Ranjan Chauhan The United Nation Military Observers Group In Indian and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) has a swanky address, 1/AB, Purana Qila Road, Connaught Place, Delhi – 11000, from where it has been functioning since 1949. A whopping 40 million dollars is being spent annually by the United Nations on this organisation. The UNMOGIP came into existence between 1949 and 1951 to … [Read more...] about Towards a dignified closure of UNMOGIP
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Jammu and Kashmir Polls: Prepare for a pot boiler
Jaibans Singh The announcement by the Congress party of not forming an alliance with its coalition partner the National conference (NC) has set the pace for the forthcoming Assembly Elections in Jammu and Kashmir. In order to analyse the electoral situation that is likely to emerge in the poll bound state it is necessary to first see how the numbers are stacked up. The State … [Read more...] about Jammu and Kashmir Polls: Prepare for a pot boiler
Kashmiri’s need to be masters of their own destiny
Jaibans Singh The government in the centre has been there barely two months and a segment of the so-called prime-movers of the Kashmir valley, political leaders and intelligentsia, have started voicing a litany of demands – political, economic, development, social and what not. Inimical voices from across the border have increased their vitriolic rhetoric – more stringent … [Read more...] about Kashmiri’s need to be masters of their own destiny
Modi sets people centric agenda for Jammu and Kashmir
Jaibans Singh Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden visit to Jammu and Kashmir has generated a fair amount of interest and speculation as was expected. The Prime Minister went to the state specifically for inauguration of the Katra-Udhampur rail link and a 240 megawatt hydro-power project in Uri, Kashmir valley, which has been built by the National Hydroelectric Power … [Read more...] about Modi sets people centric agenda for Jammu and Kashmir
Debate on Article 370 is gaining momentum
Jaibans Singh A seminar, held at the Constitution Club in New Delhi on June 27, June, on Article 370 of the Indian Constitution that supposedly confers special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir in the Union of India, witnessed some incisive articulation on the sensitive subject. It was also the first occasion when Shri Jugal Kishore Sharma, recently elected Member of … [Read more...] about Debate on Article 370 is gaining momentum