Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
Newsmakers
CHARRED: Chamial Singh, 30, his wife Sunita Devi, 26, daughter Sharmila, 6, and son Mohinder, 4 residents of Ligri, Kishtwar were killed and six...
DAL LAKE
Kashmir is shivering under the lowest temperatures in last 16 years. But that has not dispirited the Vale. As parts of the Dal lake...
The Milk CONTROVERSY
A recent survey on milk adulteration by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) claiming 83 percent of milk consumed in J&K as...
Importing energy
Paraffin wax from Iran is lighting up homes in Kashmir as candle manufacturers prefer it for its superior quality and lower prices. Abdul Mohamin...
Stranded in wilderness
Hundreds of passengers and supply trucks stranded on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway since the snowfall on Jan 7 are helplessly waiting for opening of the...
Doctor Death
Out of jail, and back to business of conducting abortions that police says are blatantly illegal. Majid Maqbool and Tasavur Mushtaq report on a...
Act now
When a newspaper reported that the government was buried under the snowfall, it was correct. Because four feet snow accumulation over the Pir Panchal...
Milky Woes
Zamir AhmadRecently an apparently disturbing news came to fore. That of adulterated milk being consumed in the state. Subsequent news reports suggested that the...
Feeding on foliage
Arshid MalikKashmir is going through another tough phase and this time over it is “Mother Nature” who seems to be cross with the populace....
Lal ud din Mazloom
Lal ud din Mazloom Pathaniya is no more. The author of more than two dozen books Mazloom passed away on Jan 10, 2012 in...
Newsmakers
ARRESTED: Parveen Shangloo, a senior manager of Punjab National bank, Reasi branch was arrested by a CBI team for allegedly accepting Rs 10,000 from...
SRINAGAR
Certain career options like Company Secretaries and Chartered Accountants are still Greek to Kashmir. Kashmir has only 10 CSs and only 15 CAs. Jammu...
Snow KILLS
Media ridiculed the government for getting buried under two inches of snowfall. Even it killed people. In separate incidents linked to winter, five persons...
Star gazing in Ladakh
The largest telescope on earth is going to be installed in Ladakh, which will be used to study cosmic gamma ray sources, Tasavur Mushtaq...
Creating discomfort
As a day’s power cut throws life out of gear in Kashmir, Naeem Akhtar argues that people have deliberately yielded space to discomfort and...
