Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
Believing in barter
Even in the 21st century many areas is Kashmir are yet to fully integrate in the modern economy. Syed Aadil reports a case of barter system still in vogue just 25 kilometers from state’s winter capital.
Top catch
The government got the most sought after man, on whom it had placed a Rs 10 lakh bounty. Masrat Alam had evaded arrest for...
Newsmakers
DEAD: Satpal Sahini (1922-2010), journalist who became DG Information and drafted Dr Farooq Abdullah’s book ‘My Dismissal’ died at 88. Son of settlers from...
Decaying lake destroying lives
Dal lake is central to Srinagar’s landscape, however, the government plans to restore it don’t accommodate the people who have been living on it...
The Idea of an institution
ZAMIR AHMADThe last two decades of the ‘new world order’, market economy, globalization and most importantly, the IT revolution have changed the way we...
Undoing the wrongs
The state has passed a bill envisaging levying water usage charges on power generation. Though far from reclaiming its water resources bartered away through...
LONDON
AMINA RAWATPope Benedict XVI, the head of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the Vatican City State, made a 4 day State Visit to...
INTERLOCKED
Amid curfew, killings and the anger, the visit of the all partydelegation of the parliamentarians were the biggest show that TV crews ensured every...
Dream of a dignified livelihood
Showkat AhmadRight from the day Omar Abdullah took over as chief minister of the state he has been making announcements of tackling the state’s...
Losing confidence
The measures announced by New Delhi to defuse tensions in Kashmir seem to be lost for want of implementation. A Kashmir Life report. Eight...
Offloaded
Saudi Airlines won the first ever bid for ferrying Hajjj pilgrims ending state-owned Air India’s monopoly. However, it refused to ply from Srinagar reportedly on Pakistan’s insistence of Kashmir being a disputed territory. Iftikhar Gilani reports.
A season for universities!
The Legislative Assembly passed bills for allowing setting up of three private universities in the nine-day session when all the Opposition had boycotted it,...
Newsmakers
LIFTED: Finally the police lifted curfew of Palhalan (Pattan) after 29 days. Some of the restrictions continue but the students were permitted to go...
Dividing the conflict
As governments in Delhi and Srinagar continue to remain in political inertia over Kashmir, an RSS think tank has suggested dividing the state into...
How to prepare for KAS Interview
Dr. Seemin RubabThe number of candidates called for Interview is about three times the available positions, hence interview is the deciding factor in the...
