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Ladakh a Transparency Black Hole; J&K RTI Filings Up by 25%, Backlogs by 63%

KT News Desk · Jun 22, 2026 · 8 min read

Published on: 22 Jun 2026, 1:00 amCopiedFollow UsNEW DELHI: While the Right To Information (RTI) movement in Jammu and Kashmir is visibly ga...

Opinion

Comment Articles

Kashmiri Pandit Crisis Deserves Truth & Justice More Than a Label

CopiedFollow UsThe demand by organisations representing the Kashmiri Pandit community for official recognition of their displacement from Kashmir as genocide ha...

Dr Abdul Ahad · Jun 23, 2026 · 10 min read
Comment Articles

Nude Statue and the Fig Leaf Republic

CopiedFollow UsFor five thousand years, the statue of the nude girl from Mohenjo-Daro, commonly called the ‘Dancing Girl’ has stood with poise and confidence, r...

Anuradha Bhasin · Jun 20, 2026 · 7 min read
Comment Articles

Good Kashmiris, Bad Kashmiris: Pakistan’s Paranoia

CopiedFollow UsThere is a peculiar genius to Pakistan’s ruling order: it can take a people asking for flour, electricity, dignity, representation, and constitut...

Junaid S Ahmad · Jun 19, 2026 · 6 min read
Opinion

PaJK Crisis: Kashmir's Selective Bleeding Hearts and Pakistan's Blind Spots

Anuradha Bhasin · Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Opinion

In the Rocky Mountains, Everyone Still Cares Where You are From

Dr Aditi Parimoo · Jun 16, 2026 · 1 min read

J&K

J&K

Symphony of Flavours and Spice: The Pickle Makers of Kashmir

Young Entrepreneurs and Seasoned Artisans Keep Kashmir's Pickle Tradition Alive

Umer Farooq · Apr 5, 2025
J&K

Policy Shift in Medical College Admissions & Reservations Create More Inequaliti...

“The allocation of seats in the National Pool lacks a fair assessment of ground realities, bypasses ...

Latief U Zaman Deva · Jan 22, 2025
J&K

Did 2 Crore Tourists visit Kashmir in 2024?

How many tourists visited Kashmir in 2024? Is the infrastructure available for accommodating such a ...

KT NEWS SERVICE · Jan 13, 2025
J&K

Srinagar's Surveillance Drive: Traffic Safety or Privacy Trade-Off?

"As Srinagar embraces this technological shift, the initiative underscores a broader societal tensio...

Nasir Hussain · Dec 30, 2024
J&K

Firing along LoC: Were Indian Soldiers Spotted, Injured in PAK or Did Locals Spi...

"After firing shots, Mandelah gripped by panic but villagers now say the viral videos claiming India...

Nosheen Khwaja · Dec 20, 2024

Culture

Art

Martyr Farmer 'Bawa Jitto': Who Became a Legend

The Unyielding Spirit of Bawa Jitto: A Tale of Sacrifice and Struggle

admin · Mar 16, 2026
Art

Rebellious Landless Farmer: Isso

The Untold Struggles of Isso: A Landless Farmer's Fight Against Feudalism. Isso and Jitto is A Tale ...

admin · Mar 1, 2026
Literature

Testimony of Pain: Falsely Implicated, Akshardham Accused Uses Memory as Resista...

A personal tale of eleven years in prison is also a comment on systemic bias and institutional injus...

Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander · Dec 30, 2025
Literature

Jammu and Kashmir: Battle Over Memory

A new book by Saud Sultan challenges the dominant narrative and raises hard questions about history,...

Iftikhar Gilani · Dec 22, 2025
Literature

Story telling in unsettled times

Book Review: Zahid Rafiq’s ‘The World With its Mouth Open’ is a powerful collection of stories in wh...

Freny Manecksha · Aug 1, 2025

Video (Multimedia)

Video

Voice of Our Past: Zareef Ahmad Zareef on Kashmir’s Lost Heritage

The celebrated poet reflects on his literary journey, warns of environmental decline, and laments th...

Asma Bhat · Jun 13, 2026
Video

Even When I Paint Pain, I Draw on Hope: Masood Hussain

Kashmiri artist Masood Hussain reflects on a lifetime of conflict, resilience and the quiet optimism...

Asma Bhat · Apr 22, 2026
Video

Young Journalists Grapple With Shrinking Job Market In Kashmir

Kashmir's Young Journalists Face Dwindling Opportunities Amid Pressures

Asma Bhat · Nov 2, 2025
Multimedia

Forgotten by Progress: Life in Fakir Gujri is far away from progress made in urb...

Stranded in Time: Located only 35 kilometers away from Lal Chowk, Central Point in summer capital ci...

Ubaid Mukhtar · Jul 21, 2025
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