Secret Dialogue?
It would be interesting to see how the back-channel engagement between India and Pakistan evolves in the weeks and months to come and whether or not Delhi will concede in response to Islamabad’s demands, writes Riyaz Wani On April 23, Pakistan Army chief…
Quietly, Sehraie Lowered In His Tekipora Grave At 4 AM
by Hilal Shah KUPWARA: Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai was laid to rest at the family’s ancestral Tekipora graveyard in Lolab, early…
Oxygen Supply To NGOs, Private Societies Stopped?
SRINAGAR: On a day when Jammu and Kashmir clocked nearly 5000 fresh Covid-19 cases, the government surprisingly asked industrial oxygen…
Videos
Why The Doctors Manning GMC Anantnag Are In A Fix?
by Dr Maqsood Ahmad Dar I believe my observations would be keenly considered and hope the good sense prevails. This…
How Should Government And Society Fight The Pandemic Together?
by Javaid Ahmad Najar We have enough stock of facemasks, hand sanitisers right now. What we need at this crucial…
Dr Imran Majid, who left his government job to start his own dermatology centres in three Kashmir districts, tells Syed Samreen about…
Covid 2.0
Much like in the rest of India, hospitals in Kashmir are ill-prepared to deal with the virulent second wave, the…
Virtual Trade
With the Covid-19 pandemic dictating a new regime, most of the activities of life are getting into virtual mode. Owing…
Rendered Jobless
As non-local mining concerns bagged most of the mining works across Kashmir, tendered at the peak of internet shutdown, thousands…
Biscoe’s Kashmir 1935
Missionary educationist, Cecil Earle Tyndale Biscoe (1863–1949) was a key player in pushing Kashmir to modern education and a better…
Government Initiatives May 2-8, 2021
CSR Ambulances The Divisional Administration Kashmir flagged off two ambulances at TRC, Srinagar under the Corporate Social Responsibility initiative of…
Govern Now
The administration appears as clueless and helpless about the unfolding catastrophe as the ordinary people, writes Riyaz Wani With over three…
SRINAGAR: Life is completely at a halt but the desperation to have something in the pocket is forcing people to…
A Carriage Chronicle
The early twentieth century, horse-driven Tonga became the main public transport for Kashmir. Then the horses would come from Kabul…
Against All Odds
Despite losing his right arm at 10, Sayer Abdullah, 23, now drives an SUV and goes on off-road trips, reports Khalid Bashir Gura…
Surging Falahudarain
For the last two decades, north Kashmir charity, Falahudarain is working for the uplift of society through education and research,…
Cold Homes
As Kashmir gave up its traditional architecture paving way for fashionable concrete and glasshouses, the people feel the home warmth…
Faith, Fast and Feast
What is the role of food in the month of fasting? Haseeb A Drabu professes that its epicurean aspects are…
Briefing May 2-8, 2021
JAMMU As Covid-19 cases continue to spike and breached the 3000 mark a day in the UT of J&K, authorities…
Playing With Ice
Shakir Ashraf meets the Kashmir ice skater who represented India in Europe Basharat Ahad Mir, 17, a Parimpora (Srinagar) resident, became…
Behind Back-Channel
Halt to sugar-cotton imports from India has not stalled the India Pakistan peace process. While the two sides are engaged…
Why Do I see Shamim Ahamd Shamim As Keats of Urdu Journalism?
On the death anniversary of the prominent editor, orator, and politician, Shamim Ahmad Shamim, kindly read a lecture that former…
New Politics
Political forces moving out of the PDP are reshaping the two new parties and making them the ‘new’ mainstream writes, Zahoor…
In the book, Beyond Covid’s Shadow: Mapping India’s Economic Resurgence, Haseeb A Drabu makes a case and suggests an alternative.…
Mission Kashmir
Last week when the film Mission Kashmir’s cast celebrated 20 years of the ‘landmark’ film, a federal investigator raided the…
Exceptional Carver
One of Srinagar’s oldest craftsmen, Ghulam Nabi Dar’s designs on the wood remain unmatched for their intricacy and detail, reports…
Understanding Ceasefire
Not a single shot was fired anywhere on the LoC after the two armies implemented the ceasefire on February 26…
Zoom Courts
Forced to go virtual, the courts in Kashmir found the going tough during the lock-down in 2020, reports Saima Bhat In…
SARFAESI Sales
Properties acquired by wilfully bank defaulters were always auctioned through protracted judicial processes, a system that SARFAESI law simplified. As…
Plant Collectors In Kashmir
While studying Botany, students hardly spare a thought about the processes and the people who gave their lives to identify…
The Tulip Hands
As thousands of people enjoy the colourful Tulips bloom in millions amid high-cost celebrations, the din prevents garden managers from…
Govt Failed In Development Work Back To Village Programmes Illusion For Poeple: G A Mir.
SRINAGAR: Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee President Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Saturday said that the government had failed to implement…
Bitter Harvest
The political turmoil of the past eighteen months has hit Kashmir’s apple industry hard. The entry of the NAFED and…
Tourists Return?
After 18 months of hiatus, the tourist footfalls have started surging in Kashmir. Insiders in the hospitality sector believe that…
