Saima Bhat
Malik ‘Forced’ To Return From Doda, Maisuma Shuts
Saima Bhat
SRINAGAR
The Maisuma area in LalChowk area shuts as a mark of protest against the arrest and ‘forced’ return of the JKLF chairman Mohammad...
“It is up to Omar Abdullah to get our power projects back”
Engulfed by a series of controversies including the PHE department's recruitment and procurement scam, senior Congress leader Taj Mohi-ud Din tells Saima Bhat that...
A Long Wait
A PIL seeking reinvestigation into the 22-year-old Kunan Poshpora mass rape case was turned down by the J&K High Court. While the petitioners have...
“I had tightened the noose around some people in the health department who are...
Caught in the controversy surrounding the purchase of spurious drugs supplied to various government hospitals in the state and blamed by his Congress colleague...
Strawberry Economy
A quiet village on the outskirts of Srinagar is at the forefront of a change in Kashmir’s fruit market in the last decade. With...
“Barter trade takes place with Chinese in Ladakh. It is a fact”
Chief Executive Councilor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh, Rigzin Spalbar tells Saima Bhat that barter trade with Chinese is a normal occurrence...
Earthquake Update: 30 School Children Injured, Minor Girl Shifted To Jammu Hospital
Saima Bhat
SRINAGAR
About 30 school children and one teacher were hospitalized after they were injured, two seriously due to earthquake which rattled the Chenab valley...
Tulip Season Ends, 1.60 lakh visited
Saima Bhat
SRINAGAR
The largest tulip garden in Asia is finally closed today after treating tourists and locals to the colors of spring. This year tulip...
“Without Congress there will be no government in Jammu and Kashmir state”
With rumors of growing factionalism and charges of corruption against senior leaders afflicting the party before 2014 Assembly Elections, the recently elected JKPCC President...
“Omar Abdullah is a political nobody. He is like a clown, going around making...
In the run-up to 2014 Assembly Election in the state, PDP is hopeful of increasing its tally of seats in the state legislature. The...
Hemophilia: An Un-royal Treatment
With the lack of medicines and a crippling infrastructure ailing the healthcare at government-run hospitals in Kashmir valley, the patients of the ‘Royal Disease’...
Gunmen Open Fire In Sopore, Snatch Rifle of Policeman
Saima Bhat
Srinagar
Panic gripped the North Kashmir’s Sopore when some unidentified men fired in Iqbal market on Sunday afternoon leaving three persons injured. The gunmen...
The Friday That Came After 5 Fridays
Saima Bhat
SRINAGAR
Today is the first “normal” Friday after the parliament convict Muhammad Afzal Guru was hanged and buried in Tihar jail, Delhi on February...
683 Madrassa and Muktabs Functional In J&K: Govt
Saima Bhat
Srinagar
The number of Madrassa and Muktabs in Kashmir have increased to significantly, while in Jammu the trend is showing considerable decrease.
In a revelation...
Altaf: The Father Of 04 Daughters
Saima Bhat
Srinagar
Altaf Ahmad Wani, 34, who was killed by CRPF near his residence in Saidapora Eidgah on Wednesday afternoon, was a lone bread earner...
