Irfan Quraishi

SRINAGAR: Dismayed by the Jammu and Kashmir’s tourism department, the famous, first ever snow sculpture art camp cum exhibition titled ‘Snow Fiesta’, which was held in 2014 at Gulmarag is to be held in Manali this year. Zahoor Din Lone,…

SRINAGAR: In a place where fire fights, protests, curfews and restrictions are making headlines, what is forgotten is the story of the story tellers. Amidst strict curfew and communication blockades, one of the most difficult jobs in…

SRINAGAR: The much awaited new advertisement policy announced by the Jammu and Kashmir State Government recently is termed as old wine in a new bottle by the majority of newspapers owners. The new advertisement policy has again raised…

SRINAGAR: In what can be termed as a regressive step the government of Jammu & Kashmir has issued a notice saying that if you want to create a WhatsApp group in the state you will need to register and get a license. Irfan Quraishi…

SRINAGAR: Urdu journalism have become more challenging in the country especially in Kashmir valley as the people are switching over to the English language. If language wise anything binds the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, who have…

SRINAGAR: Amid unrest Jammu and Kashmir government bans five cable news channels that allegedly transmitting various programmes which has created law and order problem in the trouble torn Valley. The move indicates that Mehbooba Mufti led…

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir governments in ordinary times are seen as apathetic to the press and its freedom. Whenever there is unrest, the clampdown begins. As violence erupted across Kashmir in July this summer, the government…

SRINAGAR: From last three months, confined in a dark room of his house,30-year-old freelance photojournalist Zuhaib Maqbool regrets of being a Kashmir based journalist. Zuhaib is the brutal victim of riots control weaponry called pellet gun…

SRINAGAR: A young Kashmiri artist has been selected among four participants of team India for the Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championship 2017 to be held in United States. Pertinently four young artists from India including a…

SRINAGAR: With no end in sight over the growing resentment against establishment, the State government is using many ‘Non lethal weapons’ to crush the protesters. Irfan Quraishi tracks new additions of crowd control arsenal state government…