Infant hospital
Valley’s sole children hospital, GB Pant, has only 135 beds for a child population of 10 lakh. With only three incubators the hospital is...
Public carrier, private woes
For SRTC it has been a journey from riches to rags. The state’s prime mover of men and material has been accumulating losses for...
PACKAGING POLITICS
The last two decades have seen various prime ministers announce a flurry of economic packages for Jammu and Kashmir. The state government is expecting...
A Clean Sweep
Jammu’s crime syndicates and gangs apparently patronized by nouveau rich have had many casualties in the past. But this time, investigators were caught sleeping...
Ready to cage
J&K government’s plans to build more jails can prevent detainees from being lodged outside the Valley. Kashmir Life reports. Apparently realising that the existing...
Mysterious Rajouri fever spreading
While the Swine Flu threat, that grabbed a lot of media attention, seems to be under control in the J&K, the state is oblivious...
Refer to Srinagar
Tertiary health care services in Srinagar are crumbling under the rural rush, as district hospitals are skipping their responsibilities and referring patients to Srinagar...
A Quiet Surrender
The National Conference led government was keen to protect district cadre jobs for home districts alone. But when the moment arrived it chose to...
Afraid of a woman!
The state government’s insistence on keeping woman separatist Asiya Andrabi jailed out of Kashmir surprises even the apex court of India. Hamidullah Dar reports.
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A stumbling block
Re-organization of J&K into 22 districts left the block levels unchanged. With Community Development blocks getting more importance in wake of thrust on specific...
Salaries revised, complaints remain
Employees in Jammu and Kashmir are set to draw their revised salaries for July after the implementation of sixth pay commission. But the employees...
Sham of a decision
Political bosses are taking the state bureaucracy for granted while making decisions that are of vital public importance. Kashmir life brings an inside view...
Srinagar roads get overhaul
Hamidullah DarAfter two decades of neglect the roads of Srinagar are undergoing macadamisation on a massive scale that aims to take its ramshackle roads...
A trust questioned
The major custodian of Muslim properties in Kashmir, Waqf or Auqaf, has remained beyond scrutiny for decades, though its management of donations and assets...
Fighting polythene
By banning polythene usage, the first step to fight the menace has been taken. But lack of alternatives and absence of eco-friendly disposal mechanism...