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Politics

A Forecasting Tweet?

by Riyaz Wani Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s tweet warning Kashmiris against looking at China as “some sort of saviour” triggered massive trolling...

The New Grapevine

Nearly ten months after the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state was stripped of its special status and downgraded into two union territories on August...
Haseeb Drabu, Mehbooba Mufti, Altaf Bukhari

Is PDP Dead?

With almost half of her cabinet and a huge section of lawmakers out of the PDP, will the Mufti Sayeed’s dream project survive the...

Caught In Between

As people accuse them of betrayal and the government of destabilization, the ground zero political workers in Kashmir periphery have nowhere to go, reports...

Winning Grounds!

BJP’s boasts a three lakh strong cadre in Kashmir and now it is keen to translate its ‘popularity’ into an electoral victory, reports Shams...

Released Not Freed

Even after moving out of the special jails and from the home detentions, Kashmir politicians will be haunted by the memory of the seven...

Politics Of Silence

No released politician wants to talk about Article 370. All are waiting for the release of top leadership, reports Umar Mukhtar Abdullah, 45, is a...

The Otherness Of Apni Party

Going by the nature of its politics, Apni Party is unlikely to find spontaneous support among people. Its relevance, if any, hinges on an...
IAS Shah Faesal

Curious Case Of Shah Faesal

After emerging as the poster boy in 2010 by topping the coveted IAS and breaking the psychological barrier to a new avenue of public...

Omar, Mehbooba, And PSA

UT administration’s invoking of the Public Safety Act (PSA) has triggered a lot of heat and storm. It is now the Supreme Court that...

Game of Thrones?

Amid expectations that the political leaders will move out after putting half of the year in custody, the government slapped Public Safety Act against...
KL Artwork: Malik Yasir

Jockeying for Power

by Afreen Anjum Khan When the Home Minister Amit Shah made a historic declaration in the parliament on August 5, many here thought he had...

Hyped Initiatives?

Between an over-hyped political outreach and a curtain raiser for investment in Jammu and Kashmir, there was a ‘dirty picture’ and a radical revelation...

Bukhari Begins?

With three former Chief Ministers’ still incarcerated, businessman politician Syed AltafBukhari regrouped a section of the political class to defreeze the politics in Kashmir’s...

Holiday Politics

by Masood Hussain In last more than 30 years, the abnormal situation gave people so much of time to stay indoors that the significance of...