A Kishtwar Commission
After his interim report absolved NC leader Sajad Kichloo in December 2013 paving way for his return to Omar Abdullah’s council of ministers, Justice...
Games, They Play
NC led coalition spent most of its time in delaying the investigations in the notoriously famous cricket funds scam. His successors in PDP seem...
Rebuilding Srinagar
Most of the skimpy infrastructure, part of the trade and best housing enclaves were decimated by September 2014 floods. After Omar Abdullah lost his...
“The mess NC created in last six years is huge. If they think it...
Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari tells Saima Bhat that common man will start noticing the change on ground within next 5 months
Kashmir Life (KL): When...
Quick Yielding Projects
Honeymoon period apart, Mufti Sayeed led government’s politically correct statesmanship has kept the TV screens burning for all these days. But why does not...
Madame Ministers
In an “unholy alliance,” two women ministers have secured their berth as junior ministers. By focusing on women power, both female faces in Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s council...
MMS 2.0
With 20 new faces in 24 members cabinet Mufti Mohammad Sayeed begins his second inning as Chief Minister. Syed Asma reports the new formation...
Smart Agenda
Ideologues of two parties spent two months drafting a ‘smart’ accord. Win-win for both involving give-and-take, many ask if this North Pole-South Pole regime...
Gone With The Herd!
Angry young man Sajjad Gani Lone built his political career on controversies. Finally he reached the cabinet as a BJP ally but is unhappy...
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...
Ungoverned
Verdict is clearly split and it has already been 10 days. Deliberations are expected to take two weeks more. Is anybody around who could...
Wages And Beyond
The legislature is gradually becoming an expensive institution as lawmakers, cutting across party lines, use their position to dictate their costs for the system...
Democracy’s Kings
Everybody in J&K politics aspires to be the Chief Minister. It is not only because it is the ultimate what the politics can offer...
One Last Time
With elections round the corner, the assembly had a brief six-day autumn session. But it was unimpressive and unruly by all means, excepting that...
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...