Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
Indo-Tibetans of Kashmir
The Tibetan Muslims living in Kashmir are now a mixed identity. They were ecstatic at seeing the Dalai Lama, their king, visit them in...
The Laila Suspense
MUFTI ISLAH investigates how a murderer was tracked and lured into a trap and the warped sequence of events that led to the massacre...
News Notes
SKIMS is SICK
One man committee has submitted its inquiry report on the escalating number of infant deaths in G B Pant hospital. Dr Showkat...
Briefing
SRINAGAR
Mushtaq ul Islam, the leader of Hizbullah was slated to address a news conference last week. The sets were ready and the cameras ready...
NEWSMAKERS
RULED OUT: Ruling out any solution from “outside” to the issue of the J&K, Barack Obama, U.S president underlined that disputes between India and...
Abdul Gani Wakil
This north Kashmir lawyer has been a Congressman for some time but came to limelight when he was inducted as a minister during the...
Student Professor
With barely two semesters of engineering degree to his credit, Rufeen Ahmad, a young engineering student has already earned himself the fame of a...
Playing Rewind
Indian gained independence from the British imperialistic rule. What exactly does that confer? Was it just the retreat of British to their base or...
Is AFSPA controversy another ‘Wadi Ayub’ frenzy?
Sheikh Qayoom
State chief minister Omar Abdullah has again voiced his disagreement with the army over perceptions about the overall security situation in the Valley....
WELCOME RAMADHAN
The month of fasting is the most important period in the Muslim lunar calendar. Apart from the most sacred night, the Shab-e-Qadr falling in...
Paying obeisance,not heed
SAMEER YASIR treks up to the Amarnath cave shrine via Baltal in Sonmarg. He is appalled by the amount of pollution the annual pilgrimage...
Missing Narratives
Arshid Malik
A lot has been written and reported about Kashmir in the past couple of decades ranging from thesis about the genesis of the...
Future in preservation
Mohammad Ahseem
The two essential sources of water available to humans for drinking and agriculture purposes are surface water and ground water. Surface water resources...
HYDRA-HEAD OF CORRUPTION
Not withstanding the existing institutional mechanism in J&K, the battle against corruption is getting murkier. Corruption is indulged in more innovatively. Though media is...
Going off track
The Mirwaiz led Hurriyat Conference appears unable to accommodate dissent within its ranks. The tussle over restructuring the resistance conglomerate seems headed toward bringing...
