Zojila tunnel project delayed again
Work on the crucial and the much awaited Zojila tunnel has been delayed again. The State-owned NHIDCL has terminated the contract awarded to troubled IL&FS group for building the strategic tunnel which had got the cabinet approval recently so as to provide all-weather connectivity between Srinagar, Kargil and Leh. The National Highways & Infrastructure Development […]
Malafide intentions
The police finally filed its charge sheet in the much hyped and talked about JNU sedition case. The accused, including seven Kashmiri students were named in the 1,200-page charge sheet for allegedly shouting anti-India slogans during an event on the university’s campus on February 9, 2016, to commemorate the hanging of Parliament-attack convict Afzal Guru. […]
Another failure of PDD
It seems that the Power Development Departments (PDD) tryst with failure is destined to be its prospect. Just when the department had offered dreams and promises to the people of the valley about the improvement in power availability after the commissioning of Alesteng grid, everything went awry. The Alesteng grid which was scheduled to be […]
A shame for the PDD
The Power Development Department in Jammu and Kashmir, especially Kashmir Valley has been making all sorts of headlines and most of the time for wrong reasons. The department which wastes no time and energy to harass the common people in the valley has been on the receiving end when it comes to getting the power […]
Show some concern on H1N1
The dreaded swine flu is once again making headlines in Kashmir and the people have once again fearing an outbreak. As the deaths are increasing in number with every passing day, the people here have become all the more scary about any possible outbreak. With two persons infected with swine flu virus succumbing at SMHS […]
Cosmetic measures won’t work
The state government is making plans to commission the State of Art India International Kashmir Saffron Trade Center (IIKSTC) set up at Dussu, Pampore. The trade center was established owing to the fact that Jammu and Kashmir is the 2nd largest Saffron producing area in the world and is the only state in the country […]
Enhancing threshold composition limit
Trade and business fraternity in the state have something to cheer about as the administration has decided to enhance threshold, composition limit under GST as proposed by the GST Council during its 32nd meeting held yesterday. Composition scheme under the law is for small businesses. This is to bring relief to small businesses so that […]
Sincere reach out
We have seen an important and news worthy development taking place on Wednesday when the IAS topper from Jammu and Kashmir, Shah Faesal resigned from the Indian Administrative Service protesting against the unabated killings in Kashmir and a lack of sincere reach out from the Union government. Shah Faesal gave a plethora of reasons to […]
The worrying slowdown
The World Bank has projected moderation of global growth from three per cent last year to 2.9 per cent this year, as it described the current situation of the world economy as ‘darkening of the skies’. The World Bank has mainly attributed this phenomenon to the slowing of global growth and rising risks. The global […]
PDP’s damage control
Former chief minister and President People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti tried effectively to use the stage that was set to commemorate the third death anniversary of her father and patron of the party, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed by putting forth an apology for her comment that she made during 2016 uprising. The apology is seen […]
