Gair Mumkin Khad Deadlock
The issue of Gair Mumkin Khads has lingered for decades in Jammu and Kashmir, entangling thousands of kanals of land in a bureaucratic and legal deadlock. What should have been resolved years ago through scientific…
Category: Editorials
SCARD Bank Debacle
The crisis engulfing the Jammu and Kashmir State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development (SCARD) Bank is yet another grim reminder of how mismanagement, inefficiency, and official apathy can ruin a financial institution and shatter the…
Stalled Future of Jammu Tourism
The shelving of the much-publicised Water Theme Park project in Jammu is yet another reminder of how successive Governments have failed to translate lofty announcements into ground reality. Once projected as a game-changer capable of…
Ensure Timely Relief
Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s visit to the flood-hit villages of the Jammu region was, undoubtedly, a sympathetic gesture that brought a wave of hope to thousands of distressed farmers and…
Policing at Crossroads
The tragic killing of Mehjabeen Akil Sheikh, a 30-year-old woman from Mumbai, in Jammu’s Sainik Colony area has once again brought the functioning of the police under sharp scrutiny. The sequence of events-from the injured…
Crumbling Bridges, Missing Accountability
The damage to three vital bridges on the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway-the Ravi bridge at Lakhanpur, the Devak bridge near AIIMS Vijaypur, and the Sahar Khad bridge near Kalibari-marks yet another grim reminder of how fragile…
Wake-Up Call on Air Pollution
The Supreme Court’s sharp intervention once again lays bare the institutional apathy that continues to haunt India’s fight against air pollution. With winter approaching and days of smog hovering over Delhi-NCR and adjoining states, the…
Message For Pak’s Terror Proxies
The confession by a senior Jaish-e-Mohammed commander that several members of Masood Azhar’s family were killed in Indian air strikes at Bahawalpur underscores both the precision and impact of Operation Sindoor. By striking at the…
End the Cycle of Power Losses
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s call for reducing power losses and enhancing generation at the recent Engineers’ Day gathering is both timely and urgent. Jammu and Kashmir’s energy sector is trapped in a vicious cycle of…
Trapped in a Warzone
The ordeal of two young men from Jammu, deceived into frontline deployment in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, highlights a disturbing trend with grave humanitarian and diplomatic implications. The case of Sachin Khajuria and his peers underscores…