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Friday, June 5, 2026
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Kashmir Life

Women folk in Chatosa village collecting water to wash clothes on a stream which flows through the village --Photo: Yaqoob Lala

Stuck In Time

Lack of regular electricity, proper roads, educational institutes and health centres is not a criterion for recognition as a backward area by the state...

Band Paether

Neither is music new to the land of Habba Khatoon nor the debate over its status in Muslim societies. Then why all of a...

The Actual Disease

The human mind is one of the most enigmatic things on this planet. Well, I guess it is as I have never seen anything...
Shehla Rashid

Juvenile Injustice

In November, 2011, the Asian Centre for Human Rights released a report titled “Juveniles of Jammu and Kashmir: Unequal Before the Law & Denied...

Protect Them

A murder in Pampore and another in Budgam in a week in a society which is debating and discussing the morality, religious standing and...
Ali Mohammad Najar and his parents

Death Of A Carpenter

Taken as a human shield, Ali remained buried under the rubble of a house and burnt brutally in the fire caused by mortar shelling...
Photo: Bilal Bahadur

Determined To Win

Living with disabilities has its own trauma. Umer Beigh interacts with a group of deaf and dumb cricketers from Kashmir valley who have met...

Gandhi’s Country Looking Like A Banana Republic: Mufti

KL Report Srinagar Urging government of India to roll back the ‘draconian’ measures in Kashmir that has imprisoned an entire population, People's Democratic Party (PDP) patron...

Governor Appoints Khoda As CVC, Jerath VC

KL Report Srinagar Governor N. N. Vohra has appointed Kuldeep Khoda IPS, (Retd) as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and R. K. Jerath IAS, (Retd) as...
A lanscape view of Dal Lake --Photo: Bilal Bahadur

A Knot of Convenience

Marrying foreign women isn’t a new tradition for the people of Kashmir. But the residents of Dal Lake have seen a steep rise in...

Secretary LA Issues Notice For LC Polls

KL Report Srinagar The Secretary Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly issued notification for election to 8 seats of J&K Legislative Council in Jammu on Monday. As per...

Governor Appoints Khoda As CVC, Jerath VC

KL Report Srinagar Governor N. N. Vohra has appointed Kuldeep Khoda IPS, (Retd) as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and R. K. Jerath IAS, (Retd) as...

Draconian Restrictions In A Lawless State: Mehbooba

KL Report Srinagar Condemning the killing of three youths in police action in Watrgam, Baramulla and Batwani, Ganderbal Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday said it seems...
Congress leader peerzada Mohammad syed addressing people in a south Kashmir village where Hepetatis C endemic has raised fears and concerns among the masses

A Dangerous Outbreak

Fear and anguish have pervaded the inhabitants of a south Kashmir village where nearly 30 per cent of the screened population has tested positive...

Mirwaiz To Consult Geelani For Joint Strategy

KL Desk Srinagar Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is consulting Syed Ali Geelani, chairman of another faction of Hurriyat to forge joint strategy. “I will...