Military talks are after 100 days: Why China’s “salami slicing” is not working

The Chinese had proposed July 26 as date for the 12th round of top level talks between military officials from the two sides. This proposal was turned down by the Indian...

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...

A red-letter day for women of J&K: Domiciles at last for family

The government of Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday removed the last hurdle for issuance of domicile certificates to spouses of women married outside...

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...

Abdullahs are running with hares and hunting with hounds in J & K

On June 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened a meeting of all parties of Jammu and Kashmir in Delhi where he talked of delimitation, elections and then grant of...

Afghanistan Crisis: Where does it leave India and in particular Jammu and Kashmir

Perhaps no clear answer is right now available to what may look like a straightforward question. Is the pace of US moving out from Afghanistan more, or is it the pace of...

Salahuddin’s sons is just a start: Some 300 heads could roll in J & K

The Jammu and Kashmir government has dismissed two sons of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) chief Syed Salahuddin for their involvement in terror-related activities. They were...