lauds Armed Forces medical team for restoring eye sight to 220 patients in Tangdhar, Karnah
STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 26 (STC): Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha in a post on the social media platform ‘X’, congratulated the Armed Forces medical team for organising a mega eye surgical camp in the border area of Tangdhar-Karnah under “Operation Drishti”. The LG said that restoring the eyesight of 220 people by…
Noted writer Ali Emran’s collection of English poems ‘The Unseen Voice’ released in Srinagar
STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 26 (STC): The Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) released “The Unseen Voice”, a collection of English poems by noted writer, filmmaker and theatre personality Ali Emran, here today.The programme was attended by a distinguished gathering of artists, writers, poets, scholars, academicians and literary and cultural enthusiasts…
BOOK REVIEW: Mayani Vachuk Kotur – The Pigeon That Memory Keeps Alive…..
Bashir Aarif’s Mayani Vachuk Kotur does not ask us merely to remember the past. It asks us to consider what, within ourselves, we have chosen not to forget. Sanjay Pandita What survives when a familiar world begins to disappear? Houses may change hands, neighbourhoods may lose their old faces, relationships may loosen, and words once…
