Kashmir Life

2015 News Makers

KP in US Year 2015 saw some Non-Resident Kashmiris (NRKs) ascend the glorious heights in the field of science. Kashmir-born Privahini Badroo secured the grant...

Letter From Editor

Had this special New Year publication included the politics of the place and its governance, it would have been completely different. Regardless of its...

Diabetes: An Underestimated, Misunderstood Disorder

As Kashmir is struggling with an increasing number of diabetic patients, Scholar Zeenat Farooq writes about the reasons, symptoms and measures to be taken...

State Flag: The High Court Judgement

On December 18, 2015, Justice (now retd.) Hasnain Massodi disposed off a petition filed by Abdul Qayoom Khan regarding hoisting of state flag alongside...

Two Super Fast Trains to Ply on Srinagar Banihal Track

Mohammad Raafi SRINAGAR In a first, Indian Railways is planning to run two superfast trains on Srinagar-Banihal track. The decision in this regard has already been...

Tremors Shake Valley, Again!

KL NEWS NETWORK SRINAGAR Mild tremors shook Kashmir Valley once again Saturday afternoon, drawing people in droves outside their residences and workplaces. The intensity and the epicentre...

Pulwama Erupts After Friday Prayers

KL NEWS NETWORK SRINAGAR Police and paramilitary forces fired tear-smoke canisters and pellets to contain protesters who were raising memorial for the various militants slain during...

Pulwama Erupts in Protest After Forces Killed Two Lashkar Militants

KL NEWS NETWORK SRINAGAR South Kashmir’s Pulwama Thursday erupted in protest after forces killed two militants during an overnight gunbattle. One among the two militants was identified...

Flagging Controversy: ‘No Flag Like National Flag,’ says BJP’s Nirmal Singh

KL NEWS NETWORK SRINAGAR At a time when judiciary made it mandatory upon state to hoist state flag on official buildings, flags – BJP leader and...

Encroachment over State Land – SVC Pulls Up JDA

KL NEWS NETWORK SRINAGAR The State Vigilance Commission (SVC) has directed Jammu Development Authority (JDA) and other connected departments for demarcation of state land, allegedly encroached...

Former BSF Officer Ends His Life in Kathua

KL NEWS NETWORK SRINAGAR A retired BSF commandant Tuesday morning ended his life by shooting himself with his licensed gun in J&K’s Kathua district. Police said the...

Yasin Malik Detention: Police Version

KL NEWS NETWORK SRINAGAR Apropos the news carried Monday in a section of the press titled “JKLF Chief, Leaders booked for attempt to murder” police said...

HC Directs Govt to Hoist State Flag on All Official Buildings, State Vehicles

KL NEWS NETWORK SRINAGAR Reiterating that Jammu and Kashmir enjoins a special position in India and that Article 370 is permanent and can’t be abrogated, repealed...

Bemina Boy Critical After Hit by Army Vehicle

KL NEWS NETWORK SRINAGAR A 20-year-old boy got critically injured when army vehicle hit him at Srinagar’s Bemina bypass area on Monday. The accident triggered protests in the...

Kashmir Traders’ Bodies Lambast Mufti Govt, Call it ‘Anti-Business, Anti-State’

Muhammad Raafi SRINAGAR It is for the first time the Business organisations of Kashmir have boycotted the pre-budget deliberations being held by the state government and...