A Legislative Escape
When defence ministry’s report regarding payoffs to unionist politicians reached state assembly everybody expected some action. But the way this sensitive matter was debated...
The YES Men
The TSD exposé suggested two NGOs were the beneficiaries of the massive funds till General V K Singh’s super-intelligence structure was disbanded. Suhail Ansari...
Historic Exposé
As an unhappy soldier feeling pushed to the wall spilled beans, it helped Kashmir understand its contemporary history better. R S Gull revisits the...
Falling Apart
With separatists running out of ideas to catch peoples’ imagination, the need to unify is felt across the different ideological camps. Everybody talks about...
“Our political culture is more rhetoric rather than real”
Former spokesperson of Peoples Conference Junaid Azim Mattoo, tells Syed Asma that political parties in Kashmir still revolve around individuals and not ideologies.
Kashmir Life:...
Sacrifice for Shiekh
He knows where the key of Kashmir’s political fate lies. Tasavur Mushtaq meets the man who enabled Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah to re enter Jammu...
“Being part of a National party you have to sacrifice the local aspirations”
His entry into NC created a political storm between coalition partners. Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar tells Tasavur Mushtaq that without him Congress’s future in Ganderbal...
King’s Constituency
From party founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah to current CM Omar Abdullah, Ganderbal means prestige. But with political equations fast changing on ground Abdullah scion...
“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...
“How does it matter what the police say? Let police say what they want!...
BJP’s state unit president and MLA Jugal Kishore Sharma tells Syed Asma that Kishtwar crisis is part of a larger conspiracy to force minorities...
Politics in Hills
With huge ‘unaccounted’ money at councilor’s disposal, Autonomous Hill Development Council elections in Ladakh region attract political heavy weights including religious heads. Amid social...
The Chenab Conflagration
Worst communal clashing on Eid led to three brutal deaths, massive property loss and a visible gulf between the two communities in Kishtwar. As...
“I think with elections round the corner all political parties, particularly the BJP, are...
Independent lawmaker Er Rasheed who risked his life to reach trouble torn Kishtwar town during communal clashes tells Bilal Handoo that the mainstream political...
His Blaze Version
Sajjad A Kitchloo, the Kishtwar representative in the state assembly, was at home when the town burnt. This was one reason why the BJP...
“I am sure there is some force working behind the scene to create chaos...
Anjuman Shar-e-Shian president Agha Syed Hassan Al Moosvi Al Safavi tells Tasavur Mushtaq that unity among Shias and Sunnis is the only way forward...
