Covid Priority
It is vital to have Covid19 appropriate behaviour. But it is more important to retain Covid19 as the key priority in the governance policymaking....
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...
Democracy’s Kings
Everybody in J&K politics aspires to be the Chief Minister. It is not only because it is the ultimate what the politics can offer...
Breaking A Silence
Barely four days ahead of the platinum jubilee of the communication lockdown, when the phones returned to life, not every call was a happy...
Government Initiatives February 21-27, 2021
Easing Industrialisation
The Lt Governor Manoj Sinha led Administrative Council has approved a series of measures for simplifying the business establishment process. As per the...
Interrupting Dreams
J&K PSC, the supreme recruiting organisation, is in a mess. Candidates appearing in one paper are given question papers of another subject. This non-serious...
Consumed Careers
Successive governments have mindlessly “hired” people on an ad-hoc, provisional and temporary basis. They keep the government’s service delivery show going on at almost...
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...
Wall Mounted Peace
An “eternally hopeful” PM Manmohan Singh once famously said the natural resources of the region will jointly be used by people from both sides...
Politics of poverty
Former deputy chief minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig struck out his name from proposed BPL list in
Lalla Rookh Eyes
Exactly 200 years after Irish blind poet Thomas Moore sung in praise of Kashmir, its beauty, its women and their eyes in his epic-poem,...
Government Initiatives February 28 – March 6, 2021
Prioritising Agriculture
The agriculture sector is expected to get more share of the Jammu and Kashmir’s budget in future as authorities develop a unique Sustainable...
Road To The World
Fifty thousand people living in a God-forsaken area in J&K may get a chance to access small amenities, hitherto a luxury for them as...
Rendered Jobless
As non-local mining concerns bagged most of the mining works across Kashmir, tendered at the peak of internet shutdown, thousands of people have been...
GMC’s MBBS gets MCI threat
After derecognising two PG courses at GMC Srinagar, the MCI has threatened to derecognise the basic MBBS degree of GMC Srinagar for deficiencies in...