The parents of Class 4 student Abdullah Bin Fayaz Wani lodged a complaint against the teacher of โAlpine Schoolโ located at Sonpah Beerwah charging that the teacher, Khurshid Rehman Dar, hit the student with sticks. BUDGAM โย Police in Central Kashmirโs Budgam district booked a teacher of a private school on Wednesday on charges of corporal…
NEW DELHI โ A 70-year-old Kashmiri woman, Khadija, suffering from Alzheimer’s disease went missing in Delhi on Wednesday at 8:30 PM. Her daughter, Nusrat Razaq, while speaking to Mountain Ink said that Khadija was last seen at Jamia Milia Islamia metro station at 10:30 PM.ย โShe went out to keep something outside, but within few…
“The government on one hand is claiming to have taken measures to eradicate drug menace from the society, but at the same time, permission is being granted for opening up of wine shops, which is putting a question mark over the claims.” SRINAGAR โ Mutahida Majlis e Ulema (MMU), an umbrella of several religious organizations…
In times of orphan sale, the story of parentless children of Kashmir remains untold. One such story of Raziya raises some hard questions. A decade-long nocturnal mourning has made Raziyaโs body language wobble. Her watchful gestures at the misty ghats of Hazratbal make her some withdrawn person. But the 21-year-old girl from Srinagar is neither…
โWe can assure that the committee formed on the directions of the High court for the reconstruction and renewal of the houseboats, works swiftly and give the affected families the permission for the reconstruction as soon as possible.โ SRINAGAR โ The government on Wednesday said that it will act swiftly to allow the reconstruction of…
Knocking the doors, talking to people, explaining the same thing over and again, convincing them, registering them for the drive, is what the couple has been doing for months now.ย In a bid to boost the battle against the brutal bug, Naziya Hurra braved brouhaha in the form of street sneers and smirks trying to…
The latest ‘alleged’ suicide of a married woman from Anantnag has once again renewed the domestic abuse discourse in Kashmir with many seeking the larger community crisis-managerial role in rescuing the distressed inmates from going extreme. Tune in to listen to the podcast of a common Kashmiri’s discourse about the growing menace.
A young promising life perished lately in Srinagar after battling addiction-ailment for weeks. In the backdrop of this fresh fatality, leaving another Kashmiri family shattered, the author reproduces a former druggieโs firsthand account of his dope life.ย I was in my flourishing youth, about to do something big as I thought. But life had a…
Soaring street strays might seem part of life now, but the canine terror they create makes many believe that life has gone to dogs in the Valley.ย Back to Kashmirโs โDog Centerโ after nine months, Hajira is cooling her heels in a crowded corridor. She sheepishly watches mauled men, women and children being taken for…
Before it would become wannabe driversโ training territory, Eidgah had become Kashmirโs signpost of conflict casualties. The sprawling ground for special congregational prayers would shrink once strife made it a war-turf of sorts. Hafeeza strolls every day around Srinagarโs Eidgah area for morning and evening walks from Ael Masjid to the martyrsโ graveyard, Mazaar-e-Shuhada, with…