Panchayat elections can lead to good governance

2011 is going to witness local bodies’ election in Jammu and Kashmir. Panchayat Raj institutions have been strengthened in India through proper constitutional framework. They were made constitutional through 73rd Amendment to the constitution of India in 1992. It is one of the bold steps towards decentralization More

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I admire

I congratulate Munshi Ghulam Hassan for his excellent and informative writing (GK 13th Jan, 2011).  He has exposed the whole politics Sheikh played and that is really encouraging. He needs applauds  for daring to tell the truth. Dr. Naeem Geelani <More

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Kunzer Hospital

This refers to the construction work of a primary health centre in Kunzer (Town) which has not been completed even after seven years. The government in 2003 started the work to cater to the healthcare needs of the locals and adjacent villages . However, over the past seven years, the building has not More

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Use pencil

Refer to news item “SSB asks candidates to pen not pencil the circles of the application forms” (GK 13th and 14th of January 2010).Most of the aspirants have already submitted the application forms before the news item appeared in your newspaper and have used pencil for darkening of the circles as More

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Hold investigation

This refers to the news suggesting that the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur is scheduled to visit Kashmir soon. For the past 20 years, grave human rights violations have taken place in Kashmir and the culprits have by and large not been punished. What the Special Rapporteur can do is to visit the More

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Using polythene

Every day the Srinagar Municipality cleans tons of garbage from the Srinagar areas. But the amount of garbage is increasing with population. It puts a lot of pressure on our drainage system and at most of places the drains get choked with the polythene and other non-degradable materials. Though the SMC More

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BJP march

This refers to the news "Gadkari launches march to Srinagar" (GK 13-01-2011). I don't think that there is any point hoisting the flag at Lal Chowk. The BJP wants to prove its hegemony over Kashmir. If people of Kashmir love India, then they will hoist the flag themselves. There is no need to impose things More

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Young Omar

This refers to Farooq Nazki's article, ‘The Young Omar’ (GK January 7th  GK). While the media had hastily termed him as a failure, he not only withstood the negative publicity, but also emerged as the saviour of Kashmir. The chief minister was also portrayed as a political novice by those who wanted More

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