Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
Guide to earn
A heavy influx of tourists is attracting many to work as tourist guides, fetching them a decent livelihood. Nazir Ahmad Rather reports
Kazipora is a...
Remove trust deficit
The completion of panchayat elections in the state without any major untoward incident points to a peaceful summer ahead. The tourist arrivals are on...
Chosing death
SAMEER YASIR On the Oct 17, 2001 I met Hilal Ahmad for the first time when he was in Degree College Baramulla. He had...
Weekly is a tough job
After 27 successful years as a weekly, Chattan turned daily. Its editor Tahir Mohi-ud-Din talks about the emergence of Chattan as a political weekly,...
Newsmakers
REGISTERED: Police have booked London based broadcaster Nayeema Ahmad Mehjoor for spreading disaffection by posting an update on Facebook- “Why did police kill this...
Paris CONNECTION
A Writ petition filed in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court by a leading business house against a middle rung government officer has blown...
Compulsive disengagement
With domestic political compulsions leaving India and Pakistan unable to come to any agreement on less contentious issues like Sir Creek and Siachen, there...
‘We need to improve’
Director Health Dr Saleem Ur Rehman talks about the various initiatives taken by the department to strengthen healthcare services in Kashmir in an interview...
Losing appeal
The decline in the popularity of folk theatre in Kashmir is forcing Bhands to switch to other jobs for earning a livelihood. Nazir Rather...
Warming valley
Syed Iliyas Ali RizviEleven out of 12 warmest years were recorded during 1995–2006, states a report by IPCC (Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change). The...
Save water resources
Kashmir is called the ‘paradise on earth’ primarily for its abundant water resources. However, preservation, protection and development of these vital resources has never...
Almost an ode
Arshid MalikI have come a long way, away from home and my homeland, walking the treacherous paths of shabby bliss in search of a...
Japan
Sameer Yasir Outside the Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, the rain drops falling on the gigantic statute of Buddha...
Road to IIT
Saood-Ibni-Nazir toiled hard for two years in a coaching centre in Kota, Rajastan to fulfill his aim of qualifying for the IIT. This year,...
J&K is NHPC’s Power House
India’s hydropower major NHPC has initiated the process of harvesting wind energy near Salal power station-its profit-making 690-MW flagship project in J&K. The idea...
