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Umar Mukhtar

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Umar Mukhtar is a Srinagar based journalist. He is covering human rights and the changing political landscape of the valley.

Death wish or daredevilry; Kashmiri boy dares a speeding train by sleeping on the...

Umar Mukhtar Srinagar: Bringing the reel life stunts to real life, a youth somewhere in Kashmir performed a bizarre daredevil act on a railway track...

Dismissed Pelters

Hiding stick to pave way for the carrot, the government recently announced an amnesty for the first time stone pelters. But there are various...

Sports lovers in Pampore fight to save stadium from turning into a sewage-dump

Umar Mukhtar After years of lobbying and going after officials, sports lovers in the saffron town of Pampore finally managed to get Kadalbal stadium restored...

‘Strive hard and become a noble soul,’ Ghalib recalls his father’s words as he...

Umar Mukhtar Srinagar: Five years after Afzal Guru was hanged inside notorious Tihar Jail in New Delhi, for his alleged role in 2001 parliament attack,...

Digital Disadvantage

Frequent broadband outages are pushing people to the wrong side of the digital divide, reports Umar Mukhtar On April 16, 2017, Rouf Ahmed, a Commerce...

Missed the Bus

Not being realised by the policy makers or the stake-holders, passengers using public transport waste a part of their life in the sluggish-paced, unruly...

Autumn Windfall

With more than half of the 150 thousand fresh admissions, every autumn, opting for private sector schools, the costs of educating the new generation...

‘Law Restores, Rehabilitates the Child, Not Punishes Him’

Director Jammu and Kashmir State Judicial Academy of J&K High Court, Abdul Rashid Malik is also the Secretary of Juvenile Justice Committee of Jammu...

Into the Marsh

Hundreds of villagers in Dal lake took hard cash and moved out to live far away from the water body. But in Rakhi Aarath,...

Hawal Runner

Breakfast after running 25 kms in the morning, this marathon runner from Shehr-e-Khas created a rare record by running 110 kms in less than...

“We are lobbying internationally to have DNA tests done”

Lawyer Parvez Imroz recently shared Norway’s Rafto Prize with Parveena Ahanger. JKCCS that he leads has exposed the unmarked graves issue and has been...

Apple Selling

Gradually, Kashmir has started changing the way it used to sell its apple. As 14 satellite markets attracted nonlocal buyers, slightly more than one-third...

A Polytechnic Rescue

For two days sixty boys in the state-run polytechnic were hoping against the hope that they will be rescued. But they failed to even attract...

Ticking Bombs

At a time when everybody is carrying a broom for a photo-op, Umar Mukhtar visted two south Kashmir villages to understand the crippling crisis...

RTI Amulet

A carpenter, faith-healer healer has a huge crowd of people on weekends. But some of them return home without amulets, reports Umar Mukhtar It was...