Life & Culture
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116Kashmir’s all-eves band says won’t quit
Rakib Altaf SRINAGAR: Members of Pragaash, an all-girls rock band in Muslim majority Kashmir, have denied reports that they called it quits...
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110Kashmir woman turns-up for job test as a ‘man’
Ashiq Hussain SRINAGAR: A Kashmiri woman who applied for a job as a “female” but turned up for the qualifying examination as...
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113Remnants of War: Stray shells, mines maim Kashmir children
Ashutosh Sharma Wars do not have a definite end as their threat continues even after they cease. Their location changes, from battlegrounds...
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213Kashmir theatre holds mirror to region’s sorrows
Kainaat Mushtaq SRINAGAR, Nov 9: As the curtains are raised, the sound of thunder echoes through a theatre, a boy is killed...
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97Kashmiris say police turning blind eye to courting couples
Rakib Altaf SRINAGAR, Oct 13: People in Kashmir have blamed the police of turning a blind eye to love birds in the...
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103Police continue drive against poppy in Kashmir
Kainaat Mushtaq SRINAGAR, Oct 10: Policemen armed with sickles, sticks and guns are swooping on the sprawling fields of North Kashmir, not...
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133Hindi trying to regain lost space in Kashmir
Peerzada Ashiq SRINAGAR, Sept 14: Hindi language, which over the years has faded into oblivion in Kashmir with the migration of Hindus,...
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107Former rebels, families say ‘Kashmir paradise lost’
Tariq Ahmad Bhat SRINAGAR, Sept 12: “In Muzaffarbad life was easy, but here (Kashmir) we are starving, and this is supposed to...
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On shaky ground, Kashmir
Much of Kashmir valley, including capital Srinagar falls in the highest-risk seismic zone V. Experts say the valley could be hit by...
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1141On teachers’ day: Insolence on rise in Kashmir classrooms
This story was originally published on Aug 5. However, on the occasion of Teachers’ Day we have reproduced it for our readers....