Communication Curfew Back to Dark Ages

Communication Curfew Back to Dark Ages

Farzana Mumtaz Muslims usually celebrate their religious festival of Eid with gaiety and extend greetings to one another. With the arrival of social media tools like Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, people had started extending their greetings to a larger circle...
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Kill Bill -A beefy affair

Kill Bill -A beefy affair

Farzana Mumtaz The High Court’s direction to enforce the 83-year-old cow-slaughter ban has proven that the rightwing parties across India are at work and if mainstream regional parties are not able to amend the law in the forthcoming autumn session,...
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Unemployment shatters Kashmir

Unemployment shatters Kashmir

News Kashmir Exclusive   Unemployment occurs when people are without work and actively seeking work. The problem of unemployment is continuously ruining  the future of Kashmiri youth. Unemployment is characterized by chronic under-employment or disguised...
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Rehabilitating flood-victims-Govt fails to walk the talk

Rehabilitating flood-victims-Govt fails to walk the talk

Farzana Mumtaz   A year after Kashmir was hit by one of the most devastating floods of its history, flood-victims are yet to get rehabilitated and have received only peanuts in relief amount.   Middle-aged Muhammad Abdullah Mandoo was rendered...
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Cultural Cracks

Cultural Cracks

Culture forms an integral part  of  life of a human being . It is the culture that makes human animal to a well defined human being . It regulates human’s conduct and prepares him or her for group life. It...
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Colonizing Kashmir

Colonizing Kashmir

News Kashmir Exclusive Latest controversial step of establishing Sanik colony is generating much heated debate and anguish in Kashmir.  According to reports, 173 kanals (21 acres) of land have been identified for the “Sainik Colony (soldiers colony), where ...
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Enemy at the Gates

Enemy at the Gates

Farzana Mumtaz   Gurdaspur, Udhampur attacks imply battlefield shift. The recent attacks in Gurdaspur and Udhampur hint at a new turn in Kashmir militancy as the enemy of troops is changing the battlefield. Farzana Mumtaz reports. The twin attacks carried...
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Ugly Politics over AIIMS

Ugly Politics over AIIMS

News Kashmir Excusive Quality Healthcare facility is need of every human. Health care is one aspect that is direly craving for attention in Jammu and Kashmir State. With the sanctioning of All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)  by the...
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Wetland Destruction, Illegal Encroachments Triggering Kashmir Floods

Wetland Destruction, Illegal Encroachments Triggering Kashmir Floods

News Kashmir Exclusive With the threat of another floods looming large in Kashmir valley this season the biggest question, that is talk of town is that how Valley of Kashmir has been literally converted into a flood zone with even...
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Debate : March Session or November Session

Debate : March Session or November Session

News Kashmir Exclusive The Valley of Kashmir’s already fragile education system has been hit hard by the political turmoil, natural disasters, lack of quality infrastructure in past few decades and students have been hit hard by all this.   What has...
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