Governance

Appointed at the peak of 2010 unrest by the Home Ministry, three interlocutors were mandated to “to identify the political contours of a solution...

Students who have hearing and visual impairments are increasingly finding it difficult to receive proper education. Syed Asma  takes a closer look at the...

The repair work at Zaina Kadal bridge has been halted as the water pipeline running across has to be relocated, creating a nuisance for...

They are the accused stone-pelters. Their trials in the district courts have lingered on while they wait for others, who are facing PSA, to...

Decolonisation of the Indian subcontinent was also accompanied with redrawing of national boundaries. The phenomenon did not just change the course of history but...

SRINAGAR, India, March 8, 2012 (AFP) – Syed Maqbool Shah, an aspiring teacher from Kashmir aged 17, was visiting his brother in New Delhi in June 1996 when police wrongly accused him of taking part in a bombing.

Tens of thousands of menacing stray dogs in ferocious packs have been scaring the lives of people across Kashmir. A few dogs that the...

The much ‘abused’ practice of appointing politicians to Boards, PSUs  and Commissions, is being challenged in the State Accountability Commission giving the Omar-led government...

Last week the government forced 13 corrupt officials into premature retirement. But a look at the recent history of pervasive and systemic corruption at...

As the NHPC's questionable acquisitions became the barking headlines in Kashmir, setting up a cabinet sub-committee was the natural response from the government. It...

A robust business town is decaying fast under crumbling infrastructure and official apathy. Residents believe they are being victimized for their political beliefs, reports...

Dozens of policemen are facing court cases across the state. Sewak Singh is, so far, the first high-profile instance in which a court awarded...