A ‘Star’ Fall
When the former lawmaker, Altaf Kuloo, was caught in Nigeen last fortnight, it triggered a chain reaction: he was placed under suspension by his...
Unbundling power
As the J&K cabinet has approved plans of carving out four different companies from the huge power department to professionalize the basic service, will...
RTI: Towards Opaqueness
The recent notification by the J&K government to change the RTI Act 2010 has left civil society and political leaders aghast. Many claim that...
Tabinda Gani: An Award, A Case
Nearly five years after Tabinda Gani was abducted, gang-raped and murdered in a sleepy Handwara village in north Kashmir, the J&K government has set...
The North Block Change
With Sushil Kumar Shinde taking over as the new Home Minister, Kashmir Life’s Delhi Bureau offers a keyhole view of the changes that may...
The Pedagogy of Sectarianism
It didn’t shake a table when a Sikh posing as a ‘devout Muslim’ led prayers at the fateful Jamia Mosque in central Kashmir’s Sendbal...
In the line of ‘faith’
In a land known for its shrines and mosques, construction of a new mosque is no big news. But this mosque is unique not...
Jam them while you pray
Disparate cell phone ringing tones during prayers often irk many inside the mosques. Some mosque management bodies have discovered and installed jammers inside mosques...
Keeping Himayat afloat
A one-third success rate and a plethora of problems is the outcome of the ambitious Himayat in its first phase. But the union Rural...
The Laila Suspense
MUFTI ISLAH investigates how a murderer was tracked and lured into a trap and the warped sequence of events that led to the massacre...
Barter’s Fear Factor
Traders who barter select merchandise at two windows on the LoC since October 2008 have managed an overall turnover of Rs 1600 crore since...
Raising cost of resistance
The state, it seems, can not run out of ideas. The police have suddenly become aware of its sealing powers, and is putting it...
War Of Deception
In the murky spy wars, Kashmir witnesses a major switch over by police moles into militant ranks since the police took over counter-insurgency in...
Now Funds Flowing
After making them organise into associations and resorting to protests, the government overnight turned proactive. As the administration is tasked to ensure all transfers...
In crosshairs
No police chief has finished his innings in J&K in such a controversy as Kuldeep Khuda, one of the longest serving DGPs of the...
