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IHPL 2025 Set to Electrify Srinagar’s Sports-Scene

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IHPL 2025 Set to Electrify Srinagar’s Sports-Scene

Global Stars Gayle, Guptill, Marsh, Shakib Set To Light Up Kashmir By: Javid Amin | 23 October 2025 A New Chapter in Kashmir’s Cricketing Journey When we speak of turning points in regional sport, this one has all the hallmarks: the launch of the Indian Heaven Premier League (IHPL) in Srinagar heralds such a moment. For the first time, the Valley will host a top-tier T20 tournament, slated from October 25, at Srinagar’s own Bakshi Stadium. Why this is momentous It underlines a shift: from being peripheral on India’s cricket…

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Jammu Administration Orders Power, Water Disconnection at Illegal Rohingya Settlement

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Jammu Administration Orders Power, Water Disconnection at Illegal Rohingya Settlement

Crackdown reignites debate over refugee policy, urban safety, and humanitarian balance in J&K By: Javid Amin | 22 October 2025 In a decisive administrative action, the Jammu district administration has ordered the disconnection of electricity and water supply to a plot in Trikuta Nagar’s Nideesh Enclave, allegedly illegally occupied by Rohingya refugees. The move follows persistent complaints from local residents and a formal appeal by the Residents’ Welfare Association (RWA) demanding restoration of civic order. Officials confirmed that the Tehsildar of Bahu issued written directives to both the Power Development…

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Couriers Turned Carriers: The Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis in Kashmir

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Couriers Turned Carriers: The Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis in Kashmir

A New Face of Addiction in Kashmir By: Javid Amin | 21 October 2025 Prescription drug abuse, once considered a fringe issue, has now entered the mainstream of Kashmir’s public health crisis. Traditionally overshadowed by heroin and synthetic narcotics, pharmaceutical abuse is quietly reshaping patterns of addiction. Recent reports and investigations reveal that courier services—once a lifeline for online orders—are now being exploited as conduits for trafficking addictive medications. Drugs meant for legitimate therapeutic use are slipping into the hands of youth, creating a legal high with dangerous consequences. Couriers…

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Jammu & Kashmir Bypolls Expose Rifts Within National Conference, Strain With Congress

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Jammu & Kashmir Bypolls Expose Rifts Within National Conference, Strain With Congress

A Test Beyond Two Seats By: Javid Amin | 21 October 2025 As Jammu and Kashmir heads into the crucial Budgam and Nagrota assembly bypolls, the political atmosphere has grown increasingly turbulent.What was expected to be a routine mid-term exercise has instead turned into a showdown that exposes widening cracks within the ruling National Conference (NC) and its uneasy alliance with the Congress. Both contests—Budgam in central Kashmir and Nagrota in Jammu—carry political and symbolic weight far beyond their boundaries. They represent the first real test of coalition discipline, governance…

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Faith, Faction, and the Ballot: Three ‘Aga’ Candidates Lock Horns in Budgam Bypoll 2025

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Faith, Faction, and the Ballot: Three ‘Aga’ Candidates Lock Horns in Budgam Bypoll 2025

With NC, PDP, and BJP fielding Aga candidates, the contest transcends party lines—testing loyalties, legacies, and the future of Shia representation. By: Javid Amin | 21 October 2025 An Unprecedented Political Triangle in Central Kashmir The upcoming Budgam Assembly by-election, scheduled for November 11, 2025, has taken an extraordinary turn — not because of its high-profile parties, but because of its unusually personal political dynamics. For the first time in Kashmir’s electoral history, three prominent candidates from the same Shia clerical lineage — all bearing the title “Aga” — are…

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