Opinion

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Political reaction

Political reaction

Mainstream political parties including PDP and National Conference have welcomed the recent positive statements for the peace and development coming out in Islamabad and New Delhi. National Conference in a statement said that the thaw in the Indo-Pakistan relations is bound to have a positive impact on the people of Jammu and Kashmir who have […]

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Fresh hope

Fresh hope

  There have been a lot of statements from New Delhi and Islamabad over the issues and all such statements have proved that in the recent past both the countries have worked on the ground to create the conditions for the dialogue process to begin. People of Jammu and Kashmir are closely watching the situation […]

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After the rains

After the rains

Another spell of heavy rains has virtually thrown life out of gear in Jammu and Kashmir with highways getting closed. There are not only heavy rains in the plains of Kashmir but upper reaches received light to moderate snowfall. As per MeT officials, the ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded seven to eight inches […]

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Mainstream politics

Mainstream politics

Mainstream politics in Jammu and Kashmir is suffering from many fronts as they have been only witnessing sudden twists and turns in the events around them and the latest has been the efforts of friendship between India and Pakistan to hammer out a solution to all their issues. PAGD was formed by the mainstream political […]

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Reciprocating response

Reciprocating response

India and Pakistan have been answering each other’s calls for the peace in the region. In this direction recently they did an agreement for the ceasefire on the borders. In response to the Pakistan’s talk of peace India has also told Pakistan that talks and terror cannot go together and has asked Islamabad to take […]

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Projects in focus

Projects in focus

JK administration is very keen for completion of projects in Jammu and Srinagar under the smart city projects. Recently Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha held a series of meetings for the overall development and laid emphasis on the smart city projects. In this direction while reviewing the Smart Poles project under Jammu Smart City Limited, the […]

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JKCA

JKCA

Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association has been in the news for all the wrong reasons in the recent past. Recently a central probing agency has almost indicted Dr. Farooq Abdullah in a money laundering case in the same association when he was heading it a few years back. Recently J&K High Court suspended the proposed […]

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Development of Jammu

Development of Jammu

In the recent past especially before the Darbar Move, JK administration has held a lot of meetings to set the pace for the developmental projects in Jammu region especially during the current year. Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has been monitoring all such developmental projects in Jammu and Kashmir and recently he visited some of the […]

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Graph of violence

Graph of violence

  Tourism industry is showing signs of recovery as there has been a lot of tourist rush in the past few weeks especially to snow bound Gulmarg. But in order to sustain this current season of tourism even the government is trying its best to get back the tourists and have conducted in the recent […]

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Safeguarding interests

Safeguarding interests

For the first time in Jammu and Kashmir three tiers Panchayati Raj is complete with the conclusion of DDC elections. As the central government has yet to decide assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir DDC elections were being portrayed as the replacement to the mainstream political parties and the government promised all powers to them […]