Editorial

In an unusual brazen incident of blatant criminal ungratefulness a boatman of National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) Samir Kumar was stabbed and the NDRF boat snatched away leaving him bleeding with stab wound. Samir who was from Bhatinda…
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NARESH KUMAR Today the state of Jammu and Kashmir is grappling with the worst disaster in the past almost one decade and certainly the worst floods in the past five decades. The death toll has risen to touch two hundred. Hundreds are still…
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Vijay Gupta Among the privileges afforded a Chief Minister the most precious is an opportunity to change the destiny of his people. Such a privilege afforded Omar Abdullah in the year 2008 when he became the Chief Minister of Jammu and…
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The pseudo custodians of Kashmiriayat have been harping over military seizure of Kashmir by Indian forces for over half a century. Across party lines those in opposition have been ruing over the atrocities of the 'draconian' forces imposed…
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Reeling under one of the worst calamities Jammu and Kashmir is telling a story of large scale devastation nature can cause to man's greed. Poonch and Rajouri  in Jammu region were the first to face brunt of nature's fury. Already under…
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Ashwani Mahajan In his first speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, on 15th August, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Planning Commission will become history very soon. He also said that the circumstances under which…
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Nadeem Khan The unprecedented havoc wrecked by the sudden floods in Jammu and Kashmir which has resulted in more than 200 people losing their lives and over 2600 villages being submerged is nothing less than the apocalypse. The speed and…
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Vir Sanghvi In the uproar that followed the publication of Natwar Singh's memoirs, one interesting chapter has been largely ignored. This deals with Singh's tenure as our high commissioner to Pakistan. Before leaving for Islamabad in 1980,…
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Welcome clear bright sunny days brought much relief to the rain ravaged State bashed by flash floods and the havoc caused by landslides, inundated low lying areas, broken communications and washed away roads. What the State faced was not…
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The recent Supreme Court ruling to release all under trials who have served half of the maximum term for crimes imputed to them, the Apex Court has taken a laudable step towards improving justice deliverance system. The Apex Court has set…
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