In Focus
56 articles
The Hidden Threat: Jammu & Kashmir's Battle Against Hypertension
“According to a 2022 study, 24.9% of males and 12.3% of females in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) have hypertension. The prevalence of hypertension in J&K is higher in...
Voter turnout in redrawn Anantnag-Rajouri: Is it a ‘historic’ rise or a drop?
The parliamentary constituency comprises 11 segments from South Kashmir and 7 from Jammu, signaling massive restructuring with no common electoral history. Is 5...
Fall and the Rise: Voter turnout arc reflects the political shifts in J&K
Kashmir's Upcoming Elections: A Test of Voter Enthusiasm Amid Political Shifts
Alarming Surge In Suicides In J&K Linked To Mental Health Issues And Drug Abuse
“A report by the National Human Rights Commission of India on May 21, 2004, pointed out that 20,000 people have attempted to die by suicide in the 14 years in K...
Miskeen Bagh 1996 Custodial Killing: Justice Remains Elusive, 28 Years On
“Despite clinching evidence, the accused have not been arrested and an FIR has not been lodged; any further delay would be a ‘travesty of justice’, says victim’...
Beyond Statistics: The Battles Against Cancer Are A Financial And Emotional Drain On Patients, Families
“We couldn’t afford treatment….. all we could do was play Carom with him…… and watch him die in pain” Sheikh Mustafa BARAMULLA: Mir Shahid holds back tears as h...
Increasing Graph Of Cancer Cases: 1640 New Patients Detected In 2023 In Kashmir
“Valley is well-equipped to deal with surge, say Oncologists, but some challenges of delayed diagnosis and lack of beds in hospitals exist” Sheikh Mustafa BARAM...
Absence of Data Sharing: Muzaffarabad and Srinagar Lack Advance Flood Information Exchange
“The issue of data exchange and water sharing between India and Pakistan in the Kashmir region is deeply intertwined with the broader political dynamics and his...
Rice Crisis Grips Kashmir: Surging Prices Leave Poor In Distress
Govt introduces reforms, consumers slightly relieved but say ‘it’s not enough’ Sheikh Mustafa BONIYAR, BARAMULLA: Sharp escalation in the price of rice – the st...
Glacial Crisis Grips Both Sides of LoC: 25% Glaciers Vanished
Experts Warn of Imminent Glacier Disappearance in Kashmir's Neelum Valley, Siachen and other Glaciers, which act as water reservoirs for two major countries of ...
Investigative Report: J&K Police's Controversial Census Raises Privacy, Legality Concerns
Residents Alarmed as J&K Police Conducts Controversial Data Collection
Poonch Killings Re-open Old Wounds: Kashmiri Refugees In PAK Recount The Horrors Of 1990s
Nosheen Khawaja MUZAFFARABAD: In a grim reminder of the agonies endured by Kashmiris in the 1990s, the recent tragic killings of three civilians in Indian army’...
Kashmir's Hangul Crisis Deepens: Fencing on LoC leading to extinction in PAK
Habitat Loss and Human Interference Push Hangul Deer to Brink of Extinction in PAK
Pannun’s ‘assassination plot’: Is Indian govt ‘targeting critics’ abroad?
NEW YORK: Close on the heels of the exposure of a “meticulously planned conspiracy” by an Indian national, aimed at assassinating an American Sikh leader residi...
Surplus Power Production in J&K, but power outages go up
J&K Faces Severe Power Cuts Despite Producing Surplus Electricity
Kashmir's charcoal making has picked up pace ahead of the harsh winters
Traditional Charcoal Production in Kashmir Faces Environmental and Health Challenges
Impunity to Armed Forces in Human Rights violations in J&K
Bail to convicted officer in Amshipora fake encounter killings follows the pattern The bail granted by the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) to an army officer convic...
In Kashmir, Govt Seized 200 Properties Worth Crores Since 2019, Most of Them in 2023
List includes assets belonging to terror accused or family members, Jamaat cadres, houses where militants sought shelter. Almost 200 different properties belong...
How Army’s Chinar Corps Ran Fake Accounts in Kashmir: Report
Facebook looked the other way under pressure from Indian Government: Washington Post
Discrepancies in Jammu & Kashmir's Financial Management
Post-2019 Governance Raises Questions on Project Delays and Financial Discipline