Health orbit
Health services in J&K State are virtually in shambles as authorities have failed to implement many central schemes for the rural population to get health care on their door step. The BJP-PDP coalition government has failed to deliver something concrete on the healthcare front and it was only in the Governor’s rule that some attention […]
Human shield
Army did not act after the picture of a local tied to the bonnet of a jeep by Major Gogoi, but the army chief was forced to assure action against the same major as he was arrested by police after a complaint lodged by a private hotel that he was trying to enter into the […]
Live shells on Tourist spot
Tragedies have returned to the villages around Tosa Maidan meadow the former army firing range which was cleared few years back to be the tourist spot and army had cleared the area from all the live shells. On August 12, 2018, four youth from the nearby village were hit by a live shell and one […]
Good beginning
Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has renewed the hopes in the hearts of Kashmiris as he has said that he wants a sincere dialogue with New Delhi to settle all the pending disputes including Kashmir. So part New Delhi has also responded positively to the new promise of Islamabad to find a solution to […]
PDP offensive
PDP is trying to survive on the political turf of J&K State especially in Kashmir Valley as a soft separatist party. After the BJP withdrew support from Mehbooba Mufti, she is trying to portray herself as a defender of Kashmir cause and claims that she was sacked by Central Government only for this crime. It […]
Straws in air
Post-Pakistan elections there have been lot of talk about Kashmir and Prime Minister elect Imran Khan in his first speech has talked at length about the importance of Indo-Pak friendship and for the resolution of Kashmir dispute. Fresh efforts have been made from both sides through back channels to break the ice as the two […]
Consensus in Kashmir
There has been a growing demand in the mainstream camp of Kashmir politics that New Delhi must see the reason and start the process to resolve the Kashmir dispute as they believe that without the addressing of political aspirations, there would be no peace in Kashmir or in South Kashmir. PDP recently after coming out […]
Ban on channels
Jammu and Kashmir State witnessed number of bans on the local television channels. Some of the bans in the past have given a death blow to the growing trade in Kashmir Valley. Soon after 2008 and 2010 uprisings, the government imposed ban on the news and current affairs programmes of all local television channels and […]
No parking space
Srinagar city along with Jammu city and other townships in Jammu and Kashmir State are facing acute problem of parking space and with more and more constructions for the commercial hubs, the problem has increased without any solution in sight. The Traffic police is only collecting money from the violators and the government along with […]
SBM and Kashmir
Recently Governor N.N. Vohra told his officials and other wings of the government along with the students to be the part of implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission and of the newly launched Swachh Bharat Summer Internship Scheme. Governor urged college students, NCC/NSS cadets, and youth at large to join the Internship Scheme and contribute […]
