Special Report

 Mufti Sayeed made a brief, unscheduled public speech during his fateful city tour on December 22. Two days ahead of it, he presided over a marathon meeting of his party in Srinagar’s Banquet Hall....

Protests by traders suggesting the Iranian apple imports should be banned to protect the domestic produce may not be a good idea to help Kashmir’s apple cart have a smooth run, reports Masood Hussain Last...

In goriest kidnapping and murder of the Rasana Bakerwal girl, the special court verdict came in record time. Of eight accused, one was acquitted, three got lifers and three others five-year term in jail...

The alleged involvement of a top Congress leader in the supply of spurious drugs to government hospitals not only speaks of the failing standards of healthcare in the state but it has also opened...

After three cop killings in Srinagar and subsequently a few more in south, security scenario across Kashmir witnessed a sharp spike. But in many cases especially in the capital city, the reinforcement is pointing...

It took courage and creativity to transform plastic bottles, empty water-tanks, wood planks, mattresses etc, to float thousands of marooned people to safety. Safwat Zargar reports the ‘jugaads’ technology that helped youngsters save lives...

Once famous for its fish, Nadru, and vegetable gardens, Anchar Lake struggles to survive encroachment, waste dump, and official neglect. Syed Asma reports Son of a fisherman Ashraq Kundroo, 29, has lived almost his entire...

After the landslide victory fetches it a firm control in Delhi, the focus on Jammu and Kashmir may revolve around the BJP’s possibility of emerging the single largest party in the state, if and...

While the entire focus is on preventing Covid-19 related fatalities, people are silently dying from treatable medical conditions and also because of the negligence of the medical staff, reports Saima Bhat Awake at 2:30 am, a...

Flash floods and cloudbursts are the new entries in Kashmir’s troubled lingo. With 19 occurrences in last 20 days, Kashmir is witnessing a massive climatic change. Saima Bhat reports its costs on environment and...

Separated allies of doomed BJPDP coalition have resorted to a new wave of allegations and counter-accusations. But people are unlikely to fall prey to their renewed engagement by pointing fingers at each other after...

The government has announced to hold Panchayat elections in the state. In the absence of Panchayats for 33 years, the state has been losing central funds meant for execution through the local elected bodies....

Centuries ago they migrated to escape bonded labour or persecution, their language is Kashmiri’s only other dialect and their hearts beat for their brethren in Kashmir. Ilham Hassan reports. Residents of mountainous Doda district are...

Post-Burhan Wani, Mehbooba Mufti attempted breaking the ice by visiting two families deep South. Will it help the unionists to reconnect with a region that is angry and hurt, reports Muhammad Younis After her government...

While the Swine Flu threat, that grabbed a lot of media attention, seems to be under control in the J&K, the state is oblivious to a home grown threat that has already devoured 15...