Opinion

 Crescent Kashmir

Trust matters

Trust matters

Manoj Sinha in a recent interview has said that he has tried to restore the trust among the common people that the administration will not only listen to them but also redress their genuine grievances. About the Roshni scheme and the latest review petition by his administration in the JK high court, Sinha said that […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Review petition

Review petition

Dust started settling down regarding the recent court decision about the Roshni act of Jammu and Kashmir government.  Few weeks back JK high court in its decision described the Roshni act as a scam and has asked the CBI to probe into the matter while making all the land dealings under this act as null […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Misplaced apprehensions

Misplaced apprehensions

J&K administration has been expressing a lot of apprehensions about the ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir post abrogation of article 370 on August 5, 2019. They have made arrests and also put the curbs on all means of communication including even the landlines. The curbs continued for months and finally the curbs on the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Unfortunate incident

Unfortunate incident

Recently three local journalists were thrashed allegedly at the instance of SSP Anantnag while they were covering DDC elections. The entire political leadership of Kashmir reacted to this incident and condemned their thrashing by police. Mehbooba Mufti in her tweet said that they were thrashed as they had an interview of a PAGD candidate who […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Roshni act decision challenged

Roshni act decision challenged

Many petitioners have gone to Supreme Court of India against the recent decision of JK high court calling the act as illegal and unconstitutional while ordering a CBI probe into this entire scam. The petitioners have told the Supreme Court that the JK high court decision was wrong in the light of laws and they […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Freedom of speech

Freedom of speech

Freedom of speech and expression has been under intense debate in Jammu and Kashmir as the PAGD leadership has been constantly accusing the administration of not allowing them to campaign freely for their candidates while as BJP and their “B” team was having the field day in Jammu and Kashmir to campaign. Raising these questions […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Roshni review

Roshni review

There is a complete scale down from the administration as they have quietly filed a review petition recently in the J&K high court after the orders from the court nullifying Roshni act and calling for retrieving the land from the occupants. The review petition says that there are apprehensions that the High Court verdict may […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Undoing the damage

Undoing the damage

JK high court in the recent past has given a number of directions to the Jammu and Kashmir administration especially about the illegal constructions to be removed. In this direction JK high court has asked the government to clear Sonamarg from illegal constructions and submit compliance report positively by January 15 2021. Earlier also JK […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Expansion of fleet

Expansion of fleet

  J&K Road Transport Corporation needs an overhaul and the dream of the central government to link each and every village with metallic roads would be a reality but it also needs a transport system from the government. In this direction recently while inaugurating 12 online services; e-Book of Transport Department, Manoj Sinha laid stress […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Alliance in Ladakh

Alliance in Ladakh

Even as the centre has yet to announce the new laws for the preservation of a distinct identity of Ladakh region, the joint leaderships of Leh and Kargil held recent discussions and have decided to jointly fight any move by the BJP government to dilute their identity. People of Leh and Kargil are equally unhappy […]