American pie turns sour
Though Obama skipped the public mention of Kashmir , his India visit did not please Indians as much as his predecessors’ visits did. The...
Buying out the West
The rise of Indian clout has an overwhelming influence on the West’s policy towards Kashmir, which until recent times favoured a resolution taking Kashmiri...
Top catch
The government got the most sought after man, on whom it had placed a Rs 10 lakh bounty. Masrat Alam had evaded arrest for...
A season for universities!
The Legislative Assembly passed bills for allowing setting up of three private universities in the nine-day session when all the Opposition had boycotted it,...
Packaged dismay
While the separatists dubbed New Delhi’s eight-point package as an eyewash and bereft of any political initiatives, common man in Kashmir is also disappointed...
For love of Gandhi surname
Sonia Gandhi has been chosen for fourth consecutive term as Congress chief. Her love for Omar has made her averse to any discussion on...
Aiming in the dark
New Delhi has recently hinted at restarting the dialogue with Kashmiri leadership but seems to be clueless as to who to talk to. Khursheed...
Reconciling with Kashmir
As the unrest in Kashmir continues unabated, PM Manmohan Singh, spoke of his anguish at the loss of life in Kashmir and hinted that...
Caught in the showdown
A series of shutdowns and curfews has put the state in a strange logjam, with an escape nowhere in sight. Khursheed Wani reports.
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Interrupted childhood disrupted future
Youngsters are becoming a major causality in street protests in Kashmir. Apart from the bullets and batons, a number of children are now facing...
Bills in the bin
Most of the private member bills introduced in legislature fail to turn into a law for want of numbers. That does not mean the...
Witnessing murder
An otherwise calm colony of Islamabad town, Anchidora, witnessed horror on June 29, when three youth were killed in cold blood, in the compound...
From hope to despair
Eighteen months down the line, optimism and hopes have turned into despair for Omar Abdullah, putting a question on his fate as chief minister....
Delhi directives
Situation in Kashmir forced a high level meeting in Delhi chaired by prime minister Manmohan Singh, which discussed a strategy to contain Kashmir unrest....
‘Saying civilians were killed is a misnomer’
Union Home Secretary G. K. Pillai talks about the situation in Kashmir in an interview with Iftikhar Geelani
KL: Violence is raging in Kashmir. Is...
