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...
Organized mess
As everyone wants a private vehicle, authorities struggle to find road space and parking lots to smoothen their flow. Majid Maqbool reports. Continuing increase...
Done in by the dons
Home Minister P Chidambaram was requested by the state government to review the development projects in J&K. It may not have helped the state...
Beautifying Jhelum
R S GulFor a little over three km stretch in the heart of Srinagar, the meandering Jhelum looks a bit pampered, especially when compared...
Shadow of 90s: Torture 09
The infamous torture centre of 90s Papa 2 and Hariniwas may have been converted into palatial mansions,
Politics of poverty
Former deputy chief minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig struck out his name from proposed BPL list in
Omar’s Hari Niwas turndown
A house of his own was apparently the only factor for the chief minister to decide against making the Rs 500 cr spooky Hari...
Saving Dal Lake
Over the years, people in general and Kashmir media in particular have debated the future of Dal lake thread bare. The regulating authority however...
Breach in the cement block
The state has allowed an outside player into the cement sector, ending the monopoly of local players. Trade leaders are annoyed at the opening...