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Policy

A Package Reloaded

Delhi’s incentive package for J&K industry was extended by five more years and part of the manufacturing sector is excited. But the secondary sector...

Sugary Woes

As New Delhi changes norms for procurement and distribution of sugar across India, J&K government is still indecisive about the Rs 300 crore “business”....

Administrative Apathy

While there are set rules for promotion of KAS officers in J&K, the ambiguity over the elevation of KPS officers has marred the career...

Spurious Drug Debacle

In the wake of startling revelations regarding the supply and detection of substandard and spurious medicines, Dr Geer Muhammad Ishaq suggests some remedial measures...

Dubious Deals

Violating its own rules, the state government’s department of Geology and Mining has leased out blocks for collection of royalty to non-locals across Kashmir...

Dangerous Tactics

Introduced in the summer of 2010 as a ‘non-lethal’ crowd control measure, pepper gas and chilly grenades were touted to restrain protests without causing...
Photo: Bilal Bahadur

History In Shambles

Set up to preserve the cultural heritage under Dogra regime, Srinagar’s Sri Pratap Singh Museum is nowadays lying in shambles. Not only are the...

A Wagging Tail

While reiterating almost everything about the state of economy in J&K, a just released study by the ASSOCHAM has revealed that the state has...

A Criminal Disconnect

Justice Verma Committee is not the first official report seeking review of AFSPA. Since 2004, a number of official panels have made such recommendations....

A Calendar of Scandals

It was a year of scandals and corruption cases involving sitting ministers and top bureaucrats in Jammu and Kashmir. The statusquo, however, prevailed. The...

Powerlessly Energetic Era

Rationing and frequent outages is order of the day in Kashmir valley but these do not define the energy futures J&K is limping towards,...

No Good to Be Good

The mysterious and abrupt deportation of US national, Usmaan Ahmad Rahim and Argentinean footballer, Juan Marcos Troia, sets a bad precedent and shows our...

Bye Bye TATA

With Tata cellular services winding up their business in Jammu and Kashmir following the cancellation of their license by the telecom regulatory body TRAI,...

Energy’s Newest Addresses

J&K state-owned profit-earning Power Development Corporation is awarding five projects to independent power producers, two of them state subjects, to add 131 MW to...
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde buying fruits at lal Chowk Srinagar-Photo:Bilal Bahadur.

The Shinde Shift

Purchasing apple in Jehangir Chowk was a well thought-out part of union home minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde’s maiden visit to Kashmir to send a...