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 […]
Improving grievance redressal mechanism
Every other day the government issues statements about the number of complaints received by various departmental heads and grievance sections set up by the government against various government departments. We also get the number of complaints resolved and an impression is given that the grievance redressal mechanism is working with utmost perfection and commitment. But […]
Wake up to JK’s needs
It was after several days of disruption that the vehicular movement on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only all-weather road linking the Kashmir Valley with the rest of the country, was partially restored on Sunday. One-way traffic from Jammu towards Srinagar was allowed in view of the improvement in the weather and after clearing the […]
More vivacious attitude needed
The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has claimed that if separatists in Kashmir had agreed to talk to an all-party delegation that went to meet them last year, perhaps a way could have found some to resolve the stalemate in the Valley. The statement of the Union Home Minister has come at a time when […]
Poonh-Rajouri rail line, a welcome project
The government of India has agreed to construction of Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch rail line and will be keeping budgetary provision for Rs 2370 crore in the upcoming railway budget to give national project the final shape. The project of connecting Poonch-Rajouri to Jammu via a rail line was pending since the past several years now. The Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch […]
Backlash in Shimla
Kashmir trade has been once again targeted by the fanatic populace that is being dumb driven by some zealots who wish to derive political mileage out of every hate mongering activity. This time around some shop owners hailing from Kashmir who have setup shops in Shimla were targeted by a frenzied mob who broke open […]
New Year of hope and peace
Jammu and Kashmir is one place which always attracts attention and most of the times it is for the wrong reasons. Year 2018 too was one such period when the state earned lot of attention and grabbed headlines for almost the entire year. The past year was the deadliest in the last decade with 586 […]
Visible loopholes
Sunday yet again provided a grim reminder to the security establishment, especially the police that it has miserably failed to check the loopholes that have been affecting it as a malaise since the past few years. Two incidents within a short span of 100 days have left the police establishment baffled as two similar incidents […]
