STONES AND SILENCE
They are the accused stone-pelters. Their trials in the district courts have lingered on while they wait for others, who are facing PSA, to...
Records of Divide
Decolonisation of the Indian subcontinent was also accompanied by the redrawing of national boundaries. The phenomenon did not just change the course of history...
How Much It Takes The Durbar To Move?
Durbar is on way to Srinagar for a six-month stint. It is reopening in Srinagar on May 7. Even before the offices closed in...
Kashmiri Teen’s Trauma Exposes Flawed Indian Justice
SRINAGAR, India, March 8, 2012 (AFP) – Syed Maqbool Shah, an aspiring teacher from Kashmir aged 17, was visiting his brother in New Delhi in June 1996 when police wrongly accused him of taking part in a bombing.
Shifting Dogs?
Tens of thousands of menacing stray dogs in ferocious packs have been scaring the lives of people across Kashmir. A few dogs that the...
Road hazard
Almost all the major roads in Srinagar city are dug up for constructing drains. Is it an unavoidable inconvenience for the greater good or...
Politics of Profit
The much ‘abused’ practice of appointing politicians to Boards, PSUs and Commissions, is being challenged in the State Accountability Commission giving the Omar-led government...
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...
Over to PDC
As the NHPC's questionable acquisitions became the barking headlines in Kashmir, setting up a cabinet sub-committee was the natural response from the government. It...
‘Ignored and punished’
A robust business town is decaying fast under crumbling infrastructure and official apathy. Residents believe they are being victimized for their political beliefs, reports...
14 Years Later
Dozens of policemen are facing court cases across the state. Sewak Singh is, so far, the first high-profile instance in which a court awarded...
MANAGING ECONOMY
Public finances comprise major part of Kashmir’s economy, leaving government as the main employer, spender and the policy maker. As Finance Ministry is rushing...
Soft and easy
A new entrepreneurship programme for unemployed youth providing soft loans instead of subsidy is being launched to circumvent the cumbersome processes involved in starting...
Living On The Edge
Accessibility is the first casualty when it snows. But this is just one of the vulnerabilities with which about seven million people have survived...
Blame Game
The recurring energy crisis in Kashmir during the peak winter season has once again bought the state Power Development Department in the lime...