Kashmir Life
The Scholarship story
A year after the 2010 summer unrest, New Delhi announced a Special Scholarship Scheme to encourage students from J&K to pursue higher education. Two...
News Makers
THREATENED:Papa Kishtwari presently facing murder charges for allegdly murdering a Nishat resident Ali Muhammad Mir in 1996, had allegdly threatned his son Zahoor Ahmad....
Playing With Future
A complete lack of infrastructure and official apathy has forced two schools in north Kashmir to transform commercial shops into classrooms. While the students...
News Notes
British girl MURDER
Leaving her job in Africa to follow her love for a Kashmiri boy, a 24 year- old British lady was murdered inside...
Missing Intent
After having ‘successfully’ put an end to dog menace, a safer, environment-friendly mode of transport for residents of Srinagar seems to be on the...
An Intellectual Rebel
Jawahara Shawl
(April 13, 1965 - April 7, 2013)
As her coarse, deep and noisy breathing set in at around 9 pm last weekend, it was...
Briefing
SRINAGAR
Sheikh Owais Ahmed, IPS-JK cadre 1987 has been appointed as the first director of newly constituted Vigilance Organization. His appointment was finalized after a...
Satisfying Conscience
Er. Rasheed
The recently concluded budget session of state assembly has yet again proved that New Delhi does not want any individual or party to...
Missing Identity
Abandoned by their families and stigmatized by the community, the members of third gender in Kashmir are battling for their survival in an unjust...
Stone Artist
Carving objects out of stone is nothing new to Kashmir, but when the creativity of a stone carver moves beyond conventionalized norms, then it...
Shining to Excellence
Born in a learned family, a youth from a remote village took inspiration from his father and siblings to climb the ladder of success....
Daya Krishan Kotwal
Daya Krishan Kotwal
(1927 – 2013)
Former State president of BJP and veteran party leader, Daya Krishan Kotwal, breathed his last on April 9, after a...
A Lack of Will
85 years ago, Maharaja Hari Singh stopped construction of an annexe at Gulmarg to stop the place from becoming congested. Decades later, the Meadow...
Era of Gun Culture Gone: Sagar
KL Report
SRINAGAR
Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Ali Mohammad Sagar Sunday said that the era of gun culture has gone to its end...
Cong Poised To Emerge As Largest Political Force In JK: Soz
KL Report
SRINAGAR
State Congress Chief Prof Saif Ud Din Soz Sunday reiterated his stand that the Congress Party was poised to emerge as the largest...
