Four Sons of Jana Begum
A mother who lost her four sons and her husband to conflict in the past sixteen years
Majid Maqbool
Sitting near the window of her modest home in Diver, Lolab, 120kms north of Srinagar, Jana Begum, 51, emptily stares around, heaving long sighs of “haye meray Khuda”, before talking about what she has lost in the past sixteen years: four sons killed, including her husband, all of them by STF (Special More
A village that symbolizes religious harmony
Successive governments, however, have neglected this historic village
Rohail Afzal
In Trehgam village of frontier district Kupwara the Grand Mosque of this hamlet shares a common yard with a Hindu temple and nearby there’s a shrine of a great sufi saint Syed Ibrahim Bukhari (RA). Symbolizing communal harmony and peaceful coexistence of different faiths, the three religious entities More- Kashmir
3492 HIV+ve patients in JK: ACS
MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN
Srinagar, Dec 1: Jammu and Kashmir has 3492 people living with Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while 1095 are living on Anti Retroviral Treatment (ART) which is meant to maximally suppress the HIV virus More
- Srinagar City
Horror behind the bars in Shaher-e-Khaas!
Parents of Nowhatta youth complain of police excesses during detention
ZAHID MAQBOOL
Srinagar, Dec 1: The parents of accused stone-pelters who were released last night have accused police of excesses like denial of food, water and medicines during the detention. 65-year-old Ghulam More
- Court Watch
Sessions Judge not competent to allow constructions on Lidder bank : High Court
D A RASHID
Srinagar, Dec 1: Ruling that the committee headed by Principal District Sessions Judge Anantnag is not competent to allow constructions along the banks of river Lidder in south Kashmir’s Islamabad (Anantnag More
- South Asia
Pakistan to act if evidence against Hafiz Saeed stands in court: Khar
REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI
Islamabad, Dec 1: Pakistan will take action against LeT founder Hafiz Saeed if India provides evidence against him that stands in court, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said today. "Hafiz Saeed More
- World
India vote in favour of Palestine state
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
United Nations: India, which voted in favour of Palestinian statehood, has expressed hope that the enhanced status at the UN will pave the way for resumption of "serious and direct" talks with Israel as More


