Omar’s Hari Niwas turndown
A house of his own was apparently the only factor for the chief minister to decide against making the Rs 500 cr spooky Hari...
Rigging, Where?
For the last more than two decades, almost everybody is accusing National Conference of resorting to rigging to retain power. Riyaz Ul Khaliq talks...
‘The Two Families Would Grab Power If Statehood Is Restored’
BJP president for Jammu and Kashmir, Ravinder Raina insists that it is important that Jammu and Kashmir should remain a UT for some more...
Pandemonium
Days ahead of the August 5 anniversary, Kashmir’s marginalised mainstream seems in a dilemma. They are unable to strike a balance between Delhi’s requirements...
Mohammad Sultan Bhat
Mohammad Sultan Bhat
(May 27, 1945 – August 13, 1996)
A Jama’at-e-Islami (JeI) worker since he was 15 years old, Mohammad Sultan Bhat had contested assembly elections...
‘The fear, threat and shrinking space for dissent is a key factor that marks...
Rajani Patil is a third-generation politician. Her grandfather, Ganesh Pingle, a member of the Gadar Movement, was hanged in Lahore by the British in...
Modish Mantra
BJP rising avtar Narendra Modi was fiery in selling half truths to an audience that historically fought Kashmir’s exclusivity in the region. Akin to...
Democracy’s Kings
Everybody in J&K politics aspires to be the Chief Minister. It is not only because it is the ultimate what the politics can offer...
Division Dividend
At least a dozen seats were won by BJP, independents and Apni Part because of the infighting within PAGD and its failure to take...
Whither Congress
After dominating the history of Jammu and Kashmir for decades, the Congress is completely out of the picture now, writes Zahoor Malik
Having been a...
His Kashmir Rediscovery
Mufti Sayeed wore many hats, flirted with different parties and played many games in his long political career. After turmoil decimated Kashmir gave him...
Business of Politics
It is been argued since long that politics and business are hand in glove, but in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, they are...
Ghulam Mohammad Mir
Ghulam Mohammad Mir
(September 21, 1949 - December 16, 1993)
A man, who jumped into politics, contested an election unsuccessfully and was eventually killed as a...
Filling A Void
Regional parties raise expectations and then fail to deliver. The stitching of the BJPDP alliance in 2014 and bloody aftermath in 2016, are key...
‘PAGD Hasn’t Done Anything Great Till Now’
PDPs Rajya Sabha member Mir Mohammad Fayaz tells Yawar Hussain
KASHMIR LIFE (KL): Aspersions have been raised on the sincerity of the Peoples’ Alliance for...
