Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed joined the boycott league as he desisted from
Of Marriages and More
by Arshad Malik
The other day I was at a marriage ceremony. It was an average function by Kashmiri standards but for me it was...
Birth pangs
In a civil society that has an extraordinarily high sense of ethnic, class and nationality issues,
Women in cross fire
In a seminar on Women’s day at Gandhi Bhawan in Kashmir University, I got the opportunity to examine the problems of the women from the perspective of patriarchy and gender bias as built in the idea of nation when some women activists working at grassroots level shared their experiences in the one day seminar.
Ignoring ground issues
As politicians rhetorically raise terrorism and security threat issues in parliament elections, Iftikhar Gilani reports the disconnect between the slogans and issues on ground....
A growing car avan
Car manufacturers are competing for market share in Kashmir as bank finances ensure that more and more households can own one. R S Gull ...
Countering Recession
J&K Bank has came out with four products including the revised DastKaar Finance, a product launched a few years back. Avowed objective for the...
Dreaming Europe
A South American footballer is changing football scene in Kashmir. For a start, he plans to send two young footballers to a Spanish club....
Lal Ded’s Shame
As the world celebrates Mother’s Day, Shazia Yousuf and Shazia Khan visit Srinagar’s biggest maternity hospital, Lal Ded, to find the treatment met to...
Failing to plan is planning to fail
Tarique A Bhat
The one hundredth day of Omar Abdullah led coalition government was a day like any other. 
Shameem, A Pioneer Of Electoral Politics
Naeem Akhtar
His contribution to journalism, oratory, wit, repartee and literature are recounted regularly and they never sound like stale or repetitious. But one aspect of the late Shameem in my opinion remains understated. That is his contribution to making votes relevant in real sense to the electoral politics. And, his role in doing that and creating a consciousness about it is without doubt pioneering.
A Forgotten Kashmir
By Zamir Ahmad
Last week after the separatists called for a 50-hour strike, I imagined the deserted streets, the patrolling soldiers, and the city under...
BUDGAM
In 1830 A D, Budgam was a tehsil known as “Tehsil-e-Sri Partap Singh Pora” and formed part of Wazarat-e-Shumali in District Baramulla. It later...
A long way to go
If occupancy is a criterion, Kashmir train service can be called a success, but limited runs by one train through stations poorly connected with main towns is more of an inconvenience than a facility. Hamidullah Dar reports.
Kashmir train service has proved economic for commuters when local transport fares are surging, but lack of facilities and proper connectivity to stations makes the travel long and cumbersome.
To 1500 passengers who use this train daily from Islamabad station to Srinagar and back, the journey gets upsetting once they step out of the train.
A ten rupee ticket for 50-kilometres seems a trifle but add five rupees from Islamabad station to main town and six rupees from Nowgam to Srinagar, it equals the bus fare for the journey. The buses, at least drop commuters in the city.
A CBM Hijacked
Lured by waived custom duties, Delhi based traders are trying to infiltrate Cross LoC trade meant only for the two sides of Kashmir. Hamidullah Dar reports.
The cross LoC trade in Jammu & Kashmir is experiencing a ‘hijack’ by traders from Delhi. That is at least what traders from Kashmir were contesting, forcing the custodian officer of Trade Facilitation Centre at Salamabad in Uri to send back 33 vehicles to Chakoti TFC on May 6.
The barter trade initiated between the two parts of Kashmir last year exempts traded goods from customs duty. Experts say that these tax concessions are luring the Delhi based traders to exploit the opportunity while keeping the locals at bay.
