Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
E-books taking over ‘reading habits’
Umar Hayat
SRINAGAR
In an apparent shift in reading habits, e-books are seemingly replacing traditional book culture amongst the students of the valley. Most of the...
Way too late
Muntaha Amin
He sensed the opportunity—that, he could run away. And without considering anything else, he held his breath and made his way out of...
After 23 years, the first official to report Kunan mass rapes recounts the “wild...
Bilal Handoo
SRINAGAR
The erstwhile District Magistrate Kupwara revealed on 23rd anniversary of Kunan tragedy that he received life threats and was subsequently transferred for reporting...
Will Provide ‘Environmental Security’ during Elections: Gen Singh
RIYAZ UL KHALIQ
SRINAGAR
General Officer Commanding (GoC) 15 Chinar Corps, General Gurmeet Singh said that army will provide ‘environmental security’ during upcoming Lok Sabha and...
Youth Shot Dead in Sopore
KL Report
SRINAGAR
Panic gripped North Kashmir's Sopore town when a youth was shot dead by unidentified gunman Friday evening.
According to Police spokesperson, the youth was...
Chinar losing its ground in Kashmir
Ovais Gora
SRINAGAR
The axe, it seems, is continuously falling on majestic Chinar trees across the valley. A verdant ingredient of Kashmir heritage since ages, a...
Get united; show door to black sheep: Salahudin tells separatists
KL Report
SRINAGAR
Militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahudin Wednesday appealed to different separatist groups having same political ideology to get united in the interest...
Kashmiris descendents of Sarswati Brahamans: Farooq Abdullah
KL Report
SRINAGAR
Union Minister and National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah Wednesday said that Kashmiris are the descendents of ‘Sarswati Brahamans’ and this fact was...
HDFC Bank cheats a school to the tune of Rs 2 lakh
KL Report
SRINAGAR
Srinagar Group of Schools (SGS) Chairman, who runs chain of schools in Srinagar Wednesday, alleged that that HDFC Bank Chanapora Branch cheated them...
Honking irks readers at Central Library
Umar Hayat
SRINAGAR
The readers at City Central Library in Srinagar’s Karan Nagar locality are silently ‘bearing the brunt’ of repeated honking pitched by vehicular traffic...
‘Killers can’t evade punishment’; JKLF to issue protest program
KL Report
SRINAGAR
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik Monday said that the killers of innocent Kashmiris cannot evade punishment and will have...
Hizb pays tribute to slain Sopore militant
KL Report
SRINAGAR
Militant outfit Hizbul Mujhadeen Monday paid rich tributes to the slain militant Muhammad Shafi Sheikh alias Shafi Peer alias Rashid of Zaloora area...
Two black sheep in police department arrested for robbery
KL Report
SRINAGAR
Two black sheep in Police Department were apprehended by Kothbagh police for robbing two outside State employees of Rs 37,000.
As reported earlier that...
Five ‘most dreadful’ militants figure on police posters in Pulwama
KL Report
SRINAGAR
Army and Police have jointly sped their efforts to nab the ‘most dreaded militants’ allegedly operating in South Kashmir and for this purpose...
Picture of the week
Photograph by:- Aabid Rah
As a Kashmiri saying goes add'en armaan ti aed pashemaan. Many countries are short of drinking water and there have even been wars...
