Move to prepare Jammu and Srinagar Municipal Corporations for entry into the municipal bond market represents a bold step towards reshaping urban governance in Kashmir. For too long, civic bodies...

Obesity is no longer a matter of personal choice or willpower; it is a chronic disease that demands recognition, treatment and long-term care. The new medical consensus in India marks...

Electricity consumers in Jammu and Kashmir are once again staring at heavier bills and darker evenings as the new tariff order takes effect from September. The average increase of 6.83...

The deaths of two women following routine procedures at a private hospital in Srinagar have shaken public confidence in healthcare and forced a reckoning with uncomfortable truths. These tragedies are...

The enrolment data from Jammu and Kashmir forces a reckoning with how the school system is structured. At the primary stage, participation is high, but the steady decline across successive...

The announcement of a disaster recovery and reconstruction package worth over Rs1,579 crore for Jammu and Kashmir must be seen against the backdrop of repeated calamities that have exposed the...

Drug trafficking and substance abuse in Jammu and Kashmir have reached a scale that can no longer be described in routine bureaucratic language. The numbers themselves are stark: thousands of...

The crisis over hemophilia medicines in Jammu and Kashmir is not a logistical hiccup rather it’s a collapse of accountability. When hospitals repeatedly raise requisitions for Factor VIII, Factor IX,...

Three heritage conservation projects worth Rs 18.60 crore have been sanctioned in Jammu and Kashmir, covering Uttervehini Heritage in Samba, Basohli Fort in Kathua, and Yatri Niwas with the adjoining...

Jammu and Kashmir is living through a climate paradox that exposes the fragility of its water systems. The first half of the year was marked by a prolonged dry spell,...