Modi's new man in the Valley
The new J K governor faces the daunting challenge of successfully conducting the panchayat elections
That the Centre was preparing for a more direct political engagement in Jammu & Kashmir was evident from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day address, in which he promised that the long-overdue panchayat polls would be held before the end of the year. The appointment of Satya Pal Malik as the new governor of the state -- the first career politician since 1967 to hold that office -- is clearly a move in
