True Worship There are people who worship Allah to gain His Favours, this is the worship of traders; while there are some who worship Him to keep themselves free from His Wrath, this is the worship of slaves; a few who obey Him out of their sense of gratitude and obligations, this is the worship of free and noble men. Sayings of Imam Ali (A.S.)

Avalanche Buries Army Base Near LoC, Kills 17 Soldiers Date: 9 February 2010 Seventeen soldiers, including one officer, training for high-altitude warfare were killed when a massive avalanche slammed into an Army training centre based on a high slope near north Kashmir ski resort of Gulmarg on Monday. The rolling snow swept away one of the barracks of the Army's High Altitude Warfare School, which houses around 450 soldiers in the Khilanmarg mountains close to Gulmarg, at 11am. 'We have 17 dead and 17 injured. The rest were rescued unhurt. No one is missing and rescuers have returned to their bases,' said the Army spokesperson, Lt Col J S Brar. [courtesy: Times of India] 2010 News Archives