Kashmir Life
Braveheart Saviours
A group of roadside vendors say they are obliged to save lives because God gives them the chance. Shazia Khan reports about the foursome...
Legislating, first time
Some 30 first-timers made it to the legislative assembly in 2008. Hamidullah Dar talks to some of them about their maiden experiences in the...
Collateral Damage
They fight painful memories, face hardships and an uncertain future. Tens of thousands of children orphaned by two decade conflict in Kashmir suffer silently....
Defying blindness
An accident in childhood made him lose sight over the years. But the knowledge and experience he acquired over the years help Shabir Masoodi...
Eating away imports
Despite institutions meant to improve agricultural production, the state imports almost half of the rice requirement. Hamidullah Dar reports.
The inability of the government to...
Shopain to CBI
Investigators are busy preparing the Shopian rape and murder case to be handed over to CBI after green signal from the High Court. Haroon...
A Quiet Surrender
The National Conference led government was keen to protect district cadre jobs for home districts alone. But when the moment arrived it chose to...
Face off with life
Saima was 15 when she survived an IED blast, defaced. An unsuccessful facial surgery led to scores of correctional surgeries, but that has not...
Kashmir: Water War
Irrigation and Law ministries in the state are divided over the way out on Punjab’s breach of a 30-year-old water-sharing agreement. A Kashmir Life report.
When...
Saving childhood
Yateem Foundation houses more than 60 children in their orphanage but prefers to help orphans and destitute in their home environment. Shazia Khan reports.
Some...
Healthy Trend
A state of the art 100 bedded private hospital coming up in Srinagar is expected to bring some relief to the ailing over burdened...
Whose Safety Act
Enacted in 1978 to nail political detractors Public Safety Act has been consistently strengthened and abused by successive governments. While its advisory board, a...
Clean Sweep
It remains central to every innovation or enterprise. It not only rules in the domains of science and technology but drives the business world...
Baby Boom…
Every month two test tube babies are conceived in Kashmir after infertile couples undergo in-vitro fertility (IVF) treatment at Rotunda Hygeia, state’s first and...
Afraid of a woman!
The state government’s insistence on keeping woman separatist Asiya Andrabi jailed out of Kashmir surprises even the apex court of India. Hamidullah Dar reports.
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