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Roads Power J&K’s Rural Future

The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana has quietly become one of the most important development programmes in Jammu and Kashmir. In a region where distance is often measured not only in kilometres but in difficult terrain, harsh weather and long travel hours, a dependable road can change the daily life of an entire village. It can bring a school…
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Youth Power through Sports

Jammu and Kashmir is in the middle of an important sporting transformation. More than 570 infrastructure projects, involving an investment of over ₹650 crore, are being planned or executed across the Union Territory. The scale is…

Dignity after Addiction

Jammu and Kashmir’s proposed Rehabilitation and Socio-Economic Reintegration Scheme for Drug Abuse Victims is a welcome attempt to look at addiction beyond treatment rooms and police records. For too long, the response to drug dependence…

Pages over Passing Trends

The third Chinar Book Festival is set to return to Srinagar from July 18 to July 26, 2026, at a time when serious reading is increasingly being replaced by quick scrolling, short videos and scattered online content. The nine-day event can…

Welfare Must Reach Workers

The rollout of India’s four Labour Codes in Jammu and Kashmir could bring a major change in the way workers, employers and the administration deal with labour issues. By replacing 29 Central labour laws with four broader Codes, the reform…

AI as a Force Multiplier

Artificial Intelligence is no longer something people only discuss at technology conferences or in research laboratories. It is already shaping classrooms, hospitals, offices, farms, factories, and government services. It is changing how…

Keep Lal Ded’s Flame

Lal Ded is not just a remembered name in Kashmir’s spiritual and literary history. She is a voice that still speaks to people because her message was simple, honest and deeply human. Her words survived for centuries because they touched…

Cancer Care Roadmap

Cancer care in Jammu and Kashmir needs urgent attention, not just as a medical issue but as a matter of public concern. Almost every family today knows someone who has suffered because of cancer, and the pain is made worse when diagnosis…

Ethics in Assembly

The move by the Committee on Ethics of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly to prepare a Code of Conduct for legislators is a welcome step. People elect their representatives with trust, and that trust has to be protected through…