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...
Real Estate Concerns
Almost 14 months after the Jammu and Kashmir’s historic land laws basket was hugely altered by binning some and changing many, the administration finally...
Bloody Makeover
Three precious lives were lost to electrocution in Srinagar city, two of them while painting the electric poles, reports Syed Shadab Ali Gillani
The city...
Consistent Failure
The abject failure of the Omar Abdullah-led government in offering and ensuring a dignified life to the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir is a...
Developmental Offensive?
Amid reports of Delhi considering yet another package for flood devastated J&K, R S Gull examines the costs and consequences involved in the earlier...
Once Again
In the midst of Doval doctrine, BJP identified the “right moment” to engage with Kashmir politically. As Dineshwar Sharma, a man from the security...
Government Initiatives August 15-21, 2021
For Transparency
In a move to improve transparency and accountability in the governance system, Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha launched the PROOF (an acronym for Photographic...
Jamming Jobs
Recruitments in the government are chaotic and painful, writes Tasvur Mushtaq in the backdrop of the SSB crisis in police SI examinations
Job is a...
A Sinking SKIMS?
Within less than 50 years of its operations, SKIMS – the tertiary care teaching hospital and a deemed university that sits over the healthcare...
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...
Demilitarizing Khar Maedan
With a small portion of the Tattoo Ground retrieved from army for a public park, the government’s struggle spanning decades has barely started bearing...
Bad Investment
In the 1990s migration, the state broadcaster lost eighty percent of its human resource which made running the show very difficult. An alternative emerged...
Deeper Designs
After dismembering the Jammu and Kashmir state and downgrading it to twin Union Territories, the focus of reorganising is now the third tier of...
A New Investigator
With the formation of the State Investigating Agency (SIA) on NIA-pattern, Masood Hussain reports about the continuity of change in Jammu and Kashmir’s security...
Autumn Outages
In spite of the claims that Jammu and Kashmir will soon have an uninterrupted power supply, the situation is worsening as the winter has...