Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
News Notes
The Militancy PARANOIA
Return of militancy paranoia ended this week when Srinagar District Police made public that all 13 terror attacks that took place in...
Ghulam Rasool Sofi
In a first of its kind in Kashmir, the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) J&K, Ghulam Rasool Sofi has reprimanded the police for failing to...
Briefing
KARGIL
A third rock-cut Buddha statue was discovered last week in the remotest corner of Kargil district. Khursheed Ahmed Qadri, state’s former Director General of...
Towards Aeronautical Arena
A Biscoe boy has achieved a unique feat of becoming the first Kashmiri to qualify for the associate membership of Aeronautical Society of India....
“Jama’at wants to see both Hurriyats united”
With a change of guard taking place at one of the most prominent religious organisations in Kashmir, the outgoing Amir of Jama’at-i-Islami, Sheikh Mohammad...
Naked, out there!
Imagine, digitally, that you are standing on crossroads and a hundred thousand people have a clear view of you. You do not know any...
Tailored Democracy
Democracy while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy’ says, John Adams. He further notes ‘democracy never lasts long. It soon...
A VISIBLE CRISIS
It is summer and J&K has better discharge in its rivers. Almost all the power projects are operating with full capacity. During the month...
Newsnotes
UAV Monitored AZAADI
There is a steep rise in ‘fake encounter’ killings but the state Chief Minister claims the situation in valley is serene and...
Briefing
JAMMU
Actor Deepika Padukone played basketball and badminton with the soldiers in a Jammu garrison and rode a T72 tank. She did a bit of...
Newsmakers
FREED: Abdul Latif Tantray and Muhammed Amin Peer, two youth from Kupwara, who had been arrested at the age of 16, were released from...
The Ashai Phenomenon
The hard work and dedication of a Kashmiri doctor has gained him a celebrity status in the field of physiotherapy with an elite list...
An Unbecoming Tale
By: Arshid Malik
I sometimes wonder as to how the animal world perceives the growth and prosperity of the human species. Animals are animals and...
Stellar Coincidence
Jehangir Ali
It appears like a stellar stroke of some kind. All agencies that make J&K’s powerful and elaborate security grid have recently landed in...
The Masarat Aalam Factor
While the courts in Kashmir have trashed cases against the firebrand separatist leader Masarat Aalam on multiple occasions, the security agencies have ensured that...
