More than a commissioner
Wajahat Habibullah is ready to take over as J&K first CIC, but his understanding of Kashmir coupled with his unhindered access to 10 Janpath...
Bartering of a year
Started in a hurry, the trans-LoC trade had more hurdles than pedals. Despite government promises of sorting out modalities soon, a year after the...
Tales of torture
The first incumbent of the infamous torture centre turned guest house PAPA 2 arranged its exorcism to ward off the evils of its past....
Those who stayed back
As New Delhi woos migrant Kashmiri Pandits back to Valley with financial packages, those who stayed back through turbulent years were almost ignored. MAJID...
Mysterious Rajouri fever spreading
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...
Refer to Srinagar
Tertiary health care services in Srinagar are crumbling under the rural rush, as district hospitals are skipping their responsibilities and referring patients to Srinagar...
Eating away imports
Despite institutions meant to improve agricultural production, the state imports almost half of the rice requirement. Hamidullah Dar reports.
The inability of the government to...
Kashmir: Water War
Irrigation and Law ministries in the state are divided over the way out on Punjab’s breach of a 30-year-old water-sharing agreement. A Kashmir Life report.
When...
Baby Boom…
Every month two test tube babies are conceived in Kashmir after infertile couples undergo in-vitro fertility (IVF) treatment at Rotunda Hygeia, state’s first and...
High handed occupation
Legislators meant to improve public facilities in their constituencies are encroaching existing ones, so are small rung political leaders. Police in the state is...
Innocence trampled
A child killed by a father, a minor raped by a neighbour. More and more cases of child abuse are reported from different corners of the valley. Hamidullah Dar reports.
Choosy reservation
A constitutional measure to improve the status of underprivileged classes - reservation in jobs and education - is proving a lopsided measure. Many deserving areas have been left out while many in the list have long acquired facilities available to advanced areas. Hamidullah Dar reports.
Facebooked
Social network sites are here, long before we realised. It could not have been announced more loudly than a murder over a virtual friendship. Shazia Yousuf anlayses the phenomenon.
Confusion confounded
He described the autopsy and forensic reports of Shopain rape and murder inconclusive, but Justice Jan himself came out not only with an inconclusive...
Kashmir on the precipice
Trouble in Baramulla comes on top on an unresolved Shopian crisis. While the trigger happy policing ensures that the people as well as the...
