SEE Is Through
Within three months of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approving the Rs 235 crores Skill, Empowerment and Employment (SEE) scheme – now...
To Protect And Preserve
Tasavur Mushtaq takes a look at a new law which aims to conserve, preserve and restore the glory of Kashmiri heritage sites.
On April 28,...
New Pill Policy
As the state approved its first drug policy claiming it would reduce cost of medicine and help in quality control, the people associated with...
Reserved Judgement
A landmark judgment by a Division Bench is path-breaking as it sees merit marred by reservations in promotions done in violation of the constitutions....
‘Insufficiently’ recruited
State’s new job policy is breeding a sense of discontentment among the selected youth owing to the meagre remuneration it offers to them. Bilal...
Talking Trilogy
In wake of separatists’ demand for right of self determination and unionists stand for restoring undiluted autonomy, Masood Hussain sees Delhi’s new trilogy apparently...
Life @ 4500
Ever thought how casual labourers’ manage their lives in a pay check that looks more like a stipend. Jibran Nazir reports how broken promises...
Permitting prying
The Union Cabinet’s approval of NATGRID has again raised fears of intrusion into citizens’ privacy in the absence of any privacy laws in the...
RETURN OF THE NATIVE
Many of the around 3000 Kashmiri militants stranded on the other side of LoC are returning along with their wives and children. SYED ASMA...
Dubious Deals
Violating its own rules, the state government’s department of Geology and Mining has leased out blocks for collection of royalty to non-locals across Kashmir...
Politics of rehabilitation
They have been returning home to Kashmir in small numbers quietly from the Pakistani side via Nepal, but a larger number may be waiting...
Dialogue Details
Atal Behari Vajpayee’s government is credited by everybody for the talks he initiated with Kashmir’s moderate Hurriyat Conference. Barring a courtesy call on Vajpayee,...
Towards A Legislator Oriented Model For J&K
The administrative authority of the state has to be made subservient to the development functionality of government, says economist and banker Dr Haseeb A Drabu.
In J&K...
Countering Anti Incumbency
As J&K’s opposition parties are hoping the anti-incumbency against the ruling coalition and a possible Modi factor will help them become powerful, NC and...
‘Framed’, Incarcerated
Two Kashmiri youth recently returned home after spending 10 prime years of their lives behind bars. Convicted by a court in Uttar Pradesh for...
