History In Shambles
Set up to preserve the cultural heritage under Dogra regime, Srinagar’s Sri Pratap Singh Museum is nowadays lying in shambles. Not only are the...
A Wagging Tail
While reiterating almost everything about the state of economy in J&K, a just released study by the ASSOCHAM has revealed that the state has...
A Criminal Disconnect
Justice Verma Committee is not the first official report seeking review of AFSPA. Since 2004, several official panels have made such recommendations. The only...
A Calendar of Scandals
It was a year of scandals and corruption cases involving sitting ministers and top bureaucrats in Jammu and Kashmir. The statusquo, however, prevailed. The...
Powerlessly Energetic Era
Rationing and frequent outages is order of the day in Kashmir valley but these do not define the energy futures J&K is limping towards,...
No Good to Be Good
The mysterious and abrupt deportation of US national, Usmaan Ahmad Rahim and Argentinean footballer, Juan Marcos Troia, sets a bad precedent and shows our...
Bye Bye TATA
With Tata cellular services winding up their business in Jammu and Kashmir following the cancellation of their license by the telecom regulatory body TRAI,...
Energy’s Newest Addresses
J&K state-owned profit-earning Power Development Corporation is awarding five projects to independent power producers, two of them state subjects, to add 131 MW to...
The Shinde Shift
Purchasing apple in Jehangir Chowk was a well thought-out part of union home minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde’s maiden visit to Kashmir to send a...
Demilitarising Srinagar
The centre is considering shifting three battalions of Central Reserve Police Force personnel from Kashmir to Naxal-affected areas which might see demolition of more...
Chasing A Mirage
A group of Baramulla youth crossed over to Pakistan in 1990 to receive arms training. One of them was Tariq. After 22 years, Tariq...
The ‘Other Side’ of Romance
Once they crossed the LoC, Kashmiri youth were the new heroes in Pakistani society. Many married, raised families and lived a happy life. As...
‘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...
The Policy Quagmire
The J&K government’s recent policy of posting new cadre of Kashmir Administrative Service officers with various departments temporarily has not only crippled the administration...
Keeping Himayat afloat
A one-third success rate and a plethora of problems is the outcome of the ambitious Himayat in its first phase. But the union Rural...
