Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
Surveys can save our investment
Iqbal Trumboo
Out of the thousands of registered industrial units in the Valley very few are doing well. Most of them are ailing and sick, some struggling and many more defunct.
Out of the thousands of registered industrial units in the Valley very few are doing well. Most of them are ailing and sick, some struggling and many more defunct.
Death of A Musical Note
With Gen X refusing to learn the art of making musical instruments, a centuries old art form in Kashmir is about to extinct. Shazia Yousuf tells the story of its last surviving artist, Ghulam Mohammad Zaz.
Drive a clean car
A battery driven car, Kinetic’s Reva CV comes as an alternative to petrol and diesel versions of small cars – a much awaited technological intervention given the challenges posed by the depletion of fossil fuel reserves.
A BOOM failing is no good news
In power deficit J&K, successive governments have made good decisions and bad decisions leaving it to successors to make corrections. NC government initiated the...
My grandpa’s fault!
Shazia Yousuf
It was the biggest room of our house, but I never had enough chance to sit and monitor it. Meant for guests of my grandfather it was always clean and well furnished. The picture of this room in my mind is based more on imagination than reality. I never identified this room with my house because it was less used for family affairs and more for political discourses.
It was the biggest room of our house, but I never had enough chance to sit and monitor it. Meant for guests of my grandfather it was always clean and well furnished. The picture of this room in my mind is based more on imagination than reality. I never identified this room with my house because it was less used for family affairs and more for political discourses.
Police rule freaks family
A sudden shriek woke up Ghulam Qadir Lone from his afternoon siesta in his ground floor room at Marhama village, 12 Km from north...
US sleuths interrogated Kashmiri militants in 90s
Shahnawaz Khan
US interrogators questioned militants captured in Kashmir by Indian troopers in 90s, a declassified document of the Central Investigation Agency (CIA) reveals. The top secret report prepared by the federal intelligence agency in 1996 and declassified in 2004 is now available on the CIA website www.foia.cia.gov.
US interrogators questioned militants captured in Kashmir by Indian troopers in 90s, a declassified document of the Central Investigation Agency (CIA) reveals. The top secret report prepared by the federal intelligence agency in 1996 and declassified in 2004 is now available on the CIA website www.foia.cia.gov.
Price of conflict
Tanveen Kawoosa
Among many prices Kashmiris have paid during two decades of conflict, loss of parental care stands among the primary few. Although reports prepared by different organisations show slight rise in the numbers of orphans in Kashmir during this period, social workers challenge the statistics basing their argument on lack of extensive study to document cases.
Among many prices Kashmiris have paid during two decades of conflict, loss of parental care stands among the primary few. Although reports prepared by different organisations show slight rise in the numbers of orphans in Kashmir during this period, social workers challenge the statistics basing their argument on lack of extensive study to document cases.
Churning out failures
Some decades back, passing 10th class examinations in Kashmir was deemed a big achievement. Education system and standards have considerably improved since, particularly in...
Armed with determination
Ghulam Hassan Ganai lost both his arms to an electric shock in his childhood. Since then he has armed himself with determination to fight...
Recap of The Week
RETURNED: Senior separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani returned home after a prolonged stay in Delhi where he visited several hospitals for treatment. Apart...
Leela Karan Sharma
RSS old man in JK, Leela Karan Sharma, who dominated the news for most of last summer has joined formal politics. A practising lawyer, 68-year-old Sharma is now the BJP candidate for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls for Jammu seat.
Ensure justice
There have been six murders of civilians since Omar Abdullah took over as chief minister. He is correct in saying that nobody is happy over the killings, neither the army nor the government. Similar concern was publicly exhibited by his predecessors since 1996 when a prolonged gubernatorial regime was replaced by a civilian government. Irrespective of what it yielded, registering criminal cases by the police and initiating magisterial probes became a routine.
An LCD TV assembled in Kashmir
Get a world class LCD TV at cheapest rates. That is what Srinagar based Global Electronics Industries (GEI) promises. A long way from manufacturers...
Self sustained development of sericulture
Bilal Ahmad Kawoosa
Sericulture continues to be an occupation for about 22000 families in the state. Most of these families belong to economically backward section...
