Listening to Nabza Bano
Nabza Bano lost her three sons and her home to the conflict.
Majid Maqbool
Sixty-five-year-old Nabza Bano stands near a small cornfield where her three-storey house once stood in Sundbrari village, Kokernag in south Kashmir, about 85kms from Srinagar. Lost in a melancholic silence, she points out all that remains of her old home – a few burnt logs.She says two of her More
The child labourers of Drangbal
Chiseling stones by choice or forced by circumstances?
Imran Muzaffar
Sajad Ahmad Dar, a 14-year-old boy, sits all day long under an open corrugated tin-shed in Drangbal, Baramulla, chiseling jagged rocks, one after another. He continues to hammer the rocks till he polishes one. Wiping the sweat off his forehead, he takes a gulp of water and then starts doing it again More
- Kashmir
High Court seeks family response to SIT report
TUFAIL MATOO KILLING CASE
D A RASHID
Srinagar, Dec 13: The High Court Thursday granted four weeks to the family of Tufail Matoo to file reply to the final report submitted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the case. The SIT report More
- Srinagar City
Forget subsidy,CCD at KU
TAXES STUDENTS
IMRAN MUZAFFAR
Srinagar, Dec 13: Notwithstanding the claims of Café Coffee Day, that its outlet at Kashmir University would offer subsidy to students and academicians, the CCD levies tax of 13% on every commodity sold More
- Jammu
Govt initiates process for fast tracking recruitment
Formal Orders Issued For Prof Peer’s Appointment As Consultant
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Dec 13: The state government Thursday issued formal orders for appointment of Prof Mushtaq Ahmad Peer as Consultant for “fast-tracking recruitment to non-gazetted posts.” The appointment orders More
- South Asia
Civil Society from PaK to attend Intra-Kashmir conference in Jammu
NISAR AHMED THOKAR
Islamabad, Dec 13: A high-level delegation comprising civil society representatives, intellectuals, jurists and traders from Pakistan administrative Kashmir on Friday left for Delhi to attend a two-day More
- World
Britain plans more face-to-face visa interviews for students
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
London, Dec 13: Britain today said it would increase the number of face-to-face students interviews instead of just paper checks after a pilot study found abuse of the country's student visa system in More
- Ganderbal
Voices against female foeticide go shriller
KWS ORGANIZES SEMINAR
SHABIR IBN YUSUF
Ganderbal: In its endeavour to spread awareness about the menace of female foeticide, Khatoon Welfare Society (KWS), an NGO Thursday organized a seminar at Government Girls Higher Secondary School here More
- GKeducation&Careers
‘Allow kids to think critically’
BETTER EDUCATION
Since 2008, Kashmir Education Initiative (KEI), a volunteer-driven philanthropic organization with a focus on education in Kashmir, has been quietly supporting education of talented and deserving Kashmiri More


