Weird Spending Habits of the J&K Government

Arjimand gets wiser as he digs deeper (Mr. Arjimand Hussain Talib, 37, is from Srinagar and matriculated from Tyndale Biscoe Memorial School in 1991. He subsequently graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Bangalore University. He is also an...

Material Greed is destroying Our Fresh Water Lakes

Ashraf wonders how long before our ecology will be destroyed for good (Mr. Mohammad Ashraf, 68, was born and raised in Srinagar. He attended the S.P. High School and the S.P College before joining the Regional Engineering College at Naseem Bagh in Civil Engineering....

Getting Real on Solving the Kashmir Dispute

Shujaat’s commentary in the Rising Kashmir is followed by comments from the author Pakistan’s reality check on Kashmir Shujaat Bukhari  “On the issue of Kashmir, we have to see if our efforts and our strategy in the past have produced desired results. Now...

J&K Government Caught in a Web of Lies Related to RTI

Fida reminds the J&K Government that people’s right to know is paramount in a democratic society (Mr. Fida Iqbal, 49, was born in Sopore. He attended the D.A.V. School in Nayadyaar, Rainawari, and the Government Higher Secondary School in Sopore. He obtained...

Playing by Different Rules – 1

Amazing that no one in the authority cares! Are J&K Ministers, bureaucrats and police officers immune to asset disclosures?     Jammu: Although the assets statements of the country’s Prime Minister and all the Union Ministers are available for...