Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
The truth around lies
Zamir AhmadA fundamental difference between truth and falsehood, as per Georges Braque, is that truth exists and falsehood has to be invented. The times...
Spent and safe
Kashmir is a large market for meat and poultry, even the spent hen find buyers here. Abdul Mohamin reports.With the highest per capita meat...
Madam panch
When Asha was declared the elected president of Wusan Panchayat in tangmarg area of north Kashmir, she had no idea she will make it...
Omkar Nath Koul
(January 6, 1937 – May 8, 2011)One of the respected journalists, O N Koul was exceptionally intelligent and knew his job well. A witness...
Newsmakers
RECTIFIED: The third unit of the Baglihar Hydroelectric Project re-started generating electricity after the repairs were made by a Germany-based company. The unit was...
Improving life through art
She came to the valley and she felt the pain. Dena Lawrence, an art therapist from Australia, decided to use her knowledge of art...
Seoul
Dr Upendra KaulFor an interventional Cardiologist like me, Seoul-the capital city of South Korea is a Mecca. A number of surgical procedures have been...
Newsmakers
MANAGED: The government has cleared the the transfer of Bahu Games Reserve area to the Army at Sunjwan for shifting its utilities from its...
Waking up to the loss
The Indus water treaty is a big limitation and a loss for the state. This has often been debated by politicians, academicians, economists and...
Home Coming
Two decades after the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, a combo offer of employment and rehabilitation by the state government beckons them to return....
Scavenging livelihood
pickers from outside Kashmir find Kashmir a good place to work in, where they earn enough to feed themselves and send some money home. Faisal Rashid reports.
Intentional murder
With the arrest and confession of the culprits police claims to have solved the murder case of BMO Shopian Dr Masood but don’t divulge...
‘Government fails to fulfil promises’
Muhammad Yasin Khan assumed charge of President of Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation (KTMF) in February 2011, after being a successful trader for 20...
Chickening out
Even with a readily available market, poultry farmers sometimes suffer losses due to frequently fluctuating rates as the market here is controlled by deep-pocketed...
OVERWHELMING VOTE
Ongoing panchayat polls have seen heavy voter turnout. Different people have different reasons to contest and participate but will it trigger a change. P...
