Saima Bhat
“Non-Lethal” Deaths
After consuming at least seven lives since 2010, the debate around the lethality or non lethality of teargas shells is still not settled. Saima...
Killed Unpalatably
Stone and the stone-thrower remained unchanged as the response jumped from bamboo shield-tear smoke mix to pellet- PAVA combine. It was consistently asserted that...
The D-Day
As the civil uprising erupted in valley on crimson note this summer, the entire medical staff got together on war footing to combat the...
Bond and Bones
Clashes and counter-clashes that gripped valley after Burhan Wani’s killing on July 8 have left a trail of withering agony behind. A Sangam boy...
“I keep on telling patients that even if they get 1 to 20 percent...
Dr Sundaram Natarajan, globally renowned vitreo-retina surgeon, visits Kashmir every month. He was in Srinagar for the third time lately for the treatment of...
#Day82: DGP Sanctions Scholarships For 324 ‘Meritorious’ Police Wards
KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
Director General of Police (DGP), K Rajendra Kumar, Tuesday sanctioned scholarship of Rs 11 lakh in favour of 324 meritorious police wards.
The...
‘Two Lines’ that Make it First Longest Poem from Kashmir
Saima Bhat
SRINAGAR
Using their IT skills and love for literature, two Kashmiri software engineers working with a multinational company are about to publish first longest poem...
#Day76: Hit by a Mysterious ‘Army’ Shell, A Pulwama Elder Rendered Blind
Saima Bhat
SRINAGAR
He speaks with rapt clarity amid grim ambiance heavy with woeful tales and moans. Around him, bandaged youth are slouching on beds like...
A Perforated Canvas
Artist Masood Hussain’s depiction of current crisis in Kashmir is both painful and thoughtful expression. Saima Bhat reports
The sight of overcrowded Ward 8 of...
#Day62: What Happened To 2010 APD Recommendations? Home Ministry Answers
Saima Bhat
SRINAGAR
When All Party Delegation (APD) met in New Delhi on Wednesday, a presentation by Union Home Ministry detailed the actions taken on recommendations...
#Day60: ‘Operation Ransacking’ Continue to Hound Kashmir
Saima Bhat
SRINAGAR
On August 15, 2016, Mohammad Riyaz (not his real name) of Ganderbal’s Kurhama was stunned to see army storming his house "to throw out...
A Brewing Success
Indelible impressions of a picture postcard took her two decades to rediscover the British village and felt inspired in bringing the Tea Party home....
Paddle Heroes
A village in north Kashmir’s Budgam district is cycling its way out of obscurity, quite literally. Saima Bhat reports the change it has brought...
Pampore Attack: When Villagers Disallowed Cremation of CRPF Man
Saima Bhat
SRINAGAR
In one of the deadliest attacks on June 25 at Pampore, eight CRPF personnel and two militants were killed and 21 others critically...
Encircling Kashmir
Saima Bhat
Being a local in Kashmir doesn’t make me feel secure same way as it used to be before PDP-BJP alliance. Every day I...
