Leasing a lifeline
An ignorant public and an apathetic government had contributed to the rot of water bodies in Kashmir, however, a woken up government is putting...
Judicial recourse
Four months after the summer unrest of 2010, the efforts to fix the responsibility for the civilian killings is being fought in the court...
Crafting a fake
Low quality machine made shawls from Punjab and other states, sold in the name of Kashmir brand are hurting Kashmir’s handicrafts besides rendering many local...
Quitting Ain’t So Hard
Cigarettes have killed more people than even the most lethal weapons ever created. The habit is nasty and addictive but can be given up...
Business of exams
Exams are held to asses a student’s merit and as a means of promotion to the next class but these are also a big...
Breathing poison
Lung cancer is increasing at an alarming rate in Kashmir with experts linking 90 per cent of the cases to tobacco usage. Aliya Bashir...
In Good Faith
In the name of preservation of historical shrines, the government is building new structures within their premises, irking experts, who say these ugly brick...
Dumped
The sewers at STPs in Srinagar are cleaned manually without any protective gear, putting the life of these wage labourers, who are paid a...
Prove your identity
Pulled up by the Home Ministry, the mobile phone companies are time and again asking their customers in Kashmir to submit identity documents and...
Missed communications
Sometimes under the pretext of unrest, and sometimes without any pretext postal services in Kashmir are an unreliable lot. Adding insult to the injury, courier services supposed to deliver posts by hand make up different excuses. S Ikhlaq Qadri reports.
Shoot out in the city
The killing of three youngsters in a mysterious shootout at Qammerwari has raised questions including that from a parliamentarian. Meanwhile the army issued a...
Pushed by the unrest
The four month unrest, marked by incessant curfews and shutdowns, forced many students and businesses to move outside the Valley. Aliya Bashir reports.
Sentiments & Compulsions
The families of most of the people killed during the five months of unrest have been paid cash compensation, while some refuse to accept...
UN chips in
The UN has recognised APDP and released a grant to it to help the families of the people subjected to enforced disappearances in Kashmir....
Reform reversal
The government made huge noises about the children losing precious academic year but many students accused of stone pelting languishing in jails and police stations have not been able to sit in the annual exams, putting their career in jeopardy. Sumayyah Qureshi reports.
