Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
Clean the system
It was not amusing to see a contingent of policemen cleaning the G B Panth children’s hospital the other day in the cantonment area...
Desi Jugaad and Health Care
Arshid Malik
On May 16 Danish, two months old baby, from Shopian was sick. On May 16th he was dead. That is perhaps the new...
Virtually Real
If Facebook were a country, it would reportedly be the third largest country in the world, with more than 900 million registered profiles. Just...
‘I’ve a dream’
The journey from a small time shopkeeper to an entrepreneur demanded a lot of hard work, perseverance and a dream. Mosin Iqbal had all...
Scandalous Neglect
The abnormally high number of deaths at Kashmir’s only pediatric hospital during the last few months points to the deeper malaise and years of mismanagement. A KASHMIR...
The Fight Within
The fight between the officers and jawans at a strategic base near China border, police investigations reveal, was much more than – what the...
News Notes
Home Secretary’s VISIT
The recent visit of Union Home Secretary R K Singh to Kashmir is being seen as a significant one as it comes...
Briefing
SRINAGAR
J&K Bank board recommended an all time high divided of 33.5% for the fiscal 2011-12 in which its profits soared to more than Rs...
Newsmakers
ATTACHED:
State High Court attached two under-construction bungalows to the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority till further orders. The bungalows near Dachigam National Park violated...
Moulvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari
Maoulvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari
SURRENDERED
Former minister and PDP legislator, Moulvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari surrendered before the Court of Special Judge Anti corruption Jammu Pawan Dev...
Ban Ki-Moon
Although many Kashmiris and Pakistan have always pinned their hope of resolving one of the world’s longest lasting disputes on the several UN resolutions on Kashmir, but these hopes had been increasingly coated with disappointment at the ‘inaction’ from the multilateral world body.
Newsmakers
ARRESTED: Arif Gilkar resident of Khanyar has been arrested for his alleged involvement in stone pelting and cyber crime. Police says his name figured...
MUZAFARABAD
At least four PaK residents are being held in Jammu since 1965 when they were arrested at the peak of war. Identified as Alam Sher, Brakat Hussain, Sakhi Muhammad
A New tourist spot OPENS
After remaining closed for almost twenty-two years the scenic Nagin meadow , 10 kilometres uphill of ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir was opened for tourism last week. The access to the meadow had been shut down with the onset of armed insurgency in Kashmir.
Leading The Way
The Shah Faesal effect seems to be working as more than ten persons from J&K have made it to the Indian top services this year. Umer Beigh and Junaid Nabi Bazaz report.
