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...
HYDRA-HEAD OF CORRUPTION
Not withstanding the existing institutional mechanism in J&K, the battle against corruption is getting murkier. Corruption is indulged in more innovatively. Though media is...
What to blame?
July 3, 2012 was a day of indefatigable and infinite terrible incidents as stray dogs were at complete liberty to attack innocents irrespective of...
HEAL THYSELF, Dr.
Sometimes, lot many things happen on a particular front. That exactly happened on health sector last week when some interesting statistics were revealed. Dr...
STATE AND SHRINES
MUHAMMAD AHSEEM
One of the larger realities of Kashmir is that it has not been able to separate politics from faith. In the tyrannical rules...
Don’t Mess with it
Mohammed Ahseem
Traffic business in the state is getting murkier, day after day. The new avatar of traffic management system put in place in the...
PRESSING ISSUES
It was an impressive gathering that had gathered to interact with the visiting sub-committee that Press Council of India had sent to Kashmir. Mandated...
Build Capacity
This summer’s tourist arrivals have been quite impressive. If the arrivals and the booking are any trend, this is going to be the best...
Clean the system
It was not amusing to see a contingent of policemen cleaning the G B Panth children’s hospital the other day in the cantonment area...
Virtually Real
If Facebook were a country, it would reportedly be the third largest country in the world, with more than 900 million registered profiles. Just...
Green Signal
Traffic in Kashmir is a mess. It has been so for a long time. The authorities blame it on bad driver behavior and lack...
