โKashmir is a good market for therapy,โ she remarked. โPeople here need mental help due to their situation and experiences.โ Anita Das, 33, carried an impressive resume and spoke effortless English when she arrived in the valley to get her gig as a therapist this past summer. She was assured of her shot given her…
The residents said they feel choked and helpless. SRINAGAR โ The residents of Wanbal area of capital city Srinagar are living in fear after the Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested mother-daughter duo on charges of โriotingโ following accusations that they were part of protests that erupted after a recent shootout in the area. The two…
As guns smoked with impunity over the years, the arrival of avian guests considerably decreased in the strife zone making the means-seeking natives as scapegoats for authorities overlooking the policy paralysis, including a free run of drainage, for wasting the valleyโs wetlands.
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…
โEarlier in Hydepora, five kids were orphaned. I just want to ask, who will look after these kids now? Iโm afraid that the next generation will be a generation of orphans.โ SOPORE โ At around 4pm on 10 December 2021, Mohammad Sultan, 43, video-called his wife, Naza, and insisted for a long chat.ย Given his…
Security apparatusโ Lal Chowk light tribute to the fallen general apart, Bipin Rawat has left behind a competing military strategy being strictly implemented in Kashmir. Barely some months after the old guards changed with the late Hurriyat headmanโs closed door in 2016, two defence doctrines were already in circulation and gaining traction as the new…
โDuring the peak of 2010 agitation, the late Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani had agreed for a dialogue with India on certain conditions including demilitarisation and revocation of the draconian laws like AFSPA.โ SRINAGAR โ The killings of Nagaland villagers in an Army ambush gone horribly wrong has brought the controversial Armed Forces (Special) Powers…
“If strict action is not taken against the publication, we will take this issue to the court.” SRINAGAR โ Religious scholars in Kashmir have expressed anguish over the illustration depicting Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and archangel Jibraeel (AS) in a class 7 textbook. The book has been published by a Delhi-based publication house Jay Cee Publications.…
If creative marketing of some capsโlike Afghani or Ertugrul headgearsโcan make them global products, why canโt the same be done to conical caps of Kashmir? At the start of Seventies, a young farmer in Kashmirโs Sonawari belt was regularly lifting his moist eyes towards the sky.ย It was the year of drought in Kashmir and…
โThe government is decorating the cart but the horse is hungry.โ SRINAGAR โ Deprived of their retirement benefits including gratuity and leave benefits, the retired Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation (JKSRTC) employees have been running from pillar to post to get relief. Farooq Ahmad Sheikh, who served as a driver for the corporation…