“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...
“I am trying to convince students to start their own units, like opening a...
A 1999 batch KAS officer, Shabnum Shah Kamli, heads state’s Department of Technical Education (DTE).She tells Syed Asma, despite huge potential to change lives,...
‘We defeated the Indian state’
From his arrest as a young boy to picking up arms and then shunning armed resistance, pro-independence leader and former militant commander Muhammed Yasin...
“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...
‘Question of Mass Promotion Does Not Arise’
Dr Nisar Ahmad, Registrar of The University of Kashmir tells Umar Mukhtar
KASHMIR LIFE (KL): As the pandemic has forced all the institutions to shut their activities what...
“I always say that Jammu should be considered from Lakhanpur, Poonch and up to...
Minister CAPD Choudhary Zulfikar Ali who represents Darhal in state legislative assembly tells Saima Bhat that Jammu is developed at the cost of Pir...
Panchal Never Felt Disconnected From Kashmir
Noted poet and scholar from Rajouri, Shahbaz Rajourvi, talks to Shams Irfan about his recent book Pounpir Gath, a collection of poems in Kashmiri,...
Weekly is a tough job
After 27 successful years as a weekly, Chattan turned daily. Its editor Tahir Mohi-ud-Din talks about the emergence of Chattan as a political weekly,...
‘Pregnant Women Must Avoid Visiting Hospital For Routine Check-ups’
Dr Nighat Firdous, one of the senior-most gynaecologists in Kashmir, is the Head of the Department, Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the women-exclusive Lala Ded...
“Whether it is a hydro electric project, Indus water treaty, it is the people...
Beyond the visible causes for September 2014 deluge in valley, lie the subtle reasons rooted in the network of occupation. The recently released document...
“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...
‘Government fails to fulfil promises’
Muhammad Yasin Khan assumed charge of President of Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation (KTMF) in February 2011, after being a successful trader for 20...
“NC in last five years did nothing but played rival politics. They made our...
Sheikh Muhammed Hussain Lutfi, Chairman Imam Khumaini Trust, Kargil, tells Syed Asma that alliance with Congress is in the interest of Kargil.
Kashmir Life: People...
‘We Go For Valve Replacements without Chest Surgery, Something We Could Not Dream About...
Renowned intervention cardiologist Dr Fayaz Shawl, who did the first angioplasty in the US's Military Health System (MHS), and later devised the ‘Shawl Technique’ visited...
“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...
