Sixteen months after the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s limited-autonomy and statehood on 5 August 2019, during which the erstwhile state witnessed the longest internet shutdown — anywhere in...
“I have been selling tea here for around six years now. All this time it was a sewage dump. But never has the smell been this bad [when the fountains start].”
“I wanted [Papa Kisthwari] to suffer as I suffered. I wanted him to feel what I felt when I was looking for my father. Every time his bail plea was rejected by the court his helplessness would bring me pleasure.”
Local people who will bring development is a nice selling point for many in these elections as these local body elections look to employ those with a know-how of the local.
In federally-governed territory, anything that happens in J-K comes at New Delhi’s door. With this obvious realisation, saying that the Centre’s choice of choosing a new governor for J-K has been very wise, and well-thought, won’t be an overstatement.
On Wednesday, Junaid Azim Mattu, the ousted mayor of Srinagar, staged a comeback in the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) with a majority of 62 per cent votes cast in...
