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Governance

The state craft has evolved differently in Jammu and Kashmir over the years. This section offers narratives about the various facets of the governance in between various elected governments and the governors.

Forum For Human Rights in Jammu and Kashmir

August 5: Fourth Anniversary

Days ahead of the fourth anniversary of the undoing of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, various opposition leaders participated in the formal release of...

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...

Undoing Vajpayee?

Hopes that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will land in Srinagar and revive the moribund processes ailing Kashmir proved a hoax. Hosts are frustrated and...

At Your Doorstep

In order to ensure that footfalls on streets remain at the lowest, the administration in Srinagar is delivering essentials to families at their doorsteps....

Government Initiatives October 3 – 9, 2021

The IASOWA Udaan Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta last week released the first edition of the IAS Officers’ Wives Association (IASOWA) run magazine Udaan....

Remodelling Universities 

A draft bill is making sweeping changes in the system of managing the universities in Jammu and Kashmir, reports Yawar Hussain The newly formulated Jammu and...

Bourgeois Tribal’s

With the inclusion of Pahari-speaking people (PSP) in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) list, the real issue that will now be debated is how the...

A Carnage Closure

As the troops are battling an elusive group of fugitives in dense Poonch forests for the third week, curtains fell on the Nadimarg massacre...

Campus Shift

It has been a long time since Reyaz Punjabi demolished the office of Kashmir University Students Union thus closing the chapter of active student...

Delimitating Debate

Powerful Modi government is reportedly toying with the idea of a fresh delimitation for Kashmir assembly by undoing a legislative freeze. While there is...

Short Circuit

A series of interventions in the Jammu and Kashmir’s energy sector remained unchallenged till the PDD employees claimed their status was getting compromised as...

Property Tax Controversy

Abandoned many times in the recent past, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has started the process of imposing a property tax that is estimated...

Rs 500 Crore Rescue

September 2014 floods incapacitated individuals, institutions and the systems. Twisted reportage by Delhi media projecting army as the main rescuer washed away a rare...

In Formation

The ‘writer’-abundant ruling party wants to take its image-making department to new heights as a model so it appointed ten directors in less than...
A side view of a Panchayat building in Anzwalla village of Anantnag. KL Image by Umar Khurshid

18 Years, Waiting

A villager donated his piece of land for the construction of Panchayat Ghar when he was 30. He was promised a job. For all...