RESTRICTIONS IN SRINAGAR
Srinagar administration was forced to re-impose restrictions on public movement and non-essential activities as ordered on May 31 will continue to remain enforced till further orders. Such drastic measures were taken after a high level meeting as in a single day over 600 people were tested positive due to corona virus. Administration has asked the […]
LAKE OF CONFLICT
It was Amir Khan Movie of Three Idiots, which gave fame to Pangong Lake and it became one of the famous tourist spots of Ladakh region. Every year thousands of people would come to this blue lake as a reminder of their romance with this lake after the Amir Khan movie. This time the lake […]
KARGIL IN FOCUS
Kargil villages all along the LAC touching Pakistan have been living in tension as army troops have been moving during night hours to many hilly posts in the villages. Villagers have been quoted by media as saying that they are feeling the heat of the situation while as Covid-19 pandemic has already made their lives […]
MEDIA IN FOCUS
Recently a UT administration has drafted a new media policy aimed at creating a better coordination between journalists and government. In this direction it pointed out that “finally the policy attempts to thwart misinformation, fake news and develop a mechanism that will raise alarm against any attempt to use media to vitiate public peace, sovereignty […]
Questions surface
After the recent bod decision by National Conference not to be the part of delimitation commission of Jammu and Kashmir, there are fresh questions coming to surface about the future leadership of National Conference and their new policy to remain politically relevant in Kashmir. After the ten months long silence, National Conference finally decided to […]
Educational Inertia
Education has been suffering in Jammu and Kashmir due to turmoil in past three decades in general. In particular since August 5, last year student community in Jammu and Kashmir has been at the receiving end of the situation as the clampdown of the central government resulted in closure of all educational institutions followed by […]
Cherries without market
Cherry growers of Kashmir valley have appealing to the authorities for the past two months to arrange special air cargo flights to lift fresh cherry from Kashmir to Mumbai. According to these growers they were having tie up with business houses in Mumbai to supply fresh cherries of this season. However, officials have maintained as […]
Internet in focus
Even after 10 months since the abrogation of article 370, restoration of internet services is still a demand of at large in Jammu and Kashmir. Medical fraternity after the spread of pandemic was expecting restoration of 4G services in Jammu and Kashmir, but nothing happened. Many senior BJP leader have indicated from New Delhi that […]
Disruptive Highway
Tragic mishap on Srinagar-Jammu highway in Ramban sector on Sunday has shown that there is no proper planning to keep this only surface link between Kashmir and rest of the country open. The initial investigation has proved that it was the callous behavior of local contractor who tried to complete his work of excavation despite […]
Quarantine centers
In the recent past media has reported lot of stories about the poor facilities available in the quarantine centers set up by the government especially for those who are coming back to Jammu and Kashmir. Recently some of the Kashmiris who were travelling back home were stopped at Lakhanpur and were not allowed to proceed […]