Editorial - Page 2

Politicians usually make great promises during elections but forget them once they get elected. For their part, voters are eternal optimists who never learn from experience. Come elections, they believe that the

As the state is in the thick of parliamentary elections, some voices are being raised from certain quarters asking separatists to end poll boycott. They argue that the politics of boycott ultimately

The first requirement for being shameless is to be brave. A shameless person can never be made to feel ashamed. That is what one witnesses in the state’s political theatre. Only a

The Election Commission of India is still silent on holding assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Some speculation had been there that the elections could be held after parliamentary elections and before

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah recently promised to repeal the Public Safety Act (PSA) if given a majority in the upcoming assembly elections. No

The discussions, the lectures, the arguments and the topics that Muslims and Muslim scholars have been discussing, debating and giving priorities for centuries in their institutions and seminaries are not the issues

Certain things never die in politics. Changing loyalties is one such syndrome which remains unchanged in politics. In political terminology such opportunists are known as turncoats as well. Come elections, turncoats take

Two minor Hindu girls (sisters) were allegedly kidnapped and forcibly married after being converted to Islam in Pakistan’s Sindh province, triggering protests by the minority community. The two girls, 13-year-old Raveena and

Peoples Democratic Party President Mahbooba Mufti’s decision to contest from south Kashmir parliamentary seat could be termed as a bold and calculated. Bold; because she knows it for the fact that she

Central government’s power-driven Kashmir policy is touching new zenith. After Jamaat-e-Islami, the government banned Yasin Malik-led Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) under ‘anti terror’ law on Friday. The outfit has been declared