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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.

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...

Disaster Mismanagement

More than three weeks after Doda-Kishtwar region was jolted by the first of a series of earthquakes, the government has failed to provide aid...

Ladakh In Action

Unlike Kashmir, the soon-to-be Union Territory of Ladakh is actively working to consolidate the gains that came to the arid region in wake of...

An ‘Encounter’

Hours before the security grid declared the Hyderpora ‘encounter’ over, a couple of tweets by a slain builder’s relative pushed Kashmir to an edge,...

A PM Visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first visit after the reading down of Article 370 was focused on the development and grassroots democracy. The visit that...

Government Initiatives July 11-17, 2021

Sustainable Entrepreneurship Bilal Ahmad Khan, a post-graduate from Sheikhpora (Anantnag) started a fish farm in his native village in 2007 with assistance from the Fisheries...

Gunning For Licences

A liberal gun licences policy that insiders say is aimed at arming a particular community is having repercussions throughout India as criminals from other...

A Manmohan Decade

The soft-spoken economist Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh led Congress to a rout in 2014 summer. Tasavur Mushtaq revisits his Kashmir doctrine that dominated...

Immune and offensive

Enjoying the immunity granted to its men under Armed Forces Special Powers Act, the army has consistently sidelined the courts in J&K, yet in...

Briefly In Jail

A group of 13 women who planned the first protest against August 5 decisions spent almost 30 hours in jail and were set free...

Digital Discrimination

Despite the growing public clamour and the petitions in the Supreme Court, Government has refused to restore the high-speed internet for general masses. The...

Bleeding Coffers

Cell phone operators making more than Rs 1300 crore a year from J&K have skipped paying service tax by taking recourse to litigation. Officials...

Wall Mounted Peace

An “eternally hopeful” PM Manmohan Singh once famously said the natural resources of the region will jointly be used by people from both sides...

Village Vaunts?

As more than 4000 officers moved out of their offices to interact with the residents in the periphery of Jammu and Kashmir as part...

Quietly Unwilling

Understanding the costs that negotiating any kind of deal can have, Sangh Parivaar is resisting pressure from the political class in Delhi to engage...