Dubious Encounters?
Two families assert their sons killed in encounters were not militants, reports Samreena Nazir
On July 25, at around 8 am Abdul Qayoom Dar, a...
No Pellets Please
As the Kashmir pellet victims are desperately trying to find some miracle cure that could enable them to have some kind of eyesight, the...
Jail Worries
With the septuagenarian separatist dying of Covid-19 in a Jammu jail, hundreds of families are worried across Kashmir. Now the political class has requested...
Combating Cold
Unable to move back to warm places owing to financial constraints, many nomadic families were stuck in Kashmir this winter. As cold snap hits...
Distant Burials
Families whose members were buried by authorities in distant graveyards citing pandemic want the restrictions must be eased now for all, reports Farzana Nisar
Dressed in...
Jail Lawyer
Arrested while in the first year of graduation way back in 2013, a young man has cleared his graduation, acquired a law degree and...
Delivering Justice
After the preliminary investigations established that the “terrorist” trio slain in Amshipora Shopian were civilians, the Kashmir parties are seeking a prompt and fair...
The Amshipora ‘Encounter’
Three weeks after an ‘encounter’ in which three ‘militants’ were reported killed, families in Rajouri said they were their young members who had gone...
Unanswered Knocks
Closure of the State Human Rights Commission has deprived victims of human rights violations in Kashmir of their only shot at speedy justice. Almost...
A Mysterious Death?
A fortnight after Jammu and Kashmir lost its special status; a trucker was caught between stone-pelters and the paramilitary and died in South Kashmir....
Woman’s Burden
Thousands of families, from every section of the society, lost their sole male breadwinners over the past three decades, shifting the burden of looking...
The Double Cross?
As cops found their colleague accompanying the most wanted militant in a Jammu bound car intercepted on the highway, it was like a proverbial...
A Minor Story
As the Supreme Court is hearing a PIL related to the detention of minors in Kashmir post-August 5, Umar Mukhtar meets a few boys...
The Jail In Neighbourhood
As the UT administration shifted the detained political class from a Boulevard Hotel to the Lawmakers’ Hostel, apparently for the winters, their families were...
Costly Acquittals
In the 1996 Rajasthan bus-blast case, police booked, among others, four Kashmiris – arrested from Kathmandu and Gujarat. A trial was launched and the...
