The crumbling of a large stretch of embankment of river Jhelum near Lasjan in Srinagar has again raised the public concern over the government’s ‘half-hearted’…
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Friday Focus: Pharaonic Order
Pharaonic order refers to states that bank on dividing people into factions. The social and the economic order in such a state are worked out…
View More Friday Focus: Pharaonic OrderDispelling the war clouds
What happens on the frontiers of a country finally returns to the centre. This is amply demonstrated by the history of nations and states. The…
View More Dispelling the war cloudsAmnesty: An act of prudence
Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti’s announcement in the Assembly that her government was considering amnesty for young men, referred to as “second time offenders”, booked for…
View More Amnesty: An act of prudencePace of development
It is a harsh reality, sloppiness and ineffectiveness of the administration have been taking toll of much-needed development in the state. Nevertheless, the vested interests…
View More Pace of developmentCease the fire
Eleven persons have been killed in the three days of intense firing along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in five districts…
View More Cease the fireSluggish dredging of Jhelum
The slow dredging of river Jhelum has again been raised— this time by the legislators in the J&K Legislative Assembly who sought constitution of a…
View More Sluggish dredging of JhelumFriday Focus: The Divine Wrath
It is recorded in Holy Quran as a note of warning that an extreme of transgression of Divine norms has to have retribution. Divine wrath…
View More Friday Focus: The Divine WrathThe constituency of peace
“New fiscal policy aims to enlarge constituency of peace”, says the Finance Minister. This talk is obviously in the backdrop of the recent budget that…
View More The constituency of peaceDemocracy and civilian space
Some statements that have lately emanated from non-civilian domains about Jammu & Kashmir’s educational system have created misgivings in a number of quarters about the…
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