Umar Mukhtar
Umar Mukhtar is a Srinagar based journalist. He is covering human rights and the changing political landscape of the valley.
Get Masks Please
Coronavirus is making deeper inroads but Kashmir is woefully short of essential medical supplies, reports Umar Mukhtar
When the news of first positive Covid-19 case in...
Politics Of Silence
No released politician wants to talk about Article 370. All are waiting for the release of top leadership, reports Umar Mukhtar
Abdullah, 45, is a...
Khelo India In The Time Of Corona
Umar Mukhtar
In times of Coronovirus when England Cricket Board (ECB) has decided that its players would not shake hands with the Sri Lankan players...
Kashmir’s Internet Exodus
 Almost six-month-long internet shutdown led to the migration of businesses, students, research scholars, outside the valley.they had to uproot their bases and start afresh to...
4G Prank!
by Umar Mukhtar
SRINAGAR: On the intervening night of March 1 and 2, a two-hour loophole in Jio network has brought 4G back to slow...
Playing On Ice
Breaking The Ice
For the third time in history, Jammu and Kashmir team reached a knockout stage. Will they pass this psychological barrier, asks Umar...
Mother Initiative
Shafakat was moved to start a school for special children in Shehr-e-Khas by the plight of her autistic child, reports Umar Mukhtar
Shafakat, 42, sits...
If Wishes Were Horses
Umar Mukhtar on the flip side of diplomacy between India and Pakistan involving sports
Kabbadi, mankind’s oldest game, has emerged as the new dungal between...
Hired To Humiliate
The abundant colleges and teacher-scarce education department has lead the department to use and abuse almost 1900 teachers as contractual lecturer for more than...
Cursed Numbers
Focus on particular registration numbers during routine wayside searches by the security grid has impacted the resale value of some vehicles, reports Umar Mukhtar
Every...
Ahead of January 26, Families Await Reunion As 26 Move Out of Jail
by Umar Mukhtar
SRINAGAR: Neighbours and relatives of Rafiq Ahmad Bhat of Gulzarpora village in Pulwama had come to congratulate his family on his release....
Weary Voyages
Since most of the people detained in anticipation of the August 5 decision belong to low-income groups, Umar Mukhtar met a few families to...
Gag Capital
As the internet shutdown continues into 2020, making it the longest internet gag in the history of democracy, reports Umar Mukhtar
By the year-end when...
Parking Paupers
For more than 125 days, neither the parking lots nor the octroi posts worked. Since they have paid hefty sums to get these spaces...
A Minor Story
As the Supreme Court is hearing a PIL related to the detention of minors in Kashmir post-August 5, Umar Mukhtar meets a few boys...
