Budgam: Where ever the eye goes, it looks like a massive graveyard of forests. Chopped trunks, half-cut trees, decayed logs- Tosa Maidan represents a symbolic picture depicting the loot of green gold in Kashmir. The great meadows, cloistered with snow capped mountains, and streams which meanders through its vast swathes of lush green land, is […]
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 […]
Srinagar: Tamsheel Ahmad Khan, 15, had a cup of tea with his family and left his home on foot to inquire whether the summer vacations were announced or not. But, he never knew he would ever spend the summer vacations at home. Khan was killed during the clashes between the youths and government forces in […]
Srinagar: After the termination of ‘Ramzaan ceasefire’ announced by the Government of India (GOI), there has been a spike in the recruitment of local youths by militant groups in Kashmir, The Indian Express reported. In its report, the newspaper quoting the data compiled by J&K’s Multi-Agency Centre (MAC), stated that the month of June saw […]
Srinagar: Dr Abdul Gani Poswal, working as a doctor, has seen many people dying before his eyes. But when he had to declare his own son, Faizan Ahmed poswal, dead, Gani said the hell broke loose and it was like the needles pierceing his heart. Last Friday, Gani’s son Faizan, a Class 10 student, was […]
Srinagar: A Thai woman, who was tricked by her beloved to buy a car and a house on his name, has finally got justice when the first magistrate awarded two year imprisonment for the two accused. According to the police, Sarawit Patara Chokchai of Thailand, staying in Germany, and at present at Shining Star Guest […]
Srinagar: In what points towards the growing callousness and degrading social values in Kashmir, a body of a newborn baby boy was found abandoned in the waters of Dal lake at the Ranawari locality. The incident happened on the morning of June 29 when a Srinagar Municipal Corporation employee during a routine cleaning work spotted […]
Srinagar: Despite four years have passed over since the devastating floods hit Kashmir in 2014, the looming threat of flood continues to haunt Kashmir whenever it rains heavily for a day or two. The question arises if government claims to have spent crores of rupees on dredging the water bodies including the Jehlum, why the rivers […]
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 Irrfan Khan It’s been quite some time now since I have been diagnosed with a high-grade neuro-endocrine cancer. This new name in my vocabulary, I got to know, was rare, and due to fewer study cases, and less information comparatively, the unpredictability of the treatment was more. I was part of a trial-and-error […]
