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Wednesday, July 29, 2026
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Editorial

It is the newspaper’s opinion on a particular issue.

Lt Governor Shri Manoj Sinha administered the oath of office and secrecy to Chief Minister Shri Omar Abdullah at the swearing-in-ceremony held at SKICC, Srinagar (1)

Rationalize MLA Emoluments

The only issue that echoes a massive consensus and cohesion in J&K’s bicameral legislature is the wages of the lawmakers. Every time, the issue...

Building Chaos

Post 2014 floods, apart from managing livelihood crisis, the biggest challenge faced by Kashmir was: how to undertake massive reconstruction and rebuilding the damaged...

Pass it On

Unlike other Muslim majority places of the world, Ramazan doesn’t come with a bang in Kashmir. It rather sneaks in silently past mighty Himalayas,...

A High Aim

Government budgets are normally part of the economic spaces of the states but in resource-deficient places like J&K, the government continues to be the...

Polluted Board

J&K and Kashmir especially is one of the fragile ecological zones that has emerged as the new crucible of climate change. Its closed environment,...

Improve Stake holding

The North Pole-South Pole alliance has discovered the fulcrum of the association that helps it balance the pressures from the two sides. Power, obviously...

Outside City

Last week when Mehbooba Mufti drove to Pampore’s transport yard to inaugurate housing complex meant for Durbar employees, the ride was quite smooth. The...
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NEET & Self Rule

Every time Kashmir is trying to stabilize a bit, there is some tension erupting at some level. By and large, governance structure is main...

Bumpy Ride

 It is painful to travel from south to centre or north in Kashmir, quite literally. With highway connecting Srinagar to Qazigund and other peripheral...

e-Freedom

You like it or not, social media is a parallel universe now. Though it works more or less like the real world, it has...

Break This Cycle

Starting from an alleged molestation attempt, Kashmir has lost four young men and an elderly homemaker. The entire Kashmir is under curfew both virtually...

Whither Dialogue

The peace process between India and Pakistan has again come to a grinding halt. This has yet again proved the fragile nature of the...

Intolerance Personified

It seems Kashmiris are at the receiving end of the new found love for nationalism in the plains. If you fail to wear your loyalty...

Wakeup Call

How many wakeup calls does one need to finally wake up? In most of the cases one is enough. But in Kashmir context, especially...

Letter From The Editor

With your support, we have completed seven years of uninterrupted publication. We have maintained the tradition of dedicating the anniversary issue to a theme...