‘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
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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.
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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...
How Congress and PDP lost Kargil
Opportunistic politics by Asgar Karbalai proved counter-productive for both PDP and Congress in the district, reports KashmirLife
New political equations have emerged in Ladakh since...
