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...
Chill pill
Keeping schools open during winter in Kashmir, primarily to compensate the teaching days lost to summer unrest seems funny as annual exams have been...
No way for roads
The number of vehicles in Srinagar has increased five times in the last twenty years while road lengths saw negligible growth. Kashmir Life takes...
Home sweet home
The rehabilitation policy, allowing those who had crossed the LoC and are living in PaK to return home is witnessing stiff opposition, with very...
Omar’s counter-strike gospel
Thanks to separatists, Kashmir, these days is enjoying the longest interval of relaxation from curfew-strike cocktail that devoured 2010 summer. The government also contributed...