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Tuesday, June 16, 2026
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Kashmir Life

Power Politics

Hakim Iqbal Abdulla Every since the July 2012 blackout which affected 620 million people in India, the power situation in our state has turned abysmal....

Formalizing Business

In wake of the crisis over the quality of medicines that government purchases for its hospitals in Kashmir, Omar Abdullah government revived Congress’s plan...

A City Vandalized

Saleem Beg Day in and day out, we are being treated to superlatives about the city of Srinagar as Shehri-Khas, historic city, ancient centre of...

News Notes

 Omar’s DARBAR Omar is back in valley this week with his cabinet as a part of century-old practice of shifting government offices between two capitals...

Briefing

JAMIA NAGAR As he flew to Delhi for his latest phase of Satyagraha, police arrested JKLF leader Yasin Malik at the airport and sent him...

“With India, there will be a dignified coexistence”

Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Lone tells Junaid Nabi Bazaz that his party will enter into the J&K legislature after 2014 Assembly Elections and that...

Prison Dairies

Former inmates who served in various jails across Jammu and Kashmir, and the lawyers who visited them, reveal an awful tale of official apathy...

The Kot Bhalwal Keepsaker

As India and Pakistan debate security in jails after the murder of Sarabjit Singh and Sanaullah Ranjay, Shams Irfan meets some of the families...

Downtown’s New Star

Born and brought up in a family with good educational background and shielded from the violence in Kashmir, a youth from Srinagar’s old city...

Personality

Sanaullah Haq  The bagpiper of Jammu’s Kot Bhalwal jail succumbed on Thursday to severe injuries inflicted by a pickaxe by his fellow inmate. Sanaullah Haq,...

DG Prisons Visits Kot Bhalwal Jail, Pakistani Prisoners End Their Fast

KL Report JAMMU After the death of a Pakistani prisoner in Jammu jail, Director General Prisons K Rajendra Kumar Saturday visited Kot Bhalwal Jail to review the security...

Nasir Visits Slain Cop’s Residence

KL Report SRINAGAR Provincial President of ruling National Conference Nasir Aslam Wani Saturday visited Batamaloo residence of assistant sub inspector Farooq Ahmad who was killed by militants in...

Core Group Holds Security Review Meeting

KL Report SRINAGAR  To review overall security situation and to draw out the strategy in maintaining peace in the Valley during the summer season, Core Group Meeting...

Attacks On Policemen: DGP Says Time To Revisit Policy

KL Report SRINAGAR  Director General Police (DGP) Ashok Prasad Saturday said that they have to revisit their policy in the wake of recent attacks on policemen by the...

Hepatitis-C Outbreak: Medicos Team From Delhi Arrives To Assess Situation

KL Report SRINAGAR  As per the promise of union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, a six member team of doctors from top hospitals of Delhi has...