Stinking Sopore
Once famed for its apple orchards and pristine streams, Sopore town is fast turning into a literal dustbin. Of nine metric tons of waste...
“Without a proper road network in place, I am trying to manage traffic, so...
Sargun Shukla, a 2012 Punjab cadre IPS officer became first female Senior Superintendent of Police to manage Srinagar’s traffic. In a conversation with Saima...
“Allah on my side”
After spending 35 years as teacher, former college principal Prof S K Bhalla has started his crusade against corruption in the system. Apart from...
The Apple Cart Push
Six months after a vast high-density apple orchard was axed by angry protesters in south Kashmir, government has launched a major initiative to plant...
Retarded Recruitments
With the unemployment being officially considered a major factor responsible for most of the ills in Kashmir, why are official recruiting systems exhibiting a...
The ‘Puppet’s’ Palace
At a time when Delhi is keen to replace the governor N N Vohra, sons of the state’s only Sadr-e-Reyasat are fighting a protracted...
Dangal Makeover
By: Khursheed Wani
(Zaira Wasim with Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti (KL Image))
On January 14, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had no official engagement related to the...
The tiger returns
In the 2010 summer, the coalition government presided over a new law that made using water for power generation an economic exercise. Apparently aimed...
Whither Mufti doctrine?
On the first death anniversary of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Delhi indicated that he will become the second posthumous Padma Vibushan from J&K ever. Honours...
Implementing The Agenda
Demographic engineering is a subject that has historically triggered tensions in Kashmir. Last week when the state government started issuing ‘domicile certificates’ to West...
Work In Progress…
As Chief Minister announced that she will be monitoring 100 top projects across J&K, Tasavur Mushtaq investigates to find out that 90 percent of...
Lalla Rookh Eyes
Exactly 200 years after Irish blind poet Thomas Moore sung in praise of Kashmir, its beauty, its women and their eyes in his epic-poem,...
Dismissed
For the first time in last three decades, the government took the ambitious decision of terminating its own employees for fomenting trouble. There is...
Chai Pe Charcha
by Masood Hussain
It was proverbial pellet disbursal on Monday last when the activities picked up quickly. While Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was driven to his...
Killed Unpalatably
Stone and the stone-thrower remained unchanged as the response jumped from bamboo shield-tear smoke mix to pellet- PAVA combine. It was consistently asserted that...