The biggest irony of recent years is the “politicisation” of Shri Amarnath Yatra. As a result, no sooner the ice “lingum” at the Amarnath cave begins to beckon pilgrims, the political temperatures too like the summer heat begin to soar higher and higher. For a brief recall, pertinent to mention that 1996 was a landmark [...]

Sagar & Separatists RUSTAM JAMMU, May 19: Speaking on behalf of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah the other day in YK Pora, Qazigund (Kulgam), Law and Parliamentary Affairs and Rural Development Minister, Ali Mohammad Sagar said that Omar Abdullah is ready to step down if the separatist leaders are willing to become a part of the [...]

Ignoring Jammu — II NEHA JAMMU, May 17: The people of Jammu Pradesh have been crying for justice, particularly since 1952, when under the banner of Praja Parishad they not only demanded their due in the state’s polity, but also arrest of Sheikh Abdullah, the then Prime Minister of J&K. In 1967, they launched an [...]

Demand For Homeland RUSTAM JAMMU, May 17: The Kashmiri Hindu organizations like Panun Kashmir (PK) have been reiterating again and again since 1991 their demand that “four per cent of the area of Kashmir, north-east of the Jhelum, be earmarked for the establishment of a homeland for the over 3,00,000 internally-displaced Kashmiri Hindus” and that [...]