The two have been identified as Rouf Ahmad Khan, a resident of Srinagar city and ASI Muhammad Ashraf, a resident of Awantipora. SRINAGAR โ Two persons including a police assistant sub-inspector have been shot dead in two separate incidents in Srinagar and south Kashmirโs Bijbehara on Wednesday evening. Officials said that a civilian was shot…
โWe are tracking them and very soon we will neutralize the group.โ SRINAGAR โ Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti, while offering condolences to the families of three policemen killed in a militant attack on Monday evening at Zewan in city outskirts, said Government of Indiaโs false narrative of normalcy in Kashmir stands…
“The political parties also sense that the Centre might hold elections soon, so they have begun preparations.” SRINAGAR โ In a bid to reassert themselves, the major mainstream political parties of Kashmir have begun a public outreach. The outreach began days after the dormant factions of Hurriyat Conference issued a shutdown call in the aftermath…
In Srinagarโs media and academic circles, Meha Dixit is no random researcher. The erudite and eloquent lady with Indic features is an old fixture in the city of seven bridges where she first arrived as a rookie on the heels of the 2010 upheaval. A decade later, Dixit has come of age, with her Piece…
I hear a low rumbling noise, the same my grandmother so dreaded of. They must be at it againโ the worldโs largest pickle factory, deftly manufacturing history. The news of his death lies deserted on the streets; Newsstands are selling the first snowfall in Kashmir. I see the sinews of the earth, moving beneath my…
A child, who witnessed a recent gun-battle, goes down the memory lane and describes his horrific memories. He speaks of the memories from the rubble, recalls the horrific incident that brought the nightmare and the feeling of homelessness in his life.
Kashmirโs uncertain landscape is endlessly making women its soft target. As she heard the sound of her squeaky doorknob, she rushed to find out who it was. On seeing her husband back from work, a wide smile spread across her face. But that twilight, some years ago, Neelofar (not her real name), 28, had no…
How often do you actually remember him? You left the dessert half-eaten when suddenly his smile flashed in front of you. I do not. Instead, I devour my meals, my days, I spend engrossed in books where lovers unite in the end or don’t. Or die. Or are victorious against a tyrant. Someday I’ll know,…