The air was filled with emotions, faces in the court room looked grim as a mother narrated her son’s arrest and his subsequent disappearance before District and Sessions judge Srinagar. Her son Manzoor Ahmad Wani was arrest six years ago on December 22, 2001 at Tragpora, Varmul. Bhakti, the witness to the arrest of […]
mid day meals reach kashmir
Javed Shah The Srinagar city is trying to keep pace with other parts of India and the introduction of mid day meals to the various offices and business establishments resembles the start of metropolitan culture of Mumbai. The service of mid day meals is fast becoming popular among kashmiris because of the quality and affordable […]
Smuggler-forest officials ‘nexus’ in Kupwara
Javed Shah The adage there can be no smoke without fire is proving right in the forests of Kupwara where an alleged nexus of smuggler and forest official is working overtime setting fire to forest compartments in order to hide the damage worth crores caused by them. The devastating bush fires in the forests […]
‘Our agenda is Kashmir issue’: Bar President
‘Our agenda is Kashmir issue’: Bar President Newly elected Kashmir Bar Association President, Nazir Ahmad Ronga has said that the Bar would continue to fight for the peaceful resolution of Kashmir dispute and there was no question of Bar distancing itself from politics. "I never said the Bar is distancing from […]
british woman seeks divorce from kashmiri husband
British Muslim woman seeks divorce from Kashmiri husband Javed Shah An otherwise ordinary divorce suit has assumed international dimensions with lawyers arguing that a British court has no jurisdiction to hear it, while the court has awarded her the custody of the son. The short story of a British woman Rachel Ann Poppy, […]
suicidal tendencies among kashmiri youth on rise
Suicidal tendencies among Kashmiri youth on rise Javed Shah Srinagar, Oct 18 : An alarming increase in suicide attempts during the last 18 years in the Valley has become a serious concern among people in general and psychiatrists and sociologists in particular. The problem is attributed to many factors. Figures are, to say the […]