Editorial - Page 7

February 19, 2020

And now Shah Faesal

After Omar Abdullah and Mahbooba Mufti, it is now Shah Faesal. The former civil servant has been booked under infamous Pubic Safety Act which allows detention without trial from six months to…
February 13, 2020

AAP ki Dilli

Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has dealt a stunning defeat to the BJP in Delhi assembly elections. This is the third consecutive win for the AAP since it made its debut…
April 15, 2019

Promises for power continue

As parliamentary elections are underway, election promises by the candidates and their campaigners are all time high. They are promising everything under the sun. National Conference leadership, the state’s key pro India…

Politics of deceit

Far away from the ideal perspective, success in politics demands one to have the ability to control truth and lies and, more importantly, the middle ground between the two. These days, the…
January 21, 2019

For the immediate attention of the Governor

It is an oft-repeated story. The winter’s only blessing and charm—snow—always turns into curse in Kashmir. People, who, generally, crave for the snowfall in winter, rue when it actually happens. Not that…
January 19, 2019

Looking beyond rhetoric

The government’s haste in implementation of highly controversial Triple Talaq bill, seems like an attempt to persecute Muslim community by criminalizing the not so prevalent practice of instant triple divorce.The move has…
January 18, 2019

The unabated border tension

The border tension between India and Pakistan shows no signs of decline. On Tuesday, an Assistant Commandant of Border Security Force (BSF) was killed in a ‘sniper fire’ by Pakistan along the…
January 17, 2019

H1N1 deaths

Kashmir is reeling under yet another deadly disease—Swine flu also known as H1N1. The valley recorded the year’s first casualty last week when two persons died of the disease in the premier…
January 16, 2019

Graveyard of reputations

For the past few days Shah Faesal, the former IAS officer, has been at the receiving end of a barrage of social media mélange of praise and ire for his decision to…
January 15, 2019

Sorry state of affairs

It is matter of grave concern that crimes against women in Jammu and Kashmir are increasing at a dangerous pace. An official report has revealed a grim picture.The year that passed (2018)…
January 12, 2019

Secular Democracy or Hindu Rashtra?

With freedom of the country and later coming in to being of Indian Constitution, India became a secular democratic republic. At the same time the breakaway Pakistan’s founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, in…
January 10, 2019

Mehbooba’s efforts of reassertion

On the fourth death anniversary of its founder chief Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, the Peoples’ Democratic Party has tried to reassert its position in the state politics. Addressing a handful of party leaders…
January 9, 2019

…and the lynching continues

The Lynching of yet another Muslim to death in Bihar manifestly shows that the life is becoming tougher for Muslims in India. The 55-year old man identified as Kabul Mian was mercilessly…
January 8, 2019
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