Posts By Sheikh Saqib
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2.6KFeatureCirca 1947: Accession debate and the unending conflict
Kashmir experts argue that the manipulation of the instrument of accession has not changed the stance of the local Kashmiris even after...
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4.8KDrug Abuse
Abused, traumatized, neglected: Why Kashmir’s ‘troubled’ youngsters are getting high on heroin
When Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized heroin worth Rs. 10 crore in Srinagar this past September, it inadvertently highlighted the quantum...
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4.5KChild Abuse
A shadow looms on Kashmir’s shelter homes after activists expose ‘child abuse’
Every year swarms of children from faraway places of Jammu and Kashmir are being sent to private shelter homes in towns for...
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2.4KUncategorized
Inside the murky world of doctors, where MRs buy bread and build houses
They come across as urbane and upbeat young professionals carrying bags full of freebies around health centres. But behind their sophisticated vocation,...
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3.3KCorruption
National Saffron Mission: Hold-up funds have brought us on verge of bankruptcy, say contractors
Srinagar: The National Saffron Mission, a Government of India’s initiative to revive saffron cultivation in traditional areas of Jammu and Kashmir has...
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7.4KHealth
Canine terror has a fatal face in Kashmir: Rabies
Patronized by the likes of Maneka Gandhi and her animal rights activist tribe, the growing street dog population is now unleashing canine...
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4.4KIn Depth
Love Fail: Inside the ‘war zone ward’ where ravaged lovers finally admit defeat
As a trauma centre, Srinagar’s SMHS hospital has been catering to the regular rush of young, jilted and poisoned lovers since long...
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4.2KEducation
Beyond Bipin Rawat’s remarks, Kashmir’s education system does need control
Fearing ‘radicalization’, the Indian army chief lately asked for control in Kashmir’s schools. But beyond the military talk, the Valley-based schools do...
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4.0KCommentary
That long summer night when Burhan Wani died
I can hear gun-barrel thuds. Everyone around me is in shock. Ours is the house packed with mourners. My grandmother has passed...
