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Mehbooba was better off in avoiding DDC elections and concealing the party’s warts

Newsbred Staff - November 27, 2020

Differences over seat sharing in the fourth District Development Council (DDC) elections threaten to queer the pitch for the People's Alliance for Democratic Alliance...

Jammu and Kashmir set up ‘land bank’ for use of new industries

Newsbred Staff - November 18, 2020

The Industry and Commerce department of Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir has been given 25,000 kanals of land by the UT administration....

With Rajya Sabha secured, BJP could attend to its 2019 Manifesto: How about UCC?

Sant Kumar Sharma - November 3, 2020

Come elections and the Congress, along with other opposition parties, used to taunt the BJP about its electoral promises. The BJP's repeated inclusion of...

Mehbooba, now released, is breathing fire: What’s in her Friday’s presser?

Sant Kumar Sharma - October 14, 2020

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, now released, is back to using her trademark expressions which have always bordered on soft separatism....

Okay, Pak wants Gilgit-Baltistan as its 5th province; But what is India doing about it?

Sant Kumar Sharma - September 25, 2020

Maharaja Hari Singh acceded whole of his princely state to India on October 26, 1947, as Pakistan attacked his territories. The state was then...

Sher-e-Kashmir affix loses lustre as Sheikh Abdullah’s anniversary goes unnoticed

Sant Kumar Sharma - September 9, 2020

What are SKIMS, SKUAST and SKPA? Oh, Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology and Sher-e-Kashmir Police Academy in...

Mehbooba watches L-Gs come and go; and her PDP hang by a thread

Sant Kumar Sharma - August 8, 2020

Mehbooba Mufti, still chief of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is watching Lieutenant Governors come and go even as she hibernates in her den. The...

Why Abdullahs wives & daughters were legal; But not so of other women of J & K

Sant Kumar Sharma - August 1, 2020

(This is the fourth piece in the special series on Jammu and Kashmir. Here are the first three pieces I , II and III). The...

Mehbooba’s detention extended by 3 months

Sant Kumar Sharma - July 31, 2020

The detention of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has been extended by three months. Her detention under J&K Public Safety Act, 1978, was otherwise...

Mehbooba’s PDP is a floundering ship in the new waters of J & K

Sant Kumar Sharma - July 30, 2020

(This is the second piece on a special series on Jammu & Kashmir. The first one could be read here). The People's Democratic Party (PDP)...

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