The Passing of Ved Ji: A Colossal Loss to Kashmiris
By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai
Ved Bhasin, the chairman of the Kashmir Times group of publications passed away on November 5, 2015 in Jammu. With...
Remembering Sana Ullah Dar
Nazir Ahmad Nazir
On 17th of June this year, Advocate Sana Ulah Dar left this world forever after suffering from a bout of illness at...
Kashmir’s Babu
Before passing recently at 73, Ashok Jaitly was someone who understood pulse of Kashmir and was its de-facto ruler during Dr Farooq Abdullah’s government....
Tony Jaitly: IAS Officer Who Exorcised Papa 2, Protested against Atrocities is No More
Bilal Handoo
SRINAGAR
In 1990, government employees staged a massive protest against the "bloodbath" caused by forces in Kashmir. In that strike lasting for 73 days,...
Kashmir Lost Its Only Female Transpersonal Counsellor To Mt Everest
KL Report
SRINAGAR
As the death toll in Nepal’s devastating earthquake is nearing three thousands, Kashmir lost its only qualified female transpersonal counsellor, Ms Renu Fotedar.
Mother...
A ‘Different’ Sheikh
He was a Kashmiri rather than an Indian. That is how Sheikh Nazir Ahmad, a NC stalwart who breathed his last on Tuesday, is...
Obituary
Abdul Ahad Vakil
(August 1935 - July 2014)
Senior National Conference leader from north Kashmir’s Sopore, Abdul Ahad Vakil passed away on Wednesday evening after a...
Justice Mufti Bahauddin Farooqi
The justice-turned-activist who shone in the murky nineties of Kashmir breathed his last recently. Known for his remarkable work in Kunan Poshpora mass-rape case,...
Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah
A close associate of former Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi and a well-known educationist of Kashmir, Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah took her last breath...
Obituary
Ustad Ghulam Mohammad Saaznawaz
(1940-2014)
The legendary Sufiana music Artist and instrumentalist, Ustad Ghulam Mohammad Saaznawaz passed away Thursday afternoon. He belonged to the famous Saaznawaz...
Obituary
Syed Sajjad Hussain
(1954 - 2013)
Rahiba R Parveen
Syed Sajjad Hussain, one of the known literary figures of Kashmir breathed his last on December 12. Hussain,...
Obituary
Gayoor Hassan
(1939-2013)
Noted Kashmiri artist, sculptor and former Principal of Fine Arts College Kashmir, Gayoor Hassan breathed his last this past week at SKIMS Srinagar....
Moulana Showkat Nadvi
Er Rashid led Awami Ithaad Party (AIP) lost its spokesman, Moulana Showkat Ahmad Nadvi in a road accident in North Kashmir’s Pattan town on...
Obituary
Prof G M Wani
A prominent scientist of the Valley and former director extension education SKUAST-Kashmir, Prof G M Wani, breathed his last this week....
Obituary
Prof Majeed Muzmar
(April 30, 1954 – July 25, 2013)
A well-known academician, fiction writer and language critic Prof Abdul Majeed Mir breathed his last on...