Invisible hand
With its activism failing to get India and Pakistan anywhere near a solution, the US, through back channels, is pushing the two countries for...
Defence wants more
A hefty hike in defence budget this year, will send the forces shopping for latest weaponry and give it the financial room for modernization...
If Militancy Returns
Is Kashmir poised for a fresh cycle of militancy? Some sections would like us to believe so, some fear so. And if so, who...
Disfigured childhood
A 13 year old boy injured in the summer unrest can barely talk even after three months of hospitalisation and 12 surgeries. Walking on...
Summers of Unrest Challenging India
Not to take up arms again represents a major shift in tactics, and one to which political leaders both in Kashmir and in New...
Mission Al-Faraan
In the summer of 1995, a shadowy outfit abducted five Western tourists from Pahalgam. One killed, one escaped, and the fate of others remains shrouded in mystery since. Many credit the event for making a major shift in US policy on Kashmir. Maqbool Sahil narrates his rendezvous with the event.
Top catch
The government got the most sought after man, on whom it had placed a Rs 10 lakh bounty. Masrat Alam had evaded arrest for...
Dismayed
The much hyped talk of appointing interlocutors for Kashmir have started as a damp squib, with most people dismayed by New Delhi’s choice. Iftikhar...
Packaged dismay
While the separatists dubbed New Delhi’s eight-point package as an eyewash and bereft of any political initiatives, common man in Kashmir is also disappointed...
Aiming in the dark
New Delhi has recently hinted at restarting the dialogue with Kashmiri leadership but seems to be clueless as to who to talk to. Khursheed...
Reconciling with Kashmir
As the unrest in Kashmir continues unabated, PM Manmohan Singh, spoke of his anguish at the loss of life in Kashmir and hinted that...
Karakoram’s Newerland
Islamabad’s fresh dose of autonomy to the erstwhile Northern Areas have created a lot of heat and dust. R S Gull profiles the region’s history...
Sequestered
After the government cancelled the curfew passes issued to media persons in Kashmir, many of them were stuck in their offices. No newspapers could...
Virtual stones, real handcuffs
The crackdown on street protesting and stone pelting has reached to cyber world with police booking people for instigating unrest in south Kashmir’s Islamabad...
Theatrics at LoC
The barter trade allowed across LoC at two points – Uri and Poonch – has been plagued with problems right from its inception. Meanwhile...
