Kashmir Life
Betrayed!
Arrested on his way back home, Liyaqat Shah became the latest crisis between New Delhi and J&K government. The case NIA is now investigating...
Come Clean Please
Lawmaking apart, the two sessions of the state legislature being held in Jammu and Srinagar are very useful for a common man. It sometimes...
A New Security Regime
Sixty six years after her independence, India is shifting from its federal structure by using a ‘security route’ to encroach upon the autonomy enjoyed...
Briefing
SRINAGAR
‘City Father’ Ghulam Nabi Qasba whose contribution to improving civic amenities in the capital city are positively debated is keen to reintroduce and popularize...
From Rags to Riches
Born in a penurious family, Muneer Alam worked as a labourer at a tender age of 13 to pay his school fees. As hardships...
“Maharaja Pratap Singh even banned burial of the dead”
Muhammad Siddiq Parray, the Grand Old Man of Sonawar, breathed his last on March 21. A witness to an eventful century of Kashmir’s history...
A New Stone Age
As sections of youth try to standardize stone pelting as the new mode of communication, law enforcing agencies slide in the old era to...
A Lasting Influence
Iran has made a deep mark on the cultural, demographic and political landscape through a certain amount of interactions, which is visible in the...
Perfecting Role-play
As National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party slug it out on who was drawing political mileage out of the hanging of Afzal Guru, both...
Habibullah Shair
A well known media professional of the state—Habibullah Shair, 80, passed away Tuesday after battling a prolonged illness at SKIMS, Soura. The deceased was living in...
News Notes
Violent TIMES
It seems Kashmir is heading back to turbulent times. At least, recent attacks on government forces in Valley and now an arrest of...
News Makers
HELD: JK Bank organized Kissan credit card (KCC’s) camps at Kanoor, Tambis and Trespone, Kargil. The camp witnessed good participation of the farmers and...
Personality
Sakina Itoo
In an otherwise raucous state assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, heckling of members is nothing new. The house, after the execution of Afzal...
Tragic Tales
Following the execution of 2001 Parliament Attack convict Afzal Guru, police and paramilitary forces have resorted to extreme use of pellet guns to deal...
Dangerous Tactics
Introduced in the summer of 2010 as a ‘non-lethal’ crowd control measure, pepper gas and chilly grenades were touted to restrain protests without causing...
