Something to Cheer About Today While it Still Looks New

Nigeen gets its Club back but will it look the same a year from now?Restored Nigeen Club inauguratedSrinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah inaugurated the restored Nigeen Club here on Wednesday.The club located at the banks of Nigeen Lake was last year taken up for...

Changing Dynamics Requires Changing Attitudes

Nazir says Kashmiris need to change their political and social habits(Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani, 59, is a jurist. He was born in Naranthal (Jalshree) village near Baramulla and was a student at the Government Degree College in Baramulla. Subsequently, he studied English...

Institutionalized Corruption

Ghulam Nabi Mir explains how certain amendments to service rules give arbitrary powers to a particular class of top level bureaucracy Encouraging SycophancyAdvocate Gulam Nabi MirThe Government, vide SRO-27,1 dated 28th July, 2007, made certain amendments in the...

Demanding Rights Without Accepting Responsibilities

Kashmiris complain about lack of power, but are not willing to pay for it eitherJ&K govt fails to meet power tariff collection targetsIshfaq Naseem (Indian Express)A month before the Jammu and Kashmir government will present the annual budget at Srinagar, the...

Legacy from the Budshah Era

The 15th Century bridge was the first to connect two sides of SrinagarAALI KADAL BRIDGEJamsheed Rasool (Greater Kashmir)Thrusting aside its submissive meandering up to the Zaina Kadal Bridge, river Jhelum shows off its latent ferocity on reaching near Aali Kadal...