Jaibans Singh The killing of six soldiers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), while a few more including an SHO of the Jammu Kashmir Police and a civilian having sustained injuries at Anantnag, Kashmir, has set alarm bells ringing in the security set up of Jammu and Kashmir, particularly Kashmir. One of the two terrorists who carried out this Fidayeen (suicide) type … [Read more...] about Anantnag terror attack: India should strengthen internal security protocol
Omar Abdullah
Kashmir: Local leadership must introspect on poor voter turnout
Jaibans Singh Polling has come to an end in Jammu and Kashmir with the Shopian and Pulwama Districts of the Anantnag constituency as also the Ladakhs constituency casting their votes on May, 6. The polling was spread over a month with the first phase taking off from Baramulla and Jammu on April, 11. Ladakh, as always, came out with full strength and witnessed a turnout of … [Read more...] about Kashmir: Local leadership must introspect on poor voter turnout
Jammu and Kashmir: Show the door to the I, me, myself leadership
Jasbir Sarai Voting for the parliamentary elections has culminated in many segments of Jammu and Kashmir. There is no change in the scenario whatsoever. A select few who call themselves leaders of the masses have participated as candidates as they have in all elections earlier. The only difference is their advancing years which are not inhibiting their thirst for power. They … [Read more...] about Jammu and Kashmir: Show the door to the I, me, myself leadership
Kashmiri youth and the democratic process
Jaibans Singh Kashmir, despite being in the throes of a very unfortunate environment of violence, has witnessed a steady improvement in literacy levels over the last few decades. The 2011 census recorded a whopping 13 percent increase in literacy levels across the state from 55 percent to 68 percent. The female literacy showed an increase from 20 percent in 1981 to 58 … [Read more...] about Kashmiri youth and the democratic process
Parliamentary elections can usher the change Kashmir is looking for
Mehtab Karan Singh The one good take away from election campaigns is that the truth with the attendant skeletons starts tumbling out of the closet. In Kashmir, this happens at a much higher degree in view of the negativity on which the campaigns are based. Engineer Rashid, patron of the Jammu and Kashmir Awami Ittehad Party and fighting the election from the Baramulla … [Read more...] about Parliamentary elections can usher the change Kashmir is looking for