THE SHOPIAN LABYRINTH
(Women protesting in Shopian - Photo by: Bilal Bahadur)
The Shopain "rape and murders" have not only kept Kashmir on boil, but also buried many...
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...
Riots changed J&K politics
Journalist Ved Bhasin has completed six decades in active journalism, but the editor of Kashmir Times has had an equal proximity to politics. Politics,...
WHO REPRESENTS INDIA IN KASHMIR?
Onset of militancy in 1989 witnessed Srinagar bound convoys bringing soldiers and guns to Kashmir valley and employees of central government departments and central...
OCCUPIED LANDS
The area under troop occupation in J&K is 527 sq km. That is more than the area of Maldives, Andorra and 41 other countries....
Collateral Damage
They fight painful memories, face hardships and an uncertain future. Tens of thousands of children orphaned by two decade conflict in Kashmir suffer silently....
A Quiet Surrender
The National Conference led government was keen to protect district cadre jobs for home districts alone. But when the moment arrived it chose to...
Whose Safety Act
Enacted in 1978 to nail political detractors Public Safety Act has been consistently strengthened and abused by successive governments. While its advisory board, a...
THE OTHER KASHMIR RISES
Demands for hill development councils for Pir Panchal and Chenab valleys have always faced a jittery Jammu. The issue is in focus again with...
THE STORY SO FAR
Ahanger’s wife, Nelofar, 22 and sister Asiya, 17, had gone to their orchard in Shopian periphery on May 29. They did not return, and...
Rape of an investigation
The only bit of evidence on Shopian "rapes and murders" has been lost as CFSL report says that the vaginal swabs of victims have...
Fudging all the way
It is not the first time that fudging of samples for DNA profiling has surfaced in a case in Kashmir. DNA fudging made news...
BLOCKADE AND AFTER
Last summer, as Kashmir rose to undo any future threat of economic blockade, traders seemed determined to regain control over the trade and open...
Mystery of the list
Muzaffar Hussain Baig’s allegation against chief minister not only brought back the 2006 sexual exploitation scam into focus but raised queries about the so...
DISGRACE
The political drama that unfolded right from day one of Budget session in J&K Assembly displayed how low politicians in J&K can stoop. Kashmir...
