A Warm Business
With power load shedding a routine in water-abundant Kashmir, the people still require alternatives to keep their homes well-lit and warm. This is offering...
A Sinking SKIMS?
Within less than 50 years of its operations, SKIMS – the tertiary care teaching hospital and a deemed university that sits over the healthcare...
Poll Perplexity
Within days after the pollster started working towards holding the local body polls later this year, credible reports suggest the exercise may not take...
The Jammu Widdershins?
As flash floods devastated a 12-year-old bridge on the highway, commuters faced a crippling crisis. Already angry over smart metering, they sought the closure...
August 5: Fourth Anniversary
Days ahead of the fourth anniversary of the undoing of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, various opposition leaders participated in the formal release of...
A Downsized Government?
With joblessness at its peak and the markets in a slump, frustration is soaring in Jammu and Kashmir’s youth bulge which has nearly eight...
The Bill Ballgame?
Four new bills introduced in the Lok Sabha change the assembly shareholding and the privileges that SCs, STs and the OBC’s enjoy in Jammu...
Half A Decade
Jammu and Kashmir completed 1825 days (five years) without an elected government on June 19, 2023. With impressive tourist footfall, minimal militancy and not...
Kashmir’s Ration Crisis
As the government adjusts the food policies in vogue by reducing the per capita ration eligibility, Kashmiri families are facing a food shortage. Now,...
Adopted Parenthood
With fertility going down and the number of childless couples increasing, Kashmir is witnessing a demand-supply gap in child adoptions. Post-2019, a new system...
Bloody Makeover
Three precious lives were lost to electrocution in Srinagar city, two of them while painting the electric poles, reports Syed Shadab Ali Gillani
The city...
Kashmir’s Narasimha Rao Days
The worst period of Kashmir militancy coincided with PV Narasimha Rao’s term as Prime Minister. How he handled the goriest situation ever, its diplomatic...
The SKIMS Story
In the 40 years of its existence, the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), a deemed university, has emerged as a key research and...
IMF Projects UK Economy to Keep Shrinking as Rishi Sunak Marks 100 Days in...
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak marked 100 days in office last month. The International Monetary Fund and UK economists predicted that the UK economy would...
Property Tax Controversy
Abandoned many times in the recent past, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has started the process of imposing a property tax that is estimated...