Security

Six years after 2010 summer triggered Kashmir’s new age militancy, killing of a young rebel stirred up another summer of dissenting and bloodletting. With...

After being inducted as the non-lethal crowd-controller at the peak of 2010 mayhem, pellet guns started scripting a new age misery that is now...

In the new age Kashmir, even rebellion needs icons. But the rise of Tral’s sober son in the virtual world was meteoric, surprising and...

After three cop killings in Srinagar and subsequently a few more in south, security scenario across Kashmir witnessed a sharp spike. But in many...

Every time streets are tense, people within and outside government revive memories of 2010 summer. But the families of youth whom civil unrest devoured...

Years before the archrivals NC and PDP would lock horns over the proposed Sainik colonies and separate Pandit Township in state assembly, Jammu...

After winding up its half-a-century-old gory shell-campaign at Tosamaidan in 2014, army is exploring alternative area. Bajpathri, the fascinating meadow between Pulwama, Budgam and...

Apparently addressing its vote bank, the noisy rightwing exposed a plan that was inches away from implementation in Srinagar. But how long can the...

Life changes its details once the home relocates. It sounds completely different when new situation surrounds the home. Shams Irfan meets a group of...

Razing of Handwara bunker apparently vindicated sections in the governance structure and civil society that improved situation should dictate reducing the footprints of counter-insurgency...

Twenty six years after Handwara witnessed the first blood, two youth became the latest casualty, triggering a new chain of protests and killings in...

Abdul Razak Mir (Bachru) (1928-1996) When Abdul Razak Mir (Bachru), who fought on MUF ticket from Kulgam, would attract huge crowds during canvassing: courtesy his brand...

Mohammad Ismail Bhat (1945 - October 5, 1994) When Jama’at-e-Islami (JeI) finally decided to fight 1987 elections as part of Muslim United Front (MUF), there were...

After conceiving and creating Muslim United Front, turbulent nineties pushed ideologue Dr Ghulam Qadir Wani to the other Kashmir. Throughout his life, this brilliant...

Historically, landmines have remained the lovely little things in fighters’ arsenals. In fact every conflict zone has its inventory of deaths and destruction that...