Forward Move
Javid AhmedIndia has asked its envoy in Pakistan to open channels of communication with Pakistan army chief General Pervez Kayani as well as ISI...
Red tape increases corruption
Umair HaqaniThe government had frequently made claims that it will try to fight corruption and weed it out from the society. The corruption in...
Order in the face of mayhem
Danish RashidJapan has seen one of the worst natural calamities in the recent history which has devastated towns and villages. A terrible earthquake, which...
Dog menace: Need special powers
Umair HaqaniOne more life has been lost to the threateningly increasing stray dog menace in Kashmir Valley. The government has been doing precious little...
Health is wealth
Danish AhmadThe government’s efforts to bolster the healthcare sector in the state are appreciable. The healthcare sector in the state, especially in the valley...
One weapon for all
Umair HaqaniThe Jammu and Kashmir government has reportedly decided to impose Public Safety Act against land grabbers, who do not vacate encroached government land....
Avoid provocation
Umair HaqaniThe chief minister Omar Abdullah did an appreciable job by promptly visiting the Magray family, whose 21-year-old son Manzoor Ahmed was killed by...
Let’s Do It
Javeed MirCordiality seems to be an outlandish a feeling when it comes to our social, political or religious affairs with our people. Whether it...
Indexed Amnesia
By: Arshad Malik
I still remember the day I watched the Hollywood blockbuster movie Titanic. It was an enthralling experience. This movie kicked off a...
Unemployment – truths and beyond
Unemployment is one of the major issues that concerns the present government in Jammu and Kashmir and has almost equally agitated the regimes of the past. Every now and then statistics are thrown at our face telling us how difficult it is to create employment opportunities for everyone.
The knack for that nerve
I am, more than often, left at my wit’s end when it comes to understanding the psychology of Kashmiri people, mine included. The collective...
Secretariat Gossip
‘What Is This Bloody Happening Here?’
The last cabinet meeting that had quite a bit of agenda and was too long. Even though nothing much had been decided, a lot had still happened. The tourism minister Rigzin Jora had set the ball rolling by resorting to his peculiar style of communication – ‘what the bloody is happening here?’
The last cabinet meeting that had quite a bit of agenda and was too long. Even though nothing much had been decided, a lot had still happened. The tourism minister Rigzin Jora had set the ball rolling by resorting to his peculiar style of communication – ‘what the bloody is happening here?’
Leela Karan Sharma
RSS old man in JK, Leela Karan Sharma, who dominated the news for most of last summer has joined formal politics. A practising lawyer, 68-year-old Sharma is now the BJP candidate for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls for Jammu seat.
Unemployment Blues
by Zamir Ahmad
Those who do not remember their mistakes are condemned to repeat them - is a much-quoted adage. The people in power, however,...
In search of my muse
Arshid MalikI have been waiting for a long, long time now. I am not able to sleep, eat or drink properly as the absence...
