LOST INHERITANCE
G
iven the situation that emerged in Kashmir after the rigged assembly elections in 1987, thousands of residents are living on the other side of...
DURBAR MOVES
Amid celebrations of Eid, what Kashmir will missing is to see the huge caravans of lorries and trucks taking the durbar to Jammu for...
A MATTER OF SURVIVAL
The cancellation of the block development council (BDC) elections after being notified last week was yet another reminder of the grim state of governance...
AN EMERGING SYSTEM
By the middle of November, J&K will have block development councils in place and with this the second tier of Panchayat Raj system will...
EXCLUSIVIST DEMOCRACY
Whenever any member of India’s first family visits Kashmir, it is a major exercise for the hosts. This time, however, it showed as the...
OVER TO LAWMAKERS
After spending five months in Kashmir, the lawmakers will meet for a brief week-long session in Srinagar before driving to Jammu for the next...
RAGING MUSLIM WORLD
A bad film by a mad man that mocks Islam’s most revered prophet has triggered a severe crisis throughout the Muslim world. It has...
SEVEN DAYS
The coalition government has finally decided to convene the autumn session of the state legislative assembly and the council. For 10 days starting Oct...
ADDRESS THE CRISIS NOW
The government has never denied that the phenomenon does not exist. It has, however, offered conflicting statistics about the number of the persons who...
A VISIBLE CRISIS
It is summer and J&K has better discharge in its rivers. Almost all the power projects are operating with full capacity. During the month...
WARMING UP, FINALLY
Yet again, India and Pakistan are exhibiting rare bonhomie across LoC and International Border in J&K. Last week, two teenagers from a Sialkote village...
Crush the perpetrators
Vulnerable sections have historically remained prone to exploitation in all the societies. J&K is no exception. Despite innumerable laws, constitutional safeguards and a set...
Is AFSPA controversy another ‘Wadi Ayub’ frenzy?
Sheikh Qayoom
State chief minister Omar Abdullah has again voiced his disagreement with the army over perceptions about the overall security situation in the Valley....
WELCOME RAMADHAN
The month of fasting is the most important period in the Muslim lunar calendar. Apart from the most sacred night, the Shab-e-Qadr falling in...
Future in preservation
Mohammad Ahseem
The two essential sources of water available to humans for drinking and agriculture purposes are surface water and ground water. Surface water resources...
