Kashmir: Managing Media
After a question triggered a stormy Assembly debate on regulating social media, a harder question remains. Without a strong formal press in Jammu and...
Kashmir’s EWS Squeeze
Jammu received nearly ten times more EWS certificates than Kashmir in two years, though Kashmir has more below poverty line (BPL) population. In the...
Kashmir: Uproar Returns
BJP disrupted the Assembly twice in seven days, unable to back or oppose contentious motions. Amid the noise and a lot of data revelations,...
Kashmir: Crores for Care
Jammu and Kashmir requires a huge amount to manage the gaps and requirements in the health sector, given the patient load and the massive...
Kashmir’s Drying Lifeline
From Srinagar's bylanes to Kulgam's orchards, Kashmir's water sources are vanishing. Taps, springs, canals, lakes and glaciers are all showing that scarcity is deepening,...
Kashmir: The Landmark Deal
Srinagar Development Authority auctioned two long-idle land parcels at Sangarmal and Batamaloo in Srinagar for Rs 726.75 crore, unlocking major hotel, retail and housing...
Kashmir’s Power Bills
Power tariffs rise 6.83 per cent from September amid improving AT&C losses and revenue, but weak hydro generation and falling peripheral collections after metering...
Drugs: Kashmir’s New Battlefield
Numerically, Jammu and Kashmir’s battle against the drug menace has reached an unprecedented scale, with property attachments accounting for nearly half of the total...
Kashmir’s Traffic Jam
As tourists flood Srinagar in private vehicles, local taxi drivers face collapsing incomes while the city's roads, planned for a fraction of this volume,...
Kashmir: Waste Promises
Jammu and Kashmir’s circular economy policy sets ambitious targets for 2035, but the gap between vision and ground reality reveals a region still drowning...
Kashmir: The First Count
As the families across the Jammu and Kashmir area await an enumerator’s doorbell to get counted for the Census 2027, Masood Hussain narrates the...
JKNC in Dachigam
In fascinating Dachigam National Park, JKNC lawmakers reviewed governance and resolved to launch a Delhi protest over post-August 2019 decisions, reports Babra Wani
A closed-door...
Inside Kashmir’s Rehabs
Inside Kashmir's rehabilitation centres, former patients describe abuse, isolation and humiliation, raising urgent questions about whether these facilities heal addiction or deepen the trauma,...
Ladakh Re-Emerges
After five years of protests, detentions and failed talks, the desert territory of Ladakh wrestled a historic governance deal from New Delhi, leaving Jammu...
Bulldozers In Sidhra
Families in Jammu's Sidhra area lost decades of belongings overnight as demolition drives swept through without advance notice, sparking debate over law, reports Asrar...