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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Interview

This is a simple Q and A on issues that matter with the experts and practitioners who hold the answers. Interviews are across the various facets of life including politicians, artists, businessmen, academics and social activists.

“Afzal Guru was used as a sandbag to stop the Modi flood from spreading...

Once an accused in 2001 Parliament Attack case, SAR Gilani was acquitted by Delhi High Court after the prosecution failed to produce any concrete...

PDP doesn’t matter in the political scenario of Jammu

National Conference’s recently appointed Jammu provincial president, Devindre Singh Rana, in a telephonic interview with Bilal Handoo, talks about his new role and challenges. Kashmir...

“We Will Have an Alliance with Congress in 2014 Assembly Elections. We Will Form...

National Conference’s recently elected Kashmir provincial president, Nasir Aslam Wani, talks to Syed Asma at Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah’s office in Nawa-e-Subah complex on...

“I believe we require an idiot among these wise statesmen”

NC’s Rajya Sabha member, Ghulam Nabi Rattanpuri, who has been at loggerheads with his party for over a year now, pours his heart out...

“It is not the right time to have autonomous unions in Kashmir University because...

Ever since Prof Talat Ahmad took over as KU Vice-Chancellor, many changes have taken place at the institute. In an interview with Junaid Nabi...

“When you talk to Pakistan, it is a sell-out. When you talk to India,...

Fresh from his visit to Pakistan, the executive member of Hurriyat (M), Bilal Gani Lone, tells Jehangir Ali that the visit was a success...
CHIEF POST OFFICER John Samuel

“The Usage of Internet in Kashmir is less than 4%. What About Others who...

General Postmaster, John Samuel, is a chartered accountant who has, before coming to J&K in 2011, served in Kerala, Bhutan Maldives and Bangkok. Saima...
Syed Ali Shah Geelani

“The visit of Hurriyat(M) to Pakistan is of no significance to Kashmir issue”

With a crisis-ridden Hurriyat (M) slated to visit Pakistan on Dec 17, Syed Ali Geelani tells Tasavur Mushtaq that his Tehreek-e-Hurriyat party won’t accept...
Noted Lawyer of the Valley Shabnam Lone

“When I Wanted to Go to Aligarh, my Brothers said Girls can’t Study. They...

A recent judgement by high court in Kashmir has sparked a debate over whether judiciary can dictate terms of divorce to the institution of...
Lawyer Shabir Ahmed Salaria

“We Struggled and God Helped Us”

Lawyer Shabir A Salaria is one of rare survivors of 1947 massacres who become J&K advocate general twice and even went to the parliament....
Bilal A JAn

“Cinema is like a glass. It depends on whether you are pouring milk or...

For the first time in the history of conflict, a central government institution has financed a documentary ‘Ocean of Tears’ on human rights violations...
Shashikumar Velath

“It is disappointing. We tried to approach Omar Abdullah over revocation of PSA but...

Amnesty International Director, Programs (India), Shahshikumar Velath and campaigner, Sanhita Ambast, tell JEHANGIR ALI that the J&K government is falsifying the age of children...
BALWANT-SINGH-MANKOTYA

“There must be two chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir. Darbar move is a...

Balwant Singh Mankotia, a vocal lawmaker representing Udhampur constituency recently alleged the Jammu region was being discriminated by NC. A senior leader of Panthers...
Shabir Ahmad Shah

“I will prefer Jammu and Kashmir to be a part of Pakistan”

Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom party chairman, Shabir Ahmad Shah, tells JUNAID NABI BAZAZ that Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is not living up to the expectation...
Ghulam Hassan Mir

“Third Front Will Be An Initiative Of Different Political Ideologies”

His tirade against the NC founder, Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, and the reported emergence of Third Front in Jammu and Kashmir’s political scenario notwithstanding, J&K’s...