Snatched Livelihood
Almost ten years after the army laid a siege around a cluster of villages in Drugmulla and occupied their paddy fields, the villagers are...
Modi Myths
Amid BJPs media blitzkrieg that it would change history by attempting 44 seats in state assembly, required to form the government, Prime Minister Narendra...
Ousted
In a surprising move the government has ousted Dr Haseeb Drabu as chairman J&K bank without assigning any reasons. A Kashmir Life report.After 18...
Dignity of Labour
Dr Haseeb A Drabu, J&K’s Labour & Employment Minister is working on an idea to improve the situation of private sector in such a...
In Governor’s Raj
Political parties have failed to cobble up a governing relationship. With governor N N Vohra finally promulgating his rule in J&K, the state expects...
A Dangerous Flood is Coming
Nature intervened at its own last week when it stopped rains shortly before the waters spill over the banks of Jhelum River. But Kashmir...
Omar, Mehbooba, And PSA
UT administration’s invoking of the Public Safety Act (PSA) has triggered a lot of heat and storm. It is now the Supreme Court that...
‘Celebrating’ August 15
There is a sense of pride and jubilation among most participants of August 15 celebrations which are held at Bakshi Stadium. However, many school...
The Security Tool
Rakesh Pandita’s killing has prompted police to bar the movement of the politicians and the protected persons without security clearance. Political parties see the...
Adopted Parenthood
With fertility going down and the number of childless couples increasing, Kashmir is witnessing a demand-supply gap in child adoptions. Post-2019, a new system...
Half Time Over
As the tensions over the Kathua rape and murder are spreading far and wide and the government is planning a cabinet reshuffle with at...
STONES AND SILENCE
They are the accused stone-pelters. Their trials in the district courts have lingered on while they wait for others, who are facing PSA, to...
Old Ideas, New Investments
With impressive concessions in hand, as the government is busy planning to get investors from the plains to change the industrial culture in a...
A ‘Ghost’ Market
In 2003, the Mufti government took over SKIMS, the Gupkar Nursing Home and Dr Ali Jan Shopping Complex from a Trust that the National...
Public carrier, private woes
For SRTC it has been a journey from riches to rags. The state’s prime mover of men and material has been accumulating losses for...