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This section is the repository of vital documents on history, politics and human development of Jammu and Kashmir.

US Cable: US Kashmir policy and Delhi’s concerns

The diplomatic cable, leaked by the whistle-blower website Wikileaks, is indexed as 09NEWDELHI195 and written and dispatched on January 30, 2009. Authored by David...

Report of the Concerned Citizens’ Group visit to Srinagar

The Concerned Citizen's Group (CCG) led by former minister Yeshwant Sinha was in Srinagar last week. They have released the following detailed report about...

Bumai Murders: Army’s Plea To Inquiry Officer Under AFSPA

This document is the army plea challenging the state government’s authority to constitute any investigation into the affairs involving the defence forces without the...

Ramzan Ceasefire 2000: The Text

Government of India announced the non-initiation of combat operations (NICO) on November 28, 2000. It remained in vogue for 185 days, though it was...

US Guru Cables – II

This diplomatic cable sent by US's Delhi mission to Washington in August 2011 offers an analysis of the diplomats on the Afzal Guru issue...

The Tashkent Agreement

The war between India and Pakistan in 1965 was the outcome of continued skirmishes and reported infiltrations of Pakistani regulars and irregulars in Kashmir....

VDC: A Public Interest Litigation

The erstwhile independent lawmaker Sheikh Abdul Rashid who recently floated his own Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) managed to reach periphery of Kishtwar during recent...

The Forgotten CMP: PDP-Congress 2002

The four phase assembly election held during Atal Behari Vajpayee regime were termed comparatively stainless as the exercise sent Kashmir’s most influential family home:...

US Cable: MEA concerned over special envoy appointment

The cable, leaked by the whistle-blower website Wikileaks is indexed as 09NEWDELHI29. It was written by US ambassador in Delhi David C Mulford on...

J&K Economic Survey 2017: Implementation of GST

J&K Government tabled the J&K Economic Survey 2017 in the state legislature. It carries a number of chapters listing and details the various initiatives...

Doda NC Submits Memorandum To Delimitation Commission: Read the Document

SRINAGAR: The National Conference in the Doda district has sent a detailed memorandum to the Delimitation Commission highlighting the issues located in the proposed...

Reservation Act and Rules: The High Court Verdict

In a significant order, Jammu and Kashmir High court bench comprising Justice Hasnain Masoodi and Justice Janak Raj Kotwal on October 9, 2015 passed...

US Kashmir Cable 2006: Kashmiri Politics As Filthy As Dal Lake

Of thousands of US diplomatic cables that whistle-blowing website Wikileaks leaked, cable 06NEWDELHI804 sent from Delhi on February 3, 2006 would remain a major...
Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, an extension of Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) has vast farm labs for Saffron Cultivation-- Photo: Bilal Bahadur.

Saffron: Present status and future strategies

World’s precious spice being grown in Pampore, parts of Chrar-e-Sharief and certain belts in Kishtwar is witnessing a fall in overall production. Central and...

Press Council of India Report On J&K Media

Press Council of India (PCI) had constituted a sub-committee on December 19, 2014 to examine the Report of Interlocutors on Media and Media Scenario...