Electing ‘maha-sarpanchs’
Touted to bring a new era of democracy in conflict-torn Kashmir, the elected members of Panchayat Raj institutions have been reduced to a mere...
It is Red Hot
As controversies trigger a lot of heat and dust, the unionist political camp is suddenly hyperactive. While Chief Minister makes his problematic “relative” to...
“We Struggled and God Helped Us”
Lawyer Shabir A Salaria is one of rare survivors of 1947 massacres who become J&K advocate general twice and even went to the parliament....
In the National Interest
As the Jammu trio stunned the lawmakers in state legislature last week, everybody expected the house to take them and their facilitators to task....
A Desi BJP Emerges!
The trio that grabbed headlines in Kashmir by breaching the privilege of the state legislature was actually announcing the arrival of a new party...
A Generational Bonhomie
The newly rediscovered Comaraderie between Omar Abdullah and Rahul Gandhi, the scions of Abdullah and Gandhi dynasties, has raised quite some eyebrows. While many...
A ‘Star’ Fall
When the former lawmaker, Altaf Kuloo, was caught in Nigeen last fortnight, it triggered a chain reaction: he was placed under suspension by his...
The North Block Change
With Sushil Kumar Shinde taking over as the new Home Minister, Kashmir Life’s Delhi Bureau offers a keyhole view of the changes that may...
The Masarat Aalam Factor
While the courts in Kashmir have trashed cases against the firebrand separatist leader Masarat Aalam on multiple occasions, the security agencies have ensured that...
Going off track
The Mirwaiz led Hurriyat Conference appears unable to accommodate dissent within its ranks. The tussle over restructuring the resistance conglomerate seems headed toward bringing...
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New Political Ampitheater
Even before the Mughal Road is completed, thousands take the route to cross Pir Panchal. Reopening it has triggered changes in the region that...
Raising cost of resistance
The state, it seems, can not run out of ideas. The police have suddenly become aware of its sealing powers, and is putting it...
Suspended Animation
The bitterness within the ‘moderate’ Hurriyat does not seem to ebb as three leaders were suspended by the executive council and Shabir Shah demanded...
Another split in Hurriyat?
Shabir Shah and Nayeem Khan trying to pacify their supporters Photo:Bilal Bahadur
Already playing tension within the Mirwaiz led Hurriyat Conference spilled out in the...
A History’s Witness
K D Sethi is a dark old horse that has been a part of and an intimate witness to some of the most important...
