Police say they used all means to trace Naikoo, but failed. SOPORE โ In 2018, Ghulam Nabi Naikoo, a fruit trader from Sopore, in north Kashmir, sold apples to a Kolkata based firm IGT- Iqbal Gulzar Tiwari. The representative of the firm paid some amount in cash and promised to pay the rest once the…
Soon after the 1947 Dogra Raj downfall, a Kashmiri versifier writing misery and mutiny faded away in the prime of her youth as if she never existed until Mountain Inkโs Meher Qadri unearthed the poetโs buried legacy with a questionโโIs she the first uncrowned poetess of Kashmir?โ At the cusp of World War-II in 1938,…
October this year marked the deadliest month in the region, with 44 killings including 19 militants, 13 civilians and 12 armed forces personnel. SRINAGAR โ The surge in violence in Kashmir has taken a hit on the tourism industry in the region with tourists from various parts of mainland India and abroad cancelling their trips…
โWeโve built this property from our hard-earned money. It belongs to us. Why would I be asked to pay taxes? Soon theyโll tell us to pay taxes for breathing, because, they may argue, that you live under our jurisdiction.โ SRINAGAR โ Barely three months after state wing of the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party appealed Defense…
The recent strikes followed by the swelling security footfall have once again made Srinagar a bunkered city where the strife clashes have returned to dominate the news. The quick-fire strike in Srinagarโs heartland on November 24 once again catalyzed the capital shift. Those covering โsecurity beatโ in the strife zone from the last three decades…
โThis year the power situation has become inconsistent and irregular even before the arrival of winter. With no signs of improvement, many residents said that patients, students, and the elderly are under stress as a result of power outages.โ SRINAGAR โ Despite the government’s promises to provide round the clock electricity, consumers in Kashmir continue…
Several statements and comments by various international and national human rights bodies, and activists have rallied for the release of Kashmiri Human Rights defender Khurram Parvez. SRINAGAR โ Indiaโs top anti-terror agency, National Investigation Agency, Monday arrested renowned Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, 42 from Kashmirโs capital city Srinagar inviting sharp reactions from global…
Around two dozen โAzad loyalistsโ have resigned from the party saying โunscrupulous elementsโ have hijacked the party. SRINAGAR โ Over two dozen Congress members in Jammu and Kashmir, considered close to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and former leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, have tendered resignation to the…
Last few days of traumatic events have unearthed the buried memories of the lived experiences making the mood melancholic in mountains. Anisa crosses this bridge as rarely as possible. But mostly, she crosses it as she has no other choice. Itโs any other bridge in the city โ a mass of concrete with iron poles…