POLICING IN J&K Need For Drastic Reforms

PROBLEMS IN POLICING ARISE FROM UNCERTAIN DELINEATION OF POWERS AND POLITICAL INTERFERENCE

CONCERN By Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat

The debate around police reform for years has revolved around on how to satisfactorily separate police functioning from undue and illegitimate political control and yet keep the police wholly accountable to civilian authority. The political executive argues that the police must be directly controlled More

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Sacred Journey is Over

How To Welcome The Pilgrims On Their Return Back Home

WELCOME BACK By Fiaz Fazili

Haji – the  special guests of Allah are returning home after performing an important tenet of their faith. Warm reception is accorded to these pilgrims with some of the traditional customs that people do to greet them? Our society loves to visit relatives and friends, neighbors or acquaintances More

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Rise up to the CHALLENGE

THE WATER QUALITY OF DAL LAKE HAS DETERIORATED CONSIDERABLY IN THE LAST TWO DECADES.

WATER BODY By Aamir Mukhtar Wani

The symbol of tourism in Kashmir, surrounded by beautiful mountains on three sides, the world famous Dal lake is a concern for us all. Once breaking beauty, the lake today takes in all the sewage of the city. Human refuse from the houseboats is discharged into the lake. As a result, the quality of More

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• Kashmir

• Srinagar City

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