Elections, Again
At a time when Kashmir’s entire political class is restricted to homes or jails in wake of abrogation of special status and undoing of...
Grounded On Water
The abrupt August 4, order asking tourists and pilgrims to leave Kashmir marked the end of a busy tourist season. Shams Irfan met the...
Killing Time
With communications blocked, the entire population is having a lot of time but not knowing what to do with it. Umar Mukhtar meets the...
Quite Streets
Five weeks later, ground zero is not offering any indication that would suggest an early turnaround in Kashmir situation, reports Shams Irfan
For the first...
Land Appetite
As investment emerges as the new buzz word post-August 5, Corporate India and various state governments are keen to acquire land in Jammu and...
What Next?
Post Article-370 scrapping, the Central Government is busy planning big interventions as the Jammu and Kashmir is gradually moving towards becoming the Union Territory...
The Fear Factor
For the last 10 days, there have been intriguing developments all around which have triggered panic in Kashmir. Despite the denials by the high...
Between Trump And Malik
Everybody who is anybody in Jammu and Kashmir has been talking about the twin axis of the Kashmir – the internal, involving the issues...
Whither PDP?
It has been more than a year now that the PDP is losing wickets almost on a daily basis. Shams Irfan talks to the people who...
Not In Ishrat
Six years ago, a tenth standard girl felt threatened in a situation and jumped from the first storey of her home in north Kashmir,...
Yatra’s Two Sides
While the arrangements for the Amarnath Yatra 2019 are exceptionally upgraded from both the axis, the curfew-like restrictions on the movement of commuters and...
Shah’s Sojourn
BJP president and Home Minister Amit Shah made his maiden visit to the state, distinct by refusing to meet any political party. Analysts say...
New Front, Old Frontier
The joining of hands between two former state government officers, engineer Rasheed and Shah Feasal, is the beginning of the tectonic shift and realignment...
Kathua And Kashmir
In goriest kidnapping and murder of the Rasana Bakerwal girl, the special court verdict came in record time. Of eight accused, one was acquitted,...
Blood In Hunger
After many years, the Muslim month of fasting did not witness any cessation of hostilities between militants and the security grid. This made the...
