Marriage and Culture: Two sides of the same coin

Human beings transcended barriers of barbarism and jungle life in quick succession and modified the way they lived to evolve a life worth living. It is this space of contextual dimension where the law arose to place of prominence to satisfy the test of time. Ancient societies thrived on saga of ‘Mine and Thine’ despite relying on coordinated efforts in a specific community. This rhetoric changed its fate for better and more organized space of thinking in what at present is called as ‘Rule 0f Law ‘over rule of power.…

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Govt failed to tackle the flood threat posed by Chenab and Tawi, protection works only on paper

The state government has failed to tackle the flood threat posed by the mighty Chenab and Tawi and much-touted flood protection projects exist on paper only. The non-serious approach of planners has emerged as the biggest threat to water bodies, which are facing devastating effect of human intervention and climate change in the past three decades. Although the State Administrative Council recently approved Rs 5,400 crore for flood protection works in the Jhelum in Kashmir, there is no clarity about the projects to streamline and channelise Chenab, Tawi and other…

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Father of dead twins shares his agony, the doctor slapped, harassed my wife after we lost the kids

A poignant letter by a mourning father has shocked Kashmir as he accused the region’s main maternity hospital of medical negligence that caused the death of his new-born twins. The letter, addressed to Governor Satya Pal Malik and written by a journalist Abid Sofi, was posted by him on the social media. The letter accused the staff of the Lal Ded Hospital, the main maternity facility in Kashmir valley, and demanded an inquiry into the deaths “due to negligence”. The hospital administration, however, said that the standard operating procedures (SOPs)…

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Govt formulating policy for return of Kashmiri Pandits: Satya Pal Malik

The Jammu and Kashmir government is formulating a policy for the return of Kashmiri Pandits to Kashmir, said Governor Satya Pal Malik in Srinagar at a function organised for the launch of electric buses in Srinagar. “A policy is being formulated and more details will emerge soon, ” Malik told reporters. The efforts for their return received a major boost last week after a delegation of Kashmiri Pandits, led by Satish Mahaldar, met senior separatist leader and chairman of a faction of Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, at his residence.…

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