Dineshwar Sharma missing

Dineshwar Sharma missing

The latest interlocutor appointed by Union Government to listen to the grievances of people of Jammu and Kashmir has been missing from all the three regions, perhaps only getting his salary from the government as the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre does not want to show itself going soft on Kashmir as the elections […]

BJP ambitions in Kashmir

BJP ambitions in Kashmir

BJP has been sending confusing signals to Kashmir in the past four years. From the agenda of alliance with PDP to hard policy against separatists, the Central leadership of BJP has been trying every new trick in Kashmir to gain control over them politically. The latest from the BJP is that they are trying to […]

Pace of development

Pace of development

The Central Government has asked the Governor’s administration to remove all the bottlenecks in the developmental projects of J&K State and restart all he stalled projects as they have been assured liberal funding by the Central agencies. Recently Chief Secretary made it clear that capital won’t be a constraint to transform the State’s developmental landscape, […]

Kishtiwar on edge

Kishtiwar on edge

Authorities are leaving nothing to chance in communal sensitive Kishtiwar District of Jammu region, as intelligence feedback has warned of communal backlash after suspected gunmen killed State Secretary of BJP Anil Parihar and his brother Ajit Parihar. Governor’s administration swung into action and suspended internet services and also decided to bring out army for flag […]

Speedy justice

Speedy justice

Governor’s administration has taken lot of steps in the recent past to provide people help in daily life. Recently State Administrative Council in a landmark decision decided to approve the draft of Jammu and Kashmir Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018. The Bill seeks to provide for speedy disposal of the arbitration matters and for […]

Spike in violence

Spike in violence

As the administration has decided to conduct local body and panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir State, in the past few days there has been a spike in violence as unknown person’s torched eight panchayat offices in Kashmir. Central Government and Governor’s administration has decided to hold these polls despite boycott by mainstream regional parties. […]

Sinking ship of PDP

Sinking ship of PDP

PDP President Mehbooba Mufti is trying hard to keep her flock together and has so far tried her best to bring down the rebellion in the party. She has now listened to the voices of dissent within the party and while making a reshuffle she has given the post of vice-president to Abdul Rehman Veeri […]

Vajpayee as symbol of hope

Vajpayee as symbol of hope

People in general have been closely watching the last journey of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and all the political leadership including separatists have paid rich tributes to him for being the first and the only Prime Minister of India to understand the pain and sufferings of Kashmiris and also tried hard to find […]

Arms licenses scandal

Arms licenses scandal

State Governor N.N. Vohra is finding it difficult to handle the letters by Rajasthan police’s Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), probing the arms licenses issued to the tune of 4.29 lakh people from various districts of Jammu and Kashmir State in past one decade. Previously ATS Rajasthan got no response from the top civil and police officials […]

PDP bomb shell

PDP bomb shell

Former Chief Minister and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti has blamed a section in Central agencies of trying to break her party by defections and claimed that some of her lawmakers have told her that they have received threats that they will face NIA raids if they will not defect from the party. She has been […]