By Saba Naqvi Atal Bihari Vajpayee won the elections, but one of the planks which he had so fabulously showcased during 1999, the Kargil war, came back to haunt him. Till a few months ago, if he was seen as a man who had won a round against Pakistan, he was rather quickly accused of […]
Had Mehbooba shown any appreciation for what befell her father in his death, she could have elicited some gainful lessons for herself and the party. That did not happen, because like her father, she was enamoured by nothing but the greed for power By Murtaza Shibli As a dénouement to […]
Photo: Zargar Zahoor Prof Ashaq Hussain Naqshbandi, ex-Principal Government Medical College Srinagar and a founding member of the Cancer Society of Kashmir, speaks about the rise of cancers in Kashmir in a conversation with Aasif Sultan Do you think healthcare is a priority in Kashmir? No government has health and education as a priority. It […]
‘The travel dispelled many myths. Though Kashmir witnesses conflicts and natural disasters, people show hospitality and kindness to travellers like me’ Photos and text: Sharada Balasubramanian I received a phone call from my friend in Srinagar, and he said, “There is curfew here, and it may not be advisable […]
Photo: Faisal Khan Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, the main constituent of Syed Ali Geelani-led Hurriyat Conference, is counted among the uncompromising faces in the resistance camp of Kashmir. After differences with his parent organisation Jama’at-e-Islami, Sehrai, 78, detached from it in 2003 and joined Geelani, his lifelong friend, to take his resistance […]
Private Schools’ Association Jammu and Kashmir held a peaceful protest demonstration at Lal Chowk on Saturday against attempts to revoke Article 35A. The protest march started from The Bund and ended at Press Enclave. The executive members of the Association briefed the media about the pros and cons of the scraping of Article 35 A. […]
Jammu and Kashmir police Saturday rubbished the reports that stated a civilian was killed during a gunfight in Kiloora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district in which five militants were killed. “Initially, it came across that one civilian had lost his life in cross firing but subsequent investigation confirmed that no such civilian death had […]
A 28-year-old woman wearing a niqab on Friday became the first person in Denmark to be fined for violating a new law banning full-face Islamic veils in public places, a media report said. Police were called to a shopping centre in Horsholm, in the north-eastern region of Nordsjaelland, where the woman had become involved in a scuffle […]
A man was shot dead today while he was trying to enter the residence of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah in Jammu, reports said. A person travelling in a car broke the security barricade and attempted to enter the Bhatindi residence of Abdullah at around 10:26 am, the […]
Four out of the five militants killed in a gunfight with the government forces in Kiloora village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district have been identified. An official identified them as Arshad Ahmad of Ganowpora Balpora, Waqar Ahmad Sheikh of Malikgund, Aijaz Ahmad Paul of Lousdanew and Umar Malik of Malikgund, local daily Greater Kashmir reported. […]