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Personality

M IQBAL KHANDAY

The 1978 batch IAS officer M Iqbal Khanday was finally appointed as the new chief secretary of J&K state. The 1955 born Scorpio has...

Parvez Imroz

The diktat he issued, and was adhered to by a certain section, has to be defended now in the real court of law. The...

Showkat Ahmad Mir

Joining politics by retired bureaucrats is a trend emerging very fast in J&K and the politics eventually is getting increasingly bureaucratized. But Showkat Ahmad...

Omar Abdullah

The 42-year-old Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, who recently completed four years in office, poured his heart out recently that he...

YASIN MALIK

Frontline pro-freedom and erstwhile militant commander, Mohammad Yasin Malik, has decided to move his campaign to New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar against the frequent awarding...
Sheikh Nazir

Shiekh Nazir

Though National Conference General Secretary, Sheikh Nazir Ahmad, is not doing well and he seldom appears in party meetings, but when he does, it...

Suman Lata Bhagat

A Congress minister of Mufti era, Suman Lata Bhagat, who was accused of minting money while in power, has finally been taken to task...

Shabir Shah

Miffed with Mirwaiz, the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) chairman and senior Hurriyat (M) leader, Shabir Shah went public this week and claimed that he...
Ghulam Hassan Mir

Ghulam Hassan Mir

It happens only in Jammu and Kashmir that the afflux of time and the embarrassing situation for government by raising an issue in the...
Justice-HS-Bedi

Justice HS Bedi

The Bedi Commission which is probing the mysterious death of a worker of the ruling National Conference has sought yet another extension up to...
IK Gujral

IK Gujral

I K Gujral, the 12th Prime Minister of India (April 1997-March 1998) had a long history of involvement with Kashmir even before he became...
Shakil Bakshi

Shakeel Bakshi

Shakeel Bakhshi is probably the only separatist leader, who became first in the separatist camp to be detained for his ‘pro-active’ usage of social...
Amrit Malhotra

AMRIT MALHOTRA

When J&K legislative council chairman Amrit Malohtra constituted a house panel to probe the land grabbing allegations against PHE minister, Taj Mohiuddin, he would...

Abdul Majid Wani

R egistration of criminal cases against lawmakers in Jammu and Kashmir is not a new thing. Reports of such cases appear in local newspapers and...
Harsh Dev Singh

Harsh Dev Singh

J ammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) president, Prof Bhim Singh appointed his nephew, Harsh Dev Singh, as the new party chief. It is...