Deepening Gas Crisis
The deepening LPG crisis in the Jammu region has exposed a glaring gap between official claims and the harsh reality faced by consumers on the ground. While government officials and company representatives continue to deny…
Category: Editorials
Urban Planning Vacuum
Rapid urbanisation, demographic pressures and expanding economic activity demanded a structured institutional mechanism to guide growth in the two critical cities of the UT. The establishment of the JMRDA and the SMRDA was meant to…
Urban Growth Challenge
The decision of the Jammu and Kashmir Housing Board to initiate two housing projects at Chowadhi in Jammu and Birpur in Samba marks a welcome, though modest, step towards addressing the growing housing needs of…
India’s T20 Hat-trick
India’s emphatic triumph in the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is a defining moment in the evolution of modern Indian cricket. By clinching their third T20 World Cup title and, remarkably, becoming the first…
Stranded Students in Iran
The distress calls coming from Kashmiri students in Iran underline the human cost of a rapidly deteriorating security environment in the region. Reports of explosions near student dormitories and continuing air strikes have understandably shaken…
Expanding Transplant Facilities
The gradual strengthening of organ transplant infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir marks an important shift in the region’s public health landscape. The establishment of the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation in 2019 has clearly…
Unutilised Tourism Funds
The chronic underutilisation of capital expenditure in Jammu and Kashmir’s tourism sector over the past two financial years reveals more than just delayed file movement-it exposes a structural weakness in planning, execution, and accountability within…
Failing Water Quality Norms
Kashmir’s wetlands are sending out a distress signal that can no longer be ignored. Recent water quality monitoring across 88 wetlands in the Valley reveals that more than 80 per cent fail to meet the…
India’s Mission Semiconductor
The inauguration of the semiconductor Assembly, Testing, Marking and Packaging plant by PM Modi in partnership with Micron Technology at Sanand marks a defining moment in India’s industrial evolution. For decades, India has been celebrated…
JDA’s Encroachment Auction
The judgement of the High Court imposing strictures and costs on the JDA is more than a routine judicial correction-it is a stern indictment of institutional complacency and administrative unfairness. By calling out the Authority…