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...
Climatic Change: Glacial Lakes in Other Kashmir Bursting, Triggering Destruction
KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
On the climatic change front, Ladakh is not alone. Its counterpart desert on the other side of the LoC is also facing...
Modi’s Visit Outcome: Five Key Points
Bilal Handoo
SRINAGAR
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s day long visit remained incident free till he reached Delhi. Then, one boy was hit by the shell and...
In Abu Qasim’s Killing, LeT Lost Uni’s Successor
Bilal Handoo
SRINAGAR
For the day, Kashmir police chief, SJM Gillani sounded like the former police chief, Kuldeep Khoda while briefing a hurriedly-conveyed press conference in...
