Briefing

CHATTABAL Come Ramzan and Rahat Manzil gets busy. Home to 500 plus boys, orphaned by militancy, this home attracts thousands of people who contribute for...

BALTAL On the day one of the yatra to Amarnath cave, there were more than 8000 pilgrims. The VVIPs included home minister Rajnath Singh and...

NOWHATTA Jamia Masjid continues to retain its protest theatre status. It remained unchanged with the regime change. Last week, the mosque was locked. This week,...

NOWHATTA First day of the Muslim month of fasting coincided with crippling restrictions in most of the old city areas. In a bid to fail...

HAAL Omkar Nath’s is the lone Kashmiri Pandit family living in Haal, on Mughal Road between Pulwama and Shopian, as all others, estimated to be...

SRINAGAR Abrar Bhat’s vision was overtaken by ‘night blindness’ in 2003 and by 2008 he was blind. But this 25 year old from Srinagar has...

Roving CM The roving chief minister of state last week was touring Old Srinagar—from where he straight away drove to picturesque Manasbal. In between he...

‘Seditious’ Flag Since armed insurgency broke out in Kashmir there have been many instances when Pakistani flags were unfurled in city. Not only males but...

SRINAGAR Strictly following the example that it set for the “rescue” during September 2014 floods, the army is going for “rehabilitation” now. It has contributed...

Foreign First! Recently, at a counselling session on International Academic Programs, a scribe who has done his masters degree from United States remarked that Kashmir...

GENEVA Kashmir may not be in the priority list of United States, but Kashmiri things are selling hot in the markets of Global Giant. A...

MUMBAI Mufti Sayeed was camping in Mumbai to encourage Bollywood to return to Kashmir when Salman Khan was shooting his Bajrangi Baijaan here. But his...

Firing Zones Army has run out of firing ranges in Jammu and Kashmir as a re-notification of 10 field firing ranges is pending with...

VERINAG The actress playing the role of ISI agent in the American TV series Homeland has strong Kashmir connection. Nimrat Kour is the daughter of...

Tihar Ordeals ‘Hate sin, not sinners’, was the line inscribed on the interior walls of various jails in Kashmir post 90’s. But since then nothing...