STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, JUNE 30 (STC): In a renewed appeal for India-Pakistan dialogue, Mirwaiz Dr Molvi Mohammad Umar Farooq on Tuesday said that if the United States and Iran can resume talks after decades of hostilities, the two South Asian neighbours can do the same.“If Iran and the United States can come to the negotiating…
STC NEWS MONITORING DESKSRINAGAR, JUNE 30 (STC): Senior IPS officer Dr. Mahesh Dixit today took charge as the new Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), succeeding Tapan Kumar Deka. He is perhaps the first medical doctor to become head of the country’s premier intelligence agency.As already reported, Dixit is a 1993-batch IPS officer, and was…
The only question left is whether we have the backbone to fight it before it completely breaks us. Umair Ashraf Why is our valley slowly turning into an oncology ward?These aren’t just digits buried in a thick government file. They are our neighbors. Our relatives. Sometimes, the very people who stood shoulder-to-shoulder with us through…
A Father’s Love, Dementia, and the Conversations We Leave for Tomorrow Khurshid Ahmad Akhoon Some voices are not ignored because they are unimportant.They are ignored because we believe there will always be another chance to hear them.Only later does life teach us that silence often carries the loudest echoes. My father has always been a…
NEW DELHI, JUNE 29 (STC): India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri today dismissed reports of any official India-Pakistan Track II dialogue. He made it clear that the Government of India has neither participated in nor endorsed any such engagement.Responding to media reports, Misri said there is “nothing official” about the reported meeting, describing it as a…
