“Barter trade takes place with Chinese in Ladakh. It is a fact”

Chief Executive Councilor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh, Rigzin Spalbar tells Saima Bhat that barter trade with Chinese is a normal occurrence...

“Without Congress there will be no government in Jammu and Kashmir state”

With rumors of growing factionalism and charges of corruption against senior leaders afflicting the party before 2014 Assembly Elections, the recently elected JKPCC President...

“Omar Abdullah is a political nobody. He is like a clown, going around making...

In the run-up to 2014 Assembly Election in the state, PDP is hopeful of increasing its tally of seats in the state legislature. The...

“Maharaja Pratap Singh even banned burial of the dead”

Muhammad Siddiq Parray, the Grand Old Man of Sonawar, breathed his last on March 21. A witness to an eventful century of Kashmir’s history...

Tribal raids helped India and Pakistan to sideline people of Kashmir

Christopher Snedden whose book Kashmir: The Unwritten History was published by Harper Collins India is an old Kashmir expert. Before flying to Hong Kong...

“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....