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Navigating Change?

Ever since withdrawal of Kashmir’s special constitutional position in August 2019, centre has strictly denied separatist politics a space and a role...

09.02.2025 10

Kashmir Observer

Riyaz Wani

Omar’s Tough Balancing Act

When Chief Minister Omar Abdullah delivered his address during the prime minister Narendra Modi’s inauguration of Z-Morh tunnel on January 13, the...

26.01.2025 10

Kashmir Observer

Riyaz Wani

The Quiet Statesman

When former prime minister Manmohan Singh visited Jammu and Kashmir in September 2017 as the head of a Congress delegation, he evoked some nostalgia...

11.01.2025 10

Kashmir Observer

Riyaz Wani

Chronicle of 2025 Foretold

Every late December as we wait for the new year to usher in, it is also the time to reflect on the outgoing year and hope for the best for the...

01.01.2025 3

Kashmir Observer

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INDIA Bloc Crisis

Six months after spectacularly denying the BJP a near-certain absolute majority in the parliamentary polls, the INDIA bloc seems to have  once...

18.12.2024 4

Kashmir Observer

Riyaz Wani

Maha Win Revives BJP

The Mahayuti alliance’s triumph in Maharashtra has brought the BJP back on the national scene, and how. Winning Maharashtra is no small feat. More...

28.11.2024 20

Kashmir Observer

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NC’s Balancing Act

The resolution calling for special status passed by J&K Assembly on November 6 has since been in news not just in the union territory but also in...

20.11.2024 2

Kashmir Observer

Riyaz Wani

Omar’s Political Tightrope

Contrary to expectations, the newly elected NC-Congress coalition has started on a positive note: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has reached out to...

28.10.2024 5

Kashmir Observer

Riyaz Wani

Strong Mandate, Limited Authority

The National Conference has regained its dominant role in Kashmir politics by securing 42 seats, or 46 when including the independents who joined....

16.10.2024 10

Kashmir Observer

Riyaz Wani

Congress Blinks in Jammu

As we head into the third and final phase of the election, the elections seem by and large evenly placed among the major political parties –...

30.09.2024 10

Kashmir Observer

Riyaz Wani

BJP: Is 2014 Repeat In Jammu Possible?

On the stump in Doda on September14, prime minister Narendra Modi highlighted the transformation in Jammu and Kashmir over the last decade. He...

18.09.2024 6

Kashmir Observer

Riyaz Wani

Disruption or disaster? The uncertainty around Engineer Rashid’s party, Jamaat in Kashmir polls

Langate is quiet just as it was in the beginning of the Lok Sabha election in April. But the sleepy north Kashmir town is expected to buzz soon...

02.09.2024 4

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Elections Are Not a Morality Play

The announcement of the long-overdue Assembly elections has shaken up Kashmir’s political scene. The three phase exercise has sent political...

01.09.2024 3

Kashmir Observer

Riyaz Wani

Assembly Polls: The Wait is Over

Finally, the Election Commission of India has announced Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir contrary to the expectations in the Valley that...

17.08.2024 10

Kashmir Observer

Riyaz Wani

25 Years After Kargil

A quarter of a century after the Kargil war, the situation in Kashmir has come a long way. Although militancy survives in one or another form, so...

30.07.2024 6

Kashmir Observer

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