Embracing Death

Embracing Death

Farzana Mumtaz Since past few weeks the graph of violence in Kashmir is once again going up with deadly clashes taking place regularly.  During last week alone in encounter incidents in the State  at least eight militants, six soldiers, including...
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Highway of Death

Highway of Death

News Kashmir Desk Jammu-Srinagar highway has become pragmatically a highway of death on account of frequent traffic accidents, and this coupled with frequent closures of this highway due to rains and snowfalls is adding to miseries of commuters plying on...
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Stormy Assembly Session

Stormy Assembly Session

News Kashmir Desk The recently concluded Winter Assembly Session of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly at Winter capital Jammu witnessed much uproar and disruptions coupled with controversies and heated exchanges between members. At the very start of session, With the...
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Weather Vagaries

Weather Vagaries

News Kashmir Desk   Weather vagaries have become order of day in Kashmir over the past few decades. Few weeks back the valley of Kashmir was reeling under one of the prolonged dry spells and now from past two to...
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Inefficient WAKF

Inefficient WAKF

Farzana Mumtaz Kashmir is the known globally as being land of great Saints, Sufis. It is bestowed with great religious wealth in the form of abundant shrines and places of worship enjoying reverence and allegiance from people professing different faiths....
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Steep Airfare Hikes Worries Kashmir

Steep Airfare Hikes Worries Kashmir

Rameez Makhdoomi Whether you travel for enjoyment or for business, buying a plane ticket can be a taxing travel expense. But, over the years we have found that airfares have become more affordable than they were say a few decades...
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Public Sector of Jammu& Kashmir presents unhealthy picture

Public Sector of Jammu& Kashmir presents unhealthy picture

Farzana Mumtaz   Public sector plays a pivotal role in the economic growth of the country .The public sector is concerned critical engine in the growth engine of economy of any nation. Pertinently, the public sector has come to occupy...
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2017 Hopes

2017 Hopes

Farzana Mumtaz 2017 (MMXVII) will be a common year starting on Sunday (dominical letter A) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium, the...
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Wounded Kashmir

Wounded Kashmir

Farzana Mumtaz 2016 was a very rough year of Kashmir owing to about 100 deaths, hundreds blinded in 2016 agitation post militant commander Burhan Wani killing. When Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Mehbooba Mufti, who has stepped into the shoes...
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What Next? (Hurriyat restricts shutdown to two days)

What Next? (Hurriyat restricts shutdown to two days)

Farzana Mumtaz Recently, the joint resistance leadership   issued a new protest calendar in which there would be full-day relaxation on five days. Pertinently, Kashmir has seen almost continuous shutdowns since July 8, 2016, when Hizbul Mujahideen commander ...
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