WHO WAS YOUSUF SHAH?
The man, Syed Yousuf Shah, whose death in custody triggered a political storm in Jammu and Kashmir, had a very humble beginning. His personal...
10 Questions For The Chief Minister
Senior opposition leader and former deputy chief minster, Muzaffar Hussain Baig poses ten questions to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. As told to IKHLAQ QADRI,...
Stop, Don’t Slap Her
The Governor of Jammu and Kashmir gave his ascent recently to a law against domestic violence six years after the Indian Parliament passed a...
Lonely battle
A family that lost its only child last June is fighting to bring the killers to justice even after alleged threats and attempts to...
Faking a marriage
In the last three years, the police have unearthed a series of gangs that would ‘solemnise’ marriages with already married women. The ‘brides’ would...
Sacked
J&K is 'celebrating' 2011 as anti-corruption year, but the headless State Accountability Commission is mocking at the symbolism of India’s second most corrupt state....
Killed Before Birth
An alarming decrease in gender ratio in the state with only 859 females per 1000 males, experts warn of an impending social disaster. Syed...
The only job
Almost all the young men of a forest village in Baramulla district indulge in timber smuggling, while the dealers make huge profits they continue...
Denuding Kashmir
Timber smuggling fuelled by a construction boom is causing widespread destruction to the forests in Kashmir in the absence of a coherent forest policy...
Conmen on the web
Cheats have always thrived in the sub-continent however, with the expansion of telephony and other communication technologies, many more seem to have joined the trade....
Commuter’s nightmare
With uncomfortable, overloaded buses, commuting in Srinagar continues to be an ordeal. Ibrahim Wani reports on the travails of commuting in Srinagar.
It takes him...
Downsizing a high
Public awareness and official crackdown have brought down the narcotics production in south Kashmir districts, where large swathes of land were put under poppy...
A matter of honour
There has been an increase in harassment of women at workplace and in public places. But most victims shy away from raising their voice....
Polluting Lives
With the increase in the use of drugs among valley youth, many addicts are trying different substances. Sharing of syringes by addicts leads to...
Custody death puts police in spot
by Hamidullah Dar
The confusion into the mysterious death of a 40-year-old man in custody in Ram Munshi Bagh police station on October 6 was...
