Meet The Teacher Whose ‘Sweeping’ School Service Went Viral
Saba Khan
SRINAGAR
My name is Zubair Khan. I am a teacher from south Kashmir’s Kokernag, who loves his profession for the very spirit of it....
Early Rise in Day Temperature ‘Threatens’ Horticulture Production
Riyaz Bhat
SRINAGAR
The second consecutive year of dry spell in Kashmir might cost heavily the apple grower in valley.
Agriculture experts claim that the early increase...
Are Frequent Forest Fires in Srinagar-Belt Sponsored?
Shakir Mir
SRINAGAR
Over two back-to-back fire incidents in the Brane-Nishat area that took place recently kept residents at the tenterhooks even as the Fire and...
Samba Offence: This is How the Horror was Staged in Sarore
Ubeer Naqushbandi
SRINAGAR
Preparations began well before the 2014 assembly elections. During one of those campaigning days, a BJP lawmaker Ganga Prakash arrived in Sarore. He...
Rise And You Will, An Open Letter To EDI
By Zamir A Qadri
Dear friends at EDI (the ‘Ediots’, as we would call each other).
I won't begin by saying that I know your pain. That...
#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...
