Now In 6 J&K Districts, Girls Are Born Rich
Bilal Handoo
SRINAGAR
With Social Welfare and Child Development Project officers gearing up to register applications for the Mufti government’s ambitious Ladli Scheme, the April 2015...
Kashmiris: Sitting Ducks in World’s Deadliest Game of ‘Target Practice’
Kainaat Mushtaq
KL NEWS NETWORK
BALAKOTE
There was a “whoosh” followed by ear-splitting explosions near Kashmir frontier. Shells fired by Pakistani troops explode with a roar. Villagers...
This Weekend, Jama’at will Have its New Amir
Riyaz Ul Khaliq
SRINAGAR
The state’s largest pan Islamist party, Jama’at-e-Islami (JeI) J&K, shall elect its new Amir (president) on Saturday, August 29. It will be...
After Serving for 37 Yrs, Khanday Left Govt on Bitter Note
KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
With J&K top IAS officer Iqbal Khanday deciding against staying as state’s Chief Secretary from Tuesday (September 1), the controversy running since...
Nawakadal Women’s College Will Run a Boutique, Restaurant
R S Gull
KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
In a quantum jump to revive education as an empowering tool, state run Women’s College in Nawakadal will soon have...
Shopian Security Fallout: 3 Boys Slapped with PSA; Half a Dozen Detained in Last...
by Syed Asma
SRINAGAR: In South Kashmir’s Shopian, which is on edge at the moment, three boys were slapped with controversial public safety act (PSA)...
#July13: BJP’s Insult Angers Kashmir
RS Gull
SRINAGAR
By staying away from the official function of remembering the martyrs of July 1931 massacre, BJP has formally established the widely held belief...
The ‘Murder’ of a Young Mother
Bilal Handoo
SRINAGAR
On June 25 last month, a young mother from Hamla village of Handwara’s Rajwar Block returned to her in-law’s home from the main...
The Ban Caught in Contest
Bilal Handoo
SRINAGAR
Days before he was landed in fresh controversy over his inappropriate collar-correction conduct, Mufti Sayeed’s health minister Lal Singh spoke in his usual...
Tony Jaitly: IAS Officer Who Exorcised Papa 2, Protested against Atrocities is No More
Bilal Handoo
SRINAGAR
In 1990, government employees staged a massive protest against the "bloodbath" caused by forces in Kashmir. In that strike lasting for 73 days,...
Did Mirwaiz Play Down Life Threats?
Bilal Handoo
SRINAGAR
(Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq)
Days before the prominent religious leader Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq was assassinated by militants at his Nigeen residence on May 21, 1990,...
Why Spring Showers Bring No Romance in Kashmir Anymore?
Bilal Handoo
SRINAGAR
Spring is a season of revival, renewal and rejuvenation that ends a wintry deadlock. And its showers are known to set off romantic feelings in...
Land Mafia Evokes ‘Save Saffron’ Slogan to Spoil Kashmir’s AIIMS Plan
While Jammu is lobbying for AIIMS, land mafia in Kashmir is using saffron sentiment to press government to shift the proposed site, reports Bilal...
Sopore Massacre: Eyewitness Account
Saleem Qadri
SOPORE
On a chilly wintry morning of January 6, 1993, people of Sopore town woke up to a normal day. During those days BSF...
Emerging Scenarios
With fifth and final phase of state assembly elections over in Jammu and Kashmir the race to interpret the numbers and trends has already...
