NHRC asks J & K again to pay compensation on deaths due to spurious drugs

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has again directed the J&K administration to pay monetary compensation to the next of kin of infants who had allegedly...

What’s wrong with Congress that it can’t even recognise the tallest Dogra leader?

Nidhi Sharma flew in from Mumbai to be here on Saturday, the day of her father Girdhari Lal Dogra’s 106th birth anniversary. For the uninitiated, the late Dogra was...

New ministers you won’t hear about again: For Modi, silence is golden

How important it is for rulers to speak to its subjects? And on what issues? Or whether it’s advisable that they let their work do the talking?   

“225 militants, 46 top commanders were killed in J&K in 2020”

Terming the year-2020 as a year of confidence for the security forces, J&K Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Thursday said that in the year about 100...

Remembrances of ‘71 War when radio was king: And I was cutting my teeth

Bliss was it to be in the newsroom of All India Radio Simla this day 49 years ago. And it was heaven to be a young sub-editor listening to the relay of Prime Minister...

A `Pakistani’ in fray in DDC polls in J&K: Why her legitimacy story has too many holes

One of the District Development Council (DDC) segments going to polls in the fourth round is Drugmulla in Kupwara district. This segment is in the eye of a storm as an...

DDC Polls in J&K: Not much is heard on Article 370 in election speeches

Voters in Jammu and Kashmir perhaps never had so much of plentiful choices as they have in the District Development Council (DDC) elections. They never had so many...