Shams Irfan
A journalist with seven years of working experience in Kashmir.
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Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s impending Srinagar visit has triggered expectations everywhere. Indications emanating from the ‘moderate’ Hurriyat suggest Dr Singh’s visit will mark...
Newsmakers
SELECTED: Prominent businessman Nazir A Dar was elected the president of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce. He replaced outspoken trade leader Dr Mubeen Shah who...
Those who stayed back
As New Delhi woos migrant Kashmiri Pandits back to Valley with financial packages, those who stayed back through turbulent years were almost ignored. MAJID...
Now communalising commerce
Iftikhar GeelaniImagine Muslim traders in Azamgarh district of UP or Aurangabad or Malegaon in Maharashtra deciding to constitute their own chamber of commerce. The...
Shopian: Emergence of another bloodied landmark of control in Kashmir
By: PARVAIZ BUKHARI
The culprits of double rape and murder in Shopian may be criminals in uniform, but the series of damning official cover-ups so...
Kicking career
many it is self defence, for some it is career, and yet for others a way to overcome competition in academics. Shazia Yousuf finds...
Cementing a future
Despite huge limestone reserves, J&K relies heavily on the cement import from outside states. A new advanced plant hopes to bridge the gap. Haroon...
Change and no change
Tarique A Bhat Who is interested in genuine change? No one is generating resources--intellectual, cultural, and scientific--at a global level of competence. We are...
Fabrication of Evidence
Prof. SM Afzal QadriThe recent developments in the Shopian murder and rape case have once again exposed the affairs and the wrong working of...
Institutional Credibility
Announcing a judicial probe in Shopian case on June 01, chief minister Omar Abdullah made an honest admission. He said the trust in the...
What is up nature’s sleeve
Arshid MalikSomething is up the sleeve of nature. It is October and it feels like July. Is anyone concerned out there?Forests are home to...
Syed Ali Shah Geelani
The grand old man of Kashmir’s separatism had a quiet birthday on September 29. The aging leader turned an octogenarian under a strict house...
A Clean Sweep
Jammu’s crime syndicates and gangs apparently patronized by nouveau rich have had many casualties in the past. But this time, investigators were caught sleeping...
Trans World Muslim University
The Trans World Muslim University coming up in Kashmir under the auspices of the Jamiat ahle Hadees seeks to provide quality education to kashmiri...
Tanning a fortune
Until now, raw hides produced in Kashmir were exported directly to tanneries outside the state, and then imported back as finished leather. Now, a...
