A Flawed Decision
The change of nomenclature from Sadr-e-Riyasat to Governor was Jammu and Kashmir’s political disenfranchising. If the arbitrary attempts at classifying J&K Bank from a...
White Revolution
There is much more than border and barbed wire to this frontier district of Kupwara. A small village is spearheading a white revolution to...
GI registration and beyond
Kashmir artisans heaved a sigh of relief after Chennai based GI Registry awarded them an ownership of the craft. Bureaucratic hassles are, however, putting...
Stuck in worries
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...
Securitizing Autonomy
A new law empowering banks to dispose off mortgaged assets of a defaulter to realize its money clash with state subject laws in J&K....
Romancing The Hammam
The sudden surge for the Hammam’s in homes has led to some innovations in the way Kashmir tries to fight winter. Saima Bhat reports...
Unconventional Investment
Shocked over his colleagues inviting him to play cricket in sub zero London suburb, Arjun Choudhary returned Jammu to create the state of the...
In a Whirlpool
Money, politics and the LOC trade. R S Gull delves into the elements that construct and deconstruct trans-border business.A speaker at a conference on...
Quarantine Hotels
Without tourists since August 5, 2019, Kashmir hoteliers opened doors to shelter the Covid-19 suspects for mandatory quarantine. Initially, most of them were unhappy...
Sand Diggers
On a pleasant September morning, Mohammad Sidiq, a sand-digger in his early 30s, pushes his long wooden boat out onto the River Jhelum, which...
Risky Job
The debate over Gogoi gets louder after his ‘human shield’ act fetched him an award. Saima Bhat looks at the other side of the...
Fair share of business pie
In the male dominated entrepreneurship arena in Kashmir few women had made their mark. Aliya Bashir talks to some, who have braved odds and...
A Trillion Crore Story
The J&K Bank will celebrate its platinum jubilee in 2013 and for that it is scripting a huge story, TASAVUR MUSHTAQ reports
Scripting a big...
Rather Readies For Budget
With the parliamentary polls over, J&K government has started resuming normal activity. On top of the agenda is the state budget that government is planning to present formally for seven months of the fiscal 2009-10.
To begin with, sources said, finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather will have detailed interactions with trade leaders, industry chieftains and individuals with know how of the subject. “The government has some hard ideas in mind and they would be laid on the table as part of the budget,” a source informed.
To begin with, sources said, finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather will have detailed interactions with trade leaders, industry chieftains and individuals with know how of the subject. “The government has some hard ideas in mind and they would be laid on the table as part of the budget,” a source informed.
Proud Kashmiri
It is a family that never sent any of its wards to any business schools, but in last 150 years, it has evolved a...
