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Monday, June 8, 2026
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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.

Silent Disquiet?

The lockdown, now into the fourth week, offers no idea about when Kashmir will return to routine Almost three weeks after the parliament unilaterally withdrew...
Clock Tower (Ghanta Ghar ) (KL Image: Bilal Bahadur)

Bad Times?

In the last 40 years, the Kashmir government changed three sets of clocks on Srinagar’s landmark Ghanta Ghar, but none of them ever exhibited...
Drugs-illustration

Surviving The Heroin Crush

After almost nine quiet deaths in north Kashmir, there are scores literally fighting for life as they have spent millions in managing their Heroin-thirst....
Abandoned DH Pora hospital building. KL Image by Faheem Mir

Wasted Investment

In Srinagar and in Kashmir periphery, there are dozens of buildings meant to house schools, hospitals and other public facilities, which have come up...

Yatra’s Two Sides

While the arrangements for the Amarnath Yatra 2019 are exceptionally upgraded from both the axis, the curfew-like restrictions on the movement of commuters and...

Shah’s Sojourn

BJP president and Home Minister Amit Shah made his maiden visit to the state, distinct by refusing to meet any political party. Analysts say...
Cover image the village talk back to village

The Village Talk

As more than 4500 officers moved for an overnight stay in Panchayats between the Sino-Indian border and the Line of Control to listen to...

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...

Possible Ambitions

After the landslide victory fetches it a firm control in Delhi, the focus on Jammu and Kashmir may revolve around the BJP’s possibility of...
Family members of prisoners protesting at Press Colony.

Jail Unrest?

Days after a fight between the jail officials and the prisoners in central jail Srinagar, a series of interventions started to unravel the real...

Ladakh in J&K

More than 178 years of losing its sovereignty in a ruthless invasion, many years before Kashmir was sold, Ladakh had something to celebrate when...

Jamaat Jammed

As the Jamaat-e-Islami workers are imprisoned across Jammu and Kashmir after the party was banned by the Home Ministry, forcing lot many to go...

Hurried Follow Up

Within days after the Lethpora car bomb attack, the central government initiated a series of measures that added to the fear which the explosions...

Tinkering Constitution

On recommendations of the governor, the central cabinet approved certain changes in the state’s reservation laws that M J Aslam says is beginning of...

Juley Ladakh

In sub-zero temperatures, Ladakh was excited when governor Satya Pal Malik’s administration decided to elevate the region’s status to a division. Everybody welcomed the...