- Opinions
Smoke, mirrors politics of Kashmir or changing dynamics ahead of polling
Kashmir politics continues to spring surprises in the first-ever Assembly polls in a decade being held from September 18. Awami Itihad Party or AIP led by Abdul Rashid aka Engineer Rashid had entered into…
- Opinions
There is more to Engineer Rashid’s angry notes on Modi’s new Kashmir narrative
The opening remarks of Lok Sabha member Abdul Rashid, better known as Engineer Rashid soon after his release from Tihar jail in Delhi on Wednesday were a verbal assault on Prime Minister Modi’s vison of new…
- Opinions
Opinion: Government’s offer of dialogue to Hurriyat lost in miscommunication
Last two days – Sunday and Monday – revealed all that happened in September 2016, exactly eight years ago when Kashmir Valley was visited by an all-party delegation led by the then…
- Opinions
Opinion: Sordid saga of IC 814- the larger picture is missing even today
In the middle of the controversy and commentaries on the IC 814 Netflix ,something is not being mentioned as adequately as it should have been and that is the central character of…
- Kashmir
J&K is not a place for experiments anymore
National Conference’s manifesto in which the party talks about resolution in the would-be Assembly for restoration of Article 370 has come under fire from BJP for the saffron party claims that such…
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Opinion: Importance of Omar Abdullah, Iltija Mufti in J&K Assembly elections
National Conference leader and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is now a veteran of political and electoral battles, he has a streak of winning elections and also losing some , but there would be…
- Opinions
Regional parties’ manifestoes in Kashmir revert to emotional politics of yester year
PDP or People’s Democratic Party was the third regional party to release its manifesto after National Conference and Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party. This has completed the circle of all the three major regional parties…
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Ram Madhav’s re-entry into J&K can prove game changer for BJP in Assembly polls
Ram Madhav, an old familiar face of BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, on his appointment as election in-charge for the Assembly polls 2004 in the Union Territory , has hit the ground…
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Rahul Gandhi’s political landmine visit of J&K
Rahul Gandhi is making his entry to Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday to assess Congress’ status and stature in the union territory ahead of the Assembly polls, apparently to stitch a pre-poll…
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J&K elections will be playout of regional aspirations versus BJP’s nationalism
The Election Commission of India has done its job, though quite belatedly, by announcing the Assembly poll schedule for J&K, now it is for the political class of the Union Territory to…
- Opinions
Study renewed terrorism in J&K first before telling what it is all about
A series of acts of terror and gun battles between terrorists and security forces have been grabbing headlines as Jammu and Kashmir is in sharper focus on the issue of terrorism and…
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Opinion: Restoration of statehood turning from political to emotional issue in J&K
It was never thought that restoration of statehood to J&K would evolve into a narrative of the people of this territory versus “ outsiders” as the masses had not anticipated that post-abrogation…
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Opinion: Time for ECI to end its hide-and seek game on J&K polls
Now when the Election Commission of India will be visiting Jammu and Kashmir for a second time this year to assess the preparations for the legislative Assembly polls in the Union Territory…
- Opinions
Mehbooba Mufti’s new gambit reinvocation of Pervez Musharraf’s 4-point formula
PDP president and firebrand former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti , known for her out of box political thinking and ideas, has yet again thrown ball in the court of Centre , asking…
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Kashmir parties at crossroads, but shy of fighting together for statehood
Kashmir politics is losing direction and that too deliberately. Not long ago, Kashmir was all about politics and its place in the Indian union, and how it viewed its relationship with Pakistan.…
