State Budget Review

The Early Times conducts a post-mortem of the State budget introduced in the J&K AssemblyZero deficit Budget, huge reliance on Central fundsEARLY TIMES REPORTJammu: On the basis of presumptuous figures of receipts and expenditures on various fronts indicating over...

The Great Taxpayer Rip-Off

Sheikh ran Kashmir for Rs 3 a day; Omar to charge Rs 2300PM salariesPandit R C Kak in 1945 Rs 4000Sheikh Abdullah in 1948 Rs 1000Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in 2010 Rs 70,000Total Cabinet salary in 1948 Rs 12,000Dewan Th B S Pathania Rs 2500Dy Rev Min Khawaja Ali...

Where Wealth and Thievery Cohabit in Each Mortal

Kashmiris have wealth to buy vehicles at a furious pace, but cannot get away from the urge of stealing electric power – two related stories by Muzafar Wani and Rashid Paul(Mr. Rashid Paul, 40, was born at Ompora, near Budgam. He has a master’s degree in...

Open Season for Dubious Doctors and Chemists

An Editorial in the Kashmir Images says it allSick Health SystemEveryone seems to be taking advantage of the ignorance, innocence and unawareness of the masses in Jammu and Kashmir. Exploitative elements have a free run in this land of unaccountability. And people in...

It is the Season

Spring is hereBadamwari Comes Alive With BloomSrinagar: The early bloom of flowers on Almond trees in the sprawling historic Badamwari garden in the Hari Parbat area has become a source of attraction for nature lovers and tourists, alike.Situated on foothills of Hari...