Band, Baja and ‘Banged’ Bharatis!
KL Report
SRINAGAR
At midnight Sunday, a marriage party announced its arrival in Srinagar’s Batamaloo by bursting loud crackers. The intensity of crackers was mistaken for...
Hydaspes’ Battle
From Sangam in south Kashmir to Asham in north, Jhelum’s serpentine course is literally battling for its space. The river that once witnessed an...
Attention: Flood affected shopkeepers/traders with annual turnover less than Rs 5 lakhs
KL Report
SRINAGAR
According to the office of Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar all those shopkeepers/traders whose annual turnover is less than Rs 5 lakh as per the...
Concertina wire at BSNL exchange irks female students
KL Report
SRINAGAR
Students of Government Girls Higher Secondary School Kothi Bagh complain that concertina wires used by the paramilitary forces near the Bharat Sanchar Nigam...
Iqbal Armaghan-e-Hijaz
Mir Liyaqat Nazir
The autocratic Dogra regimes and their theatres of oppression, agony and injustice define their fist rule in Kashmir. During those days the...
Chocked Life
Every time it rains Srinagar gets panicky. A few centimeters of rainfall can put life out of gear and turn business streets into rivulets. Syed Asma reports...
Davos Dream
The timing could have been better if not perfect for having a wishful thinking to convert ailing tourist resort Gulmarg into India’s Davos (Switzerland)....
Life is Easy Now
After removal of dreaded Hanwari camp in Charar-i-Sharief life is slowly bouncing back to normal. But can the freed landscape help in healing painful...
Monarchs of Democracy
Arshid Malik
“Where is Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, when his people need him the most?” I quizzed one of...
Inviting Bollywood
Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed used part of the holidays between the closure of Durbar at Jammu and reopening in Srinagar in reaching out to...
Briefing
VERINAG
The actress playing the role of ISI agent in the American TV series Homeland has strong Kashmir connection. Nimrat Kour is the daughter of...
Dial For Health
Next time you wish to see a doctor in Srinagar just dial EAO’s free helpline and it will be done. Started with an aim...
News Notes
Tihar Ordeals
‘Hate sin, not sinners’, was the line inscribed on the interior walls of various jails in Kashmir post 90’s. But since then nothing...
Act Now
Mohammad Ahseem
The mufti-led coalition government that is now in its third months has so far been unable to serve anything substantial to the common...
Uncertain Times
Are we sitting on a ticking time bomb? Yes, feels experts. Is the disaster management system geared up for a Nepal like situation, asks...
