Maintaining the sanctity of PRC
Permanent residency in the state of Jammu and Kashmir has been widely debated since long. While the state reserves the right to provide or cancel any permanent residency in the state, the issue has been unnecessarily discussed and ways are being worked out to dilute the state’s special status and constitutional provisions governing these rights. […]
Over ambitious SAC
The State Administrative Council (SAC) is getting more and more attention from the people, though not for the decisions it takes but people’s interest has been generated in its functioning for reversing earlier decisions cleared by the previous governments. SAC has over the last two months also got involved in major policy decisions that have […]
The Kartarpur breakthrough
India and Pakistan have been living in animosity since the two countries were carved from one single entity. Each new year that the two countries add to their existence sees a new low in their relationship and the past three decades have been the most severe. However, the change of guard in Pakistan generated some […]
Switching off Roshni
Governor Satya Pal Malik surprised many on Wednesday when the State Administrative Council (SAC) approved the repeal of the Jammu and Kashmir State Lands (Vesting of Ownership to the Occupants) Act, 2001, (commonly known as Roshni scheme). By rescinding the act all pending proceedings under the Act shall stand cancelled immediately and abate. However, the […]
Why can’t pellet guns be banned
The youngest pellet victim, 19 month old Hiba from south Kashmir has once again brought focus on the use of deadly pellet guns for crowd control practices. Hiba, the innocent kid was fired at by forces and as pellets hit her soft eyes she is on the verge of losing sight in one of her […]
Working out new ways
The past two years have witnessed a new phenomenon in Kashmir where protestors have been witnessed to storm the encounter sites. This new development has been witnessed across Kashmir with the intensity of such incidents being very severe in most parts of south Kashmir. This new development has over the past two years caused a […]
Take a step forward
There seems to be no letup to the killings in Kashmir. Last three days have seen 17 killings which include local boys from south Kashmir who have taken to arms, two civilians and a soldier, who too was a local, falling to violence. This killing spree has once again raised several important questions like what […]
Seemingly serious
The government seems to have learned some lessons from the past, as this time over, it is seriously contemplating to implement the already submitted healthcare policy-2018, apparently, in a form which will not see any hurdles when it comes to the implementation of the same. The state has witnessed several policy changes in the past, […]
Governor acted in haste
Now that the assembly in Jammu and Kashmir stands dissolved, the reaction that followed suggests that the governor Satya Pal Malik acted in haste. Given the mandate PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti had claimed in her letter addressed to the Governor it seems that he should have given a chance to the PDP-led alliance to prove […]
BJP was cornered
A high voltage political drama saw the dissolution of Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Wednesday when the turn of events was so fast that the Governor or the central leadership in Delhi could not comprehend what actually was happening. The development came after both PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and PC chief Sajjad Gani Lone, through […]
