Muslim Villagers Adopt Four Pandit Orphans
By Umar Khurshid
SRINAGAR: Setting up an example, Muslim majority in Levdoora village of Islamabad district performed the last rites of a neighbouring Hindu woman...
JK Bank, ILFS getting into SPV to fund power projects in J&K
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Bank, the only private sector bank designated as RBI’s agent for banking business has tied up with Infrastructure Leasing &...
Social media angrily reacts to gag order, public servants included
Srinagar: A government order yesterday warned its employees from using personal social media accounts for any political activity. As the screen-shot of this government...
India Pakistan were on the brinks of war on Kashmir in 1990?
SRINAGAR: In order to defuse the crisis between India and Pakistan, Munir Akram, one of Pakistan’s former top diplomats has suggested: “alternative diplomatic mechanism”...
Thank you, Korea! After PhD, a Kashmiri scholar puts his appreciation on record
Schooled in a modest privately run school at Kanipora, the resident of Shurat in Kulgam did his graduation from the degree college in South...
Neha: The Pandit Girl who fought odds to make it to KAS, No 4
by Sheikh Saman
SRINAGAR: Not many years ago, a delegation of Kashmiri Pandit bureaucrats set up an informal group and went in a delegation to Raj...
Dedication and Allah’s blessing’s brought me success: Kishtwar’s KAS topper
by Sheikh Saman
Srinagar
The Wani’s of Shaheedi Mohalla in mountainous Kishtwar were busy in daily errands when the news about the qualification of their daughter...
Are TV serials making Kashmiri women infidels, spies, rebels?
SRINAGAR: The state run women’s commission has kicked a new controversy by asking a very relevant question on its Facebook page: "During one of...
Batmurran: A photograph explained the loss
SRINAGAR: A day after a “stray bullet” killed a young homemaker battling her own problems; it was a photograph that brought lot of attention...
Batmurran Encounter: The Complete Story
SRINAGAR: The overnight encounter in the dusky Batmurran village led to the killing of two Jaish-e-Muhammad militants and a housewife as post-incident clashes led...
Inflated by power, Kashmir SDMs create their own battlefields
SRINAGAR: In the last few weeks, two Sub-Divisional Magistrate’s (SDM) were reported on news paper front pages for creating news that forced the government to...
From Ab Rashid to ‘Reshma’, Is third gender finally getting its voice?
Kashmir Wire
SRINAGAR: Abdul Rashid alias "Reshma", a trans-gender, has already made waves across Kashmir for his singing abilities but his desire to unite the "third...
Bijbehara Massacre: A survivor remembers
by Dr Reyaz Ahmad Ganaie
It was Friday, October 22, 1993, the eighth consecutive day of the siege laid by the security forces around the...
Who are the braid choppers of Kashmir?
by Sameer Bhat
These days Kashmir is having a bad hair day. In the lexicon of fear ‘braid chopping’ is the latest addition. The general...
Mob vigilantism adds to ‘braid chopping’ scare across Kashmir
by Nahida Hassan
Srinagar
Three non-local guests were thrashed in Ganderbal district on Tuesday by local mob after they were mistaken as braid choppers. Similarly, a...
