Sacked
J&K is 'celebrating' 2011 as anti-corruption year, but the headless State Accountability Commission is mocking at the symbolism of India’s second most corrupt state....
Sure sour pie
Couples resort to court marriages, mostly, to overcome parental dissent. However, the notary registration of marriages, which is only valid in J&K is also...
Numbers Game
The decadal headcount has always kicked up controversies in J&K especially since 1981. Census Commissioner Farooq Ahmad Faktoo in an interview with Ikhlaq Qadri,...
Subverting the system
New Delhi’s official auditor has detected J&K government compromising the expenditure processes in such a way that it skips spending the budgeted funds for...
How Not To Work?
The CAG has flayed the state government’s contract management systems and indicted it for entering into bad deals. A Kashmir Life report.Policymakers in the...
Certifying Dogras
With National Conference justifying Congress’s decision of bestowing Jammu province with ‘Dogra Certificates’, the issue is gradually snowballing into a crisis in Kashmir. A...
Lawless Law
While the state government has been calling for repealing of AFSPA, it has generally evaded debates on PSA over which it has all the...
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...
Transparent metering
The PDD is replacing the electricity meters with new ones to stop power theft. Abdul Mohamin reports. The Power Development Department (PDD) is replacing...
On track!
The Kashmir rail project has been plagued by bad planning, lack of proper survey besides cost and time overrun. Will the project meet its...
Denied rights
Lack of medical facilities and unhygienic conditions inside state’s jails is putting the lives of detainees, especially those with known history of ailments, in...
The latest victim
Authorities have slapped PSA on an 18-year-old, citing a photograph of a masked boy beating a policeman as evidence. The family says, the boy...
Decades of indifference
More than 100 families purchased residential plots from J&K housing board in Islamabad town in south Kashmir, however, the plots were occupied by army...
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...
Ladies Special
The SRTC has introduced ladies only bus service in Srinagar, giving female commuters something to cheer about. Aliya Bashir takes a trip.Leaving home early...