Unusual Outages
Unprecedented load shedding has pushed angry consumers to the streets in Jammu and Srinagar forcing power managers to explore all options within their reach....
Generational Spill Over
A Rs 2.13 crore irrigation project approved by the Planning Commission in 1979 was initiated by Sheikh Abdullah in 1981, and was about three...
Government Initiatives January 24-30, 2021
Parliamentarians In Kashmir
Finally, the members of the parliament of India were permitted to have 3-day Kashmir visit to review the status of the highways...
The Home Minister’s Visit
The 3-day visit by Home Minister Amit Shah indicated a possible election but no time deadlines. The rest was routine aimed at creating political...
Discordant Tones
Two years after the BJP and PDP entered into polar alliance, nothing much has moved on the Kashmir front. After 2016 unrest and recent...
STABILITY OF CORRUPTION
Last week the government forced 13 corrupt officials into premature retirement. But a look at the recent history of pervasive and systemic corruption at...
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...
“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...
Reforming Reactionaries!
In the din of ‘rehabilitation policies’, one vital process aimed at reforming the reactionary youth is an underreported effort. Bilal Handoo reports the success...
Understanding The Proposal
With its proposals triggering a lot of heat and dust in Jammu and Kashmir, the Delimitation Commission is expecting an extension. Khalid Bashir Gura...
The New Police Bill
After a lot of dithering, the draft bill that will govern the functioning of over one lakh strong state police force is finally on...
“Around 300 kanals of industrial state land is under non-state subjects”
Mushtaq A Wani, the President of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) tell Saima Bhat that restrictions on communication and movement only hamper...
A New Stone Age
As sections of youth try to standardize stone pelting as the new mode of communication, law enforcing agencies slide in the old era to...
All About Administration!
As the Tehsil headquarter started functioning at Kreeri, its neighbouring village, Wagoora, took to streets against the move. The matter finally went to the...
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...