#RememberingKunan: How Poshpora Was Plagued By ‘Media-Created’ Perceptions
KL NEWS NETWORK
POSHPORA/SRINAGAR
The fateful night this day, 25 years ago—when Kunan was under siege, Poshpora was calm. Night in Poshpora was as peaceful as...
Of Apps, and Kashmiri Techies
Saima Bashir | Tabish Khan
SRINAGAR
It has become a new fad among tech-savvy Kashmiris of late. Killing time on computers is no longer just spoiling...
Now, J&K Will Have More IAS and Less KAS In Administration
Bilal Handoo
SRINAGAR
J&K is gradually shedding its exclusivity. After police, now the civil services will lose the 50:50 composition in the civil administration thus bringing...
Of Police Deserters, And AK-47
Mohammad Raafi
SRINAGAR
It has happened four times since last March. And every time, it apparently alarmed, if not unnerved, police rank and file. The latest...
Meet J&K Para Cricket Team’s Captain Who Is Doing Wonders With Bat and Ball
by Aakash Hassan
SRINAGAR: They say that destiny is printed on the palm of the hands, but, what for Amir Hussain Lone who lost both...
In SMHS, Doctors Invoke ‘Obama’s Order’ To Check Pressure
Zafar Aafaq
SRINAGAR
The doctors at Srinagar’s SMHS Hospital have come up with a novel step to discourage what they call a “pestering public practice”.
A handwritten...
Why This Graduate Is a Hero
Saima Bashir
SRINAGAR
Chances are there — that you might have seen a youthful face selling masala or traditional Kashmiri street food at the gates of...
In Disaster-prone State, SDRF Caught Napping
Saima Bashir
SRINAGAR
A blue-yellow gate snaps open. Inside, two policemen are sitting on a stair, basking in sun. One of them cradles a rifle in his lap....
Kashmir’s ‘Women in Black’ Narrate Their Distressing Cases
Tabish Khan
SRINAGAR
Inside Srinagar’s Lower Court, a silent simmer is peaking up in the young female lawyers’ battery—who while rubbing shoulders with their male counterparts,...
On 26th Anniversary of Handwara Massacre, Jagmohan Awarded Padma Vibhushan
Bilal Handoo
SRINAGAR
The day Kashmir commemorated 26th anniversary of Handwara massacre—that took place during Jagmohan’s stint as JK governor on January 25, 1990—the erstwhile controversial...
#HandwaraMassacre: ‘They Killed As If Culling the Chickens’
Bilal Handoo
Srinagar
All these years, that image of 407- TATA vehicle with HVN-7717 number plate couldn’t fade from my memory. It was on this day,...
#GawkadalMassacre: ‘What a Bloody Mayhem It Was!’
Saba Khan
SRINAGAR
In Kashmir, memories of 21st January are inscribed irrevocably into the minds of people – the day when Kashmiris bore the brunt of...
Justice Lodha Report: Game Over for Imran Ansari, Farooq Abdullah
Bilal Handoo
SRINAGAR
In a bid to curb politics and bring transparency in the game, the Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha panel has apparently set the scam-infested...
12 Disappeared Who Became Calendar
Bilal Handoo
SRINAGAR
Indian Army’s 15th Rashtriya Rifles battalion picked up Abdul Hamid Badhiyari of Boat Colony in Srinagar, the capital city of Kashmir on January 20,...
International HR Day: ‘We Are Yet to Count All Our Disappeared Sons’
Bilal Handoo
SRINAGAR
With icy wind blowing and giving shivers around, tear drops continue to trickle down from their eyes. It is another day of mourning...
