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Man of the Match
In the just concluded Lok Sabha polls, state’s oldest political party was pushed to the knots. But what continues to dominate the table talks and the kitchen debates is the maiden defeat of Dr Farooq...
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Writer’s Solidarity
It was Maqbool Bhat’s hanging that stirred noted short story writer Akhtar Mohi-ud-din, and made him return his Literary Award. Bilal Handoo reports how turmoil and suffering of Kashmiris shaped his...
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Modi’s Jairam Deficit
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi started working with his ‘compact’ team, it may require one or many ministers for managing Kashmir informally. R S Gull revisits the UPA model and assesses Modi’s team...
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Ali Mohammad Sagar
After National Conference (NC) met its Waterloo in parliamentary elections, revamp and reshuffle in the party was on cards. Though the head’s twitter is still loud; but for a ‘change,’ doors of his...
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United Commitment
Orphans for different reasons, two boys from the frontier district meet each other at orphanage in Srinagar. Once out of orphanage, their paths crossed once again, but decided to stay together to...
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Irfan Yasin
The Dal affairs swung Supreme Court of India back into action recently. The apex court while directing state government to restore the pristine beauty of the lake rejected the plea of state government...
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A Different Legacy
It was Sheikh Abdullah’s trusted man Bakshi Ghulam Ahmad who replaced him and erased his legacy, although marginally. Hafsa Kanjwal argues that New Delhi used Bakshi to get things done in Kashmir that...
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Ved Prakash Vaidik
Controversies seem ceaseless for the senior Indian scribe. After creating political commotion by meeting Hafiz Saeed, Ved Prakash Vaidik has now stirrup up Kashmir controversy. Cutting from the crowd...
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Daring Rescue & Relief
Encircled from three sides by swelling Jhelum, people living in Srinagar’s posh locality Rajbagh had only downtown boys standing between life and death. Political Editor Kashmir Life Shah Abbas...
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Flood From My Window
When flood deserted Srinagar’s Press Enclave, a lady stayed back only to witness the devastating drive of Jhelum around. A government official by profession, she tells Bilal Handoo her account of awe...
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Enjoy Thy Lord!
Politicians in Kashmir not only enjoy the privilege to frame laws for the masses but impunity to mend them! With negligible conviction rate politicians accused of murder, extortion, embezzlement,...
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Missing Factor
His maiden defeat made Dr Farooq Abdullah quit politics for obvious health reasons. It is not his party alone that is feeling his absence from the electoral theatre, reports Saima Bhat In the fall of...
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Backed By Police!
The contest in Doda, the epicenter of Chenab Valley, has gone interesting not because of the BJP but because of incumbent lawmaker Abdul Majid Wani, who is seeking reelection for the third time,...
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A Home without Windows
The devastating floods of September made many people home-less. Some of them living in the make-shift camps are trying to fight the loss and putting themselves together to rise again. Syed Asma visits...
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Reclaiming Legacy
Sajjad Lone’s plunge to reclaim the legacy he inherited from his father has changed the contours of contest in border Kupwara. It is no more a bipolar contest anywhere in its five berths. Bilal Handoo...
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Acid Test
Sufferings of remote Kupwara in last two decades created an ideal situation for any unconventional politician to have his debut, an opportunity that a construction engineer availed in 2008. After an...
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Bellwether Drabu
In his professional career of 30 years, Haseeb Drabu wore many hats and made many rudimentary shifts in how J&K thinks, earns, saves and spends. After joining politics, he is pitted against south...
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Next Desk Please…
One family’s ordeal with government’s dilly-dallying while disbursing compensation post floods has left them questioning the system. Saima Bhat narrates the painful tale of Nusrat and her sisters who...
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Salvaging Lives
A youth from Srinagar’s Balgarden locality rescued a pregnant lady, army rescuers, paramilitary personnel, arranged relief material for over hundreds inside a Batamaloo relief camp and fished out...
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Rebuilding Homes
Moving beyond rescue and relief operations, the team headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq started reconstruction of 100 houses for the “neediest of the needy” flood-hit at the time when election process...
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