Opinion

 Crescent Kashmir

Administrative reforms

Administrative reforms

Administrative reforms are long overdue in Jammu and Kashmir as police and administration have enjoyed immunity from any accountability due to the fluid situation prevailing here. No government has even touched this sphere in Kashmir because they think that without the support of administration and police they cannot hold on to their chair. Recently Lieutenant […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Rajouri families

Rajouri families

The families of Rajouri village are waiting for the fulfillment of promises done to them by LG Manoj Sinha when he recently trekked on foot to reach to these families with a message from Narendra Modi that they will get justice and assured them that the government will extend all help to them in this […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Long wait

Long wait

It was really a long tragic wait for the families of three Rajouri youth even to get the bodies back from the authorities in Kashmir as their innocent wards were dubbed as militants and killed in the encounter at Shopian. Belonging to very poor families these three youth have come to Shopain to work as […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Mainstream struggle

Mainstream struggle

The latest party to hint for the political struggle to restore the special status of jammu and Kashmir is the People’s Conference headed by Sajad Gani Lone. In his first party meeting held after his release from the detention he told his colleagues that the strgulle for the restoration of article 370 would be united […]

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NEW THINKING

NEW THINKING

Since the abrogation of article 370 last year, mainstream political parties faced not only detentions but also curbs on all political activities. During this time it was only BJP and the panchayat members who were moving freely in Jammu and Kashmir. After the prolonged detentions most of the political leaders approached courts for their release […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Recent developments

Recent developments

Some of the recent developments have forced the mainstream political leadership of Kashmir to think out of box for the political fight against New Delhi in order to get back special status which was snatched on August 5, 2019. The Supreme Court gave all the powers to the administration for the restoration of 4G services; […]

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Jammu in focus

Jammu in focus

From the media to politicians, everyone is blaming the government for the negligence deaths of covid patients especially due to the disruption of oxygen supply. One of the senior journalists from Jammu told the media that he has shifted his close relative to Punjab as he had fears that he would die due to the […]

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Hot autumn

Hot autumn

While this is the season for the rural people of Jammu and Kashmir to go for harvesting, hundreds of villages near to the LOC are facing huge difficulties due to the recent sprut in the border shelling cases. Many houses have been damaged in the past few months and many villagers have been killed and […]

 Crescent Kashmir

SECURITY COVER

SECURITY COVER

Government has many times said that they are providing the required security cover to all those political activists who have a threat on the ground. But some of the killings in the recent past have exposed such claims of the government and have shown that the ground workers are still vulnerable and rest are only […]

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POLITICAL SPACE

POLITICAL SPACE

Government has recently allowed all the mainstream political parties to hold meetings and have lifted the restrictions on their movement and also on their activities. The National Conference was the first political force to get the space and they held a series of meetings in Srinagar to discuss the ground situation and also to take […]