Khalid Bashir Gura
A Mass Communication and Journalism postgraduate from the University of Kashmir, Khalid is a writer by choice and a journalist by chance.
Imperiled Panchayat Raj
Sarpanches and panches in Kashmir want security after the killing of Ajay Pandita Bharti, reports Khalid Bashir Gura
The killing of the sarpanch Ajay Pandita Bharti, 40, on June...
Abrar Riyaz’s Death: Family Alleges Hospital Negligence
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: Abrar Reyaz, 24, who passed away on Tuesday, had met with an accident three days ago near Pampore.
He was admitted...
The Exam Fever
Students who somehow reached home during the pandemic are being asked by their universities to return and appear in examinations. This too at a time...
Politicians React As Families Mourn The Galwan Loss
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: As the families who have lost their dear ones in the Chinese assault in Galwan valley, the Kashmir politicians have started...
GMC Scanning Health Workers For IgG Levels To Understand Inherent Defence Against Virus
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: As the coronavirus cases are soaring across Jammu and Kashmir, about to cross the 5000 mark and 61 deaths, the...
Locked Down, Jobless
As the counter pandemic lockdown prolongs, thousands of people in unorganised and transporter, retail and services sectors are literally jobless. Left to fend for...
19 Months Later, Missing Gurez Duo Paraded By Gilgit Police
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: A video has surfaced on YouTube, in which two missing youth of Bandipora district are seen blindfolded in police custody...
Hello! I am Wangri, Please Don’t Call Back
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: An unknown number rings for a few seconds and hangs up. There is an instant temptation to call back but...
Crucial Service
With a lot of enterprises emerging on social media and the lockdown preventing consumers from moving around too much, Kashmir threw up space for...
‘We Are On The Brinks of Community Transmission’
Pulmonologist Dr Naveed Nazir Shah, as head of the Chest Diseases Hospital, is managing the main counter Covid-19 hospital in Kashmir. He tells Khalid...
‘We Will Have To Continue With Social Distancing Even After Lockdown’
Dr Javaid Malik, the head of the Chest Medicine at SKIMS Medical College Hospital Bemina tell Khalid Bashir Gura
KASHMIR LIFE (KL): What is the current status of...
A Week After The Raids, Nasrullahpora Tries To Be Normal
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: A week has dragged on but Nasrullah Pora village has not subsided. The fear, anger, rage among the residents remains...
Digital Discrimination
Despite the growing public clamour and the petitions in the Supreme Court, Government has refused to restore the high-speed internet for general masses. The...
‘People who benefit from the status quo try to kill innovations’
After his PhD from the JNU, Sheikh Fayaz Ahmad joined the School of Management of the Zhejiang University, in Hangzhou (China) as an Innovations...
A Month Later, A Long Travel From Kota To Kashmir
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: On March 24, 8 pm, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced 21 days nationwide lockdown to curb Coronavirus pandemic. The students...
