Shams Irfan

The J&K Bank’s Technology Up-gradation Fund Scheme introduced this week gives micro and small enterprises not just capital to upgrade their units, but would...

The employees called off their strike even when none of their demands were met. The government invoked ESMA and threatened dismissals, and the courts...

After 14 years of suffering, a Delhi court verdict in Lajpat Nagpar blast case has brought respite to a few Kashmiri families, and aggravated...

TAUGHT: Union Minister and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah passed ‘tips of good governance’ to chief minister Omar Abdullah, party ministers and legislators at party headquarters in Srinagar. Abdullah asked ministers, district presidents and block presidents of the party to keep close eye on the workers of main opposition and leave “sleeping habits” to ensure that party wins majority of seats in upcoming civic and panchayat polls, media reports quoting a senior NC minister said.

In a rare case of its kind, Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association President Mian Qayoom has deposed in the High Court that he did not consider himself to be an Indian and nor does he believe in the Indian constitution. The Bar President, who is also known for his strong nationalistic views,

Arshid Malik

When I was a kid I used to play a strategy board game called ‘Careers’ with my cousins at home. What made this game one of the most interesting board games of my early life was the fact that no matter who played against me, I always won. Anyways, while moving across the board one would most fear landing in a cell which read ‘Park Bench. Landing on this particular cell meant losing the next move to your opponents

State legislature managed the passage of a bill that banned inter-district recruitments on district cadre posts; an issue gradually snowballed into a crisis. On the last day of the budget session, it happened at the peak of bedlam, damage to furniture and tearing apart the business sheets of the day. State’s principal opposition PDP said it was not even permitted to speak on the subject.

Shazia Khan

With deterioration in literature and fine arts, the self esteem of a society takes a hit. Then many half truths and myths are associated with them. Other people with more self-righteous notions, even when misplaced, feel free to degrade such people and societies. An actress who, flashes her body and an anorexic figure to earn a living can’t be an exception. Prikanya Chopra after enjoying hospitality and warmth of people here, on her last day in Srinagar tweeted, “Shooting in Kashmir has been insanely tiring… last day in Srinagar… off to Delhi this afternoon! Phew… will b (sic) back to civilization soon…”

The Joint J&K Chamber of Commerce has been more paralysed than the cross-LoC trade it was supposed to run. Unsupportive India and Pakistan Governments had...

For decades Indian strategists have underestimated the potential of the Maoists, while the Red Corridor kept growing. Recent Maoist onslaughts, are making the strategists...