Kashmir: The Free Ride Divide
As Kashmir rolls out free e-bus travel for women, the policy is hailed as a progressive step towards gender inclusivity. Yet, in the shared...
Kashmir: A House Demolition
Constituted within months after the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State adopted its constitution in 1957, the legislative council became history when the Lok Sabha...
Kashmir: An Urban Policy Uproar
As part of the continued interventions in the laws and rules regulating the land resource in Jammu Kashmir, the government proposed sweeping amendments to...
Omar Government: 100 Days Later
Despite criticism from his political adversaries, Omar Abdullah appears to have focused on tackling low-hanging fruit during the initial 100 days of his tenure....
Kashmir: Education Calendar Reset
The Jammu and Kashmir government’s recent decision to reverse the controversial March academic session has met widespread approval. The change, announced by Education Minister...
Kashmir: A Development Dispatch
With too many road, housing and institutional projects requiring too much space in a land-scarce Kashmir, the government said it would not permit fertile...
Kashmir: Reservation Politics
With every job list becoming public, the tensions are soaring as open merit is emerging as the minority stakeholder in the opportunities that Jammu...
Kashmir: Tense Power Corridors
About to be 10 weeks in government, Omar Abdullah is facing a diverse set of issues that will consume its own time to settle....
Kashmir: Teens, Traffic And Tragedy
A crackdown on underage driving across Kashmir, triggered by the deaths of two teenagers in a road accident, has led to the seizure of...
Kashmir’s Reservation Goes to Court
The reservation policy debate in Jammu and Kashmir has reached the courts, with a petition challenging recent amendments to the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation...
Omar Abdullah: A Month in Office
A decade’s delay for Omar Abdullah to return to CM’s Office is slightly a smaller issue than the skirted and shrunken space that his...
Kashmir: Towards A Free Media?
After the protracted silence of the media in Jammu and Kashmir, the Omar Abdullah-led government is keen to restore freedom so that institutions can...
Kashmir: The Resolution Ruses
The Jammu and Kashmir’s dwarfed Assembly's inaugural session was a pandemonium that consumed most of the brief 5-day session and exhibited a clear divide...
Kashmir: Half State’s Hybrid Governance
With a landslide mandate, the Omar Abdullah government’s cold start had no confrontation at its core. However, the ‘hybrid governance’ frequently puts the Civil...
Kashmir: Half State, Full Tension
With a landslide mandate, Omar Abdullah's government took over with a 5-member cabinet amid an ocean of issues and Himalayas of expectations. As the...