By Saqib Mugloo on July 13, 2018
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Srinagar: The agricultural and wetlands of Kashmir are under serious threat as they are being fast eaten up by the rapid urbanisation and the faulty land-use. The unchecked construction of residential colonies, factories, shopping complexes, brick kilns etc has squeezed the agricultural land in the valley. It has also thrown up the challenge as to […]
By Saqib Mugloo on July 4, 2018
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Srinagar: President of Private Schools’ Association of Jammu and Kashmir, G.N War has said that teachers are paid according to their capabilities. He was talking to The Kashmir Press in response to the queries as to why private school teachers are being exploited and not paid good salaries against their hard work. “If you cannot […]
By Saqib Mugloo on July 4, 2018
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Srinagar: Right after finishing her Master’s degree in sociology in the year 2010 from Kashmir University, Rafia went dashing from pillar to post in search of a job. After months of toil and depositing her academic bio-data at wherever she could cling to an opportunity, she ended up working as a teacher in one among the […]
By Saqib Mugloo on July 1, 2018
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Srinagar:Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said that she was horrified after witnessing “vicious” online trolling done to Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj after she had assisted an inter religion couple in obtaining a passport. Mufti took to her twitter handle and expressed extreme shock at the treatment Sushma […]
By Saqib Mugloo on June 28, 2018
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Srinagar: The United Nations (UN) has blamed both government forces and militant outfits for using children in carrying out operations in Kashmir in its annual report, the international watchdog body’s secretary general Antonio Guteress revealed in a new report titled ‘Children and armed conflict’ on Thursday . The report has squarely blamed militant organizations […]
By Saqib Mugloo on June 26, 2018
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Srinagar: Sania, 22, a female from the uptown Srinagar, indulged in substance abuse after being subjected to sex abuse in her childhood. Sania said she chose drugs to overcome her depression that she had endured since she was six year old child. She had been diagnosed with bi-polar and trauma by a psychiatrist at […]
By Saqib Mugloo on June 25, 2018
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Srinagar: Mohammad Sideeq Ganai, 64 is frail and sports a white beard. His body bears witness to the torments he suffered in the Tihar Jail. “Those 8 years in Tihar jail felt like a hell,” Sideeq said while explaining his experiences as a prisoner. As the prisoner walked free in early June this year […]
By Saqib Mugloo on June 23, 2018
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Srinagar: Eight years after Ghulam Jeelani of Sopore finally walked out of Tihar Jail a free man, an unusual scene greeted him at home. His 8-year-old son Jasarat refused to get into his lap and his 14-year-old daughter Masooma was finding it hard to recognize the man who had spent all that time away […]
By Saqib Mugloo on June 21, 2018
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Srinagar: Putting all the speculations to rest, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that no legislator plans to defect the party. “We have talked to all the legislators, no one is going to leave the party and join the congress,” a senior PDP leader told The Kashmir Press. “All such reports making rounds are […]
By Saqib Mugloo on June 21, 2018
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Srinagar: Both the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) have instructed their appointees to resign from their posts in political departments, autonomous bodies to resign with immediate effect. The instructions were issued to the appointees after BJP pulled out their support from the ruling alliance with the PDP, paving way for the […]