Kashmir Life
Wrestling North
Among 16 assembly segments going for polls in the third phase, seven fall in the Baramulla district. Except Uri, BJP hasn’t fielded any candidate from...
News Notes
Record Polling
In the first phase of 2014 assembly election 70 per cent polling percentage was recorded in 15 assembly segments that went to vote...
Aspiration, Pledge, Vision and Manifesto
With nothing new to offer almost all the major political parties contesting in ongoing state assembly elections released their manifestos half-heartedly, Shah Abbas takes...
Decks behind dykes
Er. Mohammad Ashraf Fazili
American author Mary Mapes Dodge’s story of the little boy who averted a flood disaster by sticking his finger in the...
Briefing
SYRIA
Known as abu Rumaysah, the Kashmir origin Briton Siddhartha Dhar, 31 is the news again. Follower of controversial preacher Anjem Choudary, Dhar jumped bail...
Acid Test
Sufferings of remote Kupwara in last two decades created an ideal situation for any unconventional politician to have his debut, an opportunity that a...
Talking Politics
In any part of the world manifestos are well thought out documents that reflect a political party’s stand on issues concerning people. But when...
A Case of Vanishing Tents
Almost three months after devastating floods, tents meant to shelter victims remain unaccounted for in Pampore. With official passing the buck people are forced...
A Gain or Retain
The entry of Omar in Beerwah is sure to give some leverage to struggling NC in Budgam district that witnessed massive shift during Lok...
Reclaiming Legacy
Sajjad Lone’s plunge to reclaim the legacy he inherited from his father has changed the contours of contest in border Kupwara. It is no...
Son in Fray to Reclaim Slain Father’s Legacy
by Bilal Handoo
The rumour is running rampant in the poll-bound town on the banks of Veshaw that Omar has fielded a novice (besides a...
Backed By Police!
The contest in Doda, the epicenter of Chenab Valley, has gone interesting not because of the BJP but because of incumbent lawmaker Abdul Majid...
Deluged Admin
Rameez Bhat
When the ferocious flood hit the valley this fall, the administration was instantly caught napping. Almost 80 days after, a barrage of queries...
In a Dilemma
Kashmir has experienced interestingly different elections, but the change in mainland India’s political landscape has led to an identity assertion which many think could...
Hari Singh’s ‘Rasputin’
Faith-healers, astrologers, Pirs, Fakirs and Gurus have traditionally remained unofficial advisers and courtiers of rulers in Indian subcontinent before and after partition. Kashmir’s last...
