The Story So Far
Notwithstanding the massacres, unrest and detentions, there has rarely been any period during last two decades when New Delhi was not in touch with...
Now, Quiet Talks
New Delhi has given a new dimension to dialogue with Kashmir separatists by introducing “quiet talks” or “quiet diplomacy”. Why did the previous dialogues...
Dragon diplomacy
As India and Pakistan keep fighting their hot and cold wars – physical and diplomatic – over Kashmir, China is often considered the silent...
Now communalising commerce
Iftikhar GeelaniImagine Muslim traders in Azamgarh district of UP or Aurangabad or Malegaon in Maharashtra deciding to constitute their own chamber of commerce. The...
‘Abdullah had agreed to join Congress’
In the concluding part of the interview with Shahnawaz Khan senior journalist Ved Bhasin talks about his first hand knowledge of important Kashmiri leaders
(Sheikh...
Riots changed J&K politics
Journalist Ved Bhasin has completed six decades in active journalism, but the editor of Kashmir Times has had an equal proximity to politics. Politics,...
Afraid of a woman!
The state government’s insistence on keeping woman separatist Asiya Andrabi jailed out of Kashmir surprises even the apex court of India. Hamidullah Dar reports.
As...
High handed occupation
Legislators meant to improve public facilities in their constituencies are encroaching existing ones, so are small rung political leaders. Police in the state is...
DISGRACE
The political drama that unfolded right from day one of Budget session in J&K Assembly displayed how low politicians in J&K can stoop. Kashmir...
Saving Rahul’s Pilot Project
Almost everybody referred to in this report will deny it. But this is exactly what happened last fortnight in Srinagar, Jammu and Delhi. Omar...
Beyond Gobar Gas
At the fag end of his political career, Kashmir’s three-time Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah finally landed as head of one of India’s “insignificant”...
LOSING ON HOME TURF
Peoples Democratic Party’s rise in Kashmir politics was sudden. The party struck all the right cords of politics to reach a position of strength...
The Passage to India
Six politicians from J&K will join the Indian parliament this week. Eighty four have been elected in the last 14 parliamentary elections. Forget about...
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...
Mild campaign marks Islamabad
The mood of the electorate can well be gauged from their participation in election rallies, which until now has remained thin. There is every...