Guns In The Government
As the gun battles were in focus in the last 30 years, a section of bureaucracy was arming the deep-pocketed criminals. Now the CBI...
Braid Costs
As the mysterious hair-cutting of the womenfolk gets upgraded to a sort of epidemic, Kashmir is witnessing massive costs for its economy and the...
A Dirty Picture
Doordarshan Srinagar was once known for amusing the audiences with its classy content and the variety of programs it produced. But it has lost...
Madam X
Whenever a sleaze racked is unearthed in a society cloaked in high morals, the first target is the victim itself. As the investigation in...
Daughters First
Reports of women abuse in the family set-up indicate a crisis that the Kashmir society may have to tackle up-front. It will start a...
Men in Khaki
In the backdrop of Kathua kidnapping, rape and murder of little Rasana girl, certain sections of society in J&K are raising fingers towards the...
Probing Shujaat’s Assassination
Nothing much is clear as the police have launched a massive investigation into the assassination of journalist Syed Shujaat Bukhari, reports Saima Bhat
After a...
Facing The Music
Gulzar Bhat left carpet weaving and opted for carving out a niche of his own from the surging ‘faith business’. In a society preoccupied...
Left In The Lurch
In the Jammu and Kashmir’s downgrade to a Union Territory, most of the autonomous Commissions were closed down. These included the Commission for Women....
Mother Killers
Drug abuse is already an epidemic. Earlier the drug abusers used to die silent death by overdose. Now, the resource-deficit addicts have started turning...
Shopain to CBI
Investigators are busy preparing the Shopian rape and murder case to be handed over to CBI after green signal from the High Court. Haroon...
Rape: A LARGER REALITY
R S GULL
Ever since the victim of a beastly gangrape in Delhi aroused concerns of the middle class, almost every body is trying to...
Tracking a High
Among the substance abused, Codeine Phosphate has emerged as one of most sought after addicted drug in valley over the years. With police seizing...
Cultivating a ‘high’
Farmers cultivate poppy as a cash crop. Tradition requires its use in bakery. But its bumper produce is challenging the administration’s efficiency and strength...
Tabinda Gani: An Award, A Case
Nearly five years after Tabinda Gani was abducted, gang-raped and murdered in a sleepy Handwara village in north Kashmir, the J&K government has set...