Leopard captured in Ganderbal
Ganderbal: Wildlife officials on Tuesday captured a leopard in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Wildlife officials said they had received information about the presence of the leopard in Mansbal belt after which teams armed with necessary equipment visited the area and captured the leopard alive this morning. The officials said that the leopard is believed to […]
Strengthening grass root democracy
While inaugurating the Parliamentary Outreach Programme for the empowerment of Panchayati Raj Institutions in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla outlined that the objective of the Outreach Programme is to make our democratic institutions at the grass-root level stronger and more transparent and accountable as these institutions like Gram […]
Autumn’s Shadow on the Arab Spring
The onset of Arab Spring had raised expectations in the region of power being transferred to the people ultimately, but the ensuing developments have completely changed the dynamics of the pro-people movements in the region.
While most the Indian media has been obsessed with developments taking place in Afghanistan, it has nearly missed the country, which was the fountainhead of the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ about ten years back when people toppled a dictator that had ruled it for 27 years. Arab Spring had nurtured hopes that democracy might be able […]
