Jobs for the jobless have always figured on top of the promissory lists of successive governments here. Every single government has always pledged to explore ways and means of providing...

Past week Governor Satya Pal Malik among so many other things also talked about something called “single window clearance” system being put in place in the state to boost industrial...

Once again in his Republic Day speech and messages, the State Governor remained centered around progress and development -- claiming that the State was on path of development – thanks...

The fundamental importance of human freedom, in general, is strongly supplemented by the “instrumental effectiveness of freedoms of particular kinds to promote freedoms of other kinds”. It is because the...

Gone are the days when events and happenings in any part of the world would remain confined to the geographical boundaries of that part only. Living in today's ‘mediatized’ societies,...

This Tuesday saw two unfortunate incidents happening in Srinagar and Shopian. In Habba Kadal area of downtown Srinagar, a young boy was critically injured by a stone pelted at him...

One of the fundamental differences between liberal democracies and more totalitarian societies is that liberal democracies are more tolerant of dissent and protests. Totalitarian regimes, on the other hand, treat...

The bugle for the Assembly elections has been sounded. Even though the Election Commission is yet to announce the dates for the conduct of elections, but the way the state’s...

Past nearly two and half decades of political turmoil in Kashmir have produced a whole new breed of political leadership – both in the separatist and the mainstream camps  --...

With the Governor’s Rule here having completed more than six months, it is but natural for the people to expect something better as for the degree and quality of governance...