Statetimes - The Bold Voice of J&K

Swapan Dasgupta There's a curious rule that operates in Indian politics: the popularity of a regional leader in the Delhi media is inversely related to their standing in their State. So it was in the late-1980s with Ramakrishna Hegde, then…
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Beaten but not ousted is the spirit of National Conference after the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. The party has been able to manage 15 out of 87 seats from where it contested even beating the figure of exit polls in the face of…
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Militancy in north-east is no phenomena, but massacre of adivasi tea estate labourers by a faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in Assam's Kokrajhar and Somtiput districts claiming more than 70 lives is the biggest…
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Isher Singh Jasrotia Our civil society is passing through a difficult phase with sudden eruption of crimes in large scales in the society, which has destroyed the fibre of peaceful co-existence and there is grave threatening to the…
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Dear Editor, It is a pity that some of our leaders rush to issue outlandish statements about language and put governments and academics in awkward positions, e.g. Uma Bharti's prediction that Sanskrit can replace English in India. It is a…
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Dear Editor, The amendment of the Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act will make the fight against child exploitation a little easier. It will an honour to Kailash Satyarthi, the winner of Noble peace prize. Despite efforts by his…
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Dear Editor, The dastardly attack by the Taliban on a school in Pakistan has benumbed everybody. Those involved in it are nowhere near true religion. During the times of Guru Tegh Bahadur and Guru Gobind Singh, Aurangzeb also indulged in…
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Dear Editor, Resources which provide food, clothing and others articles of daily use substain only a limited number of people. Our population crossed the one billion mark in 2001, which is quite alarming. As a result, one-third of the…
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New Delhi: In a bid to make cooking gas (LPG) easily available to consumers, 5-kg mini LPG cylinders will now be available at select petrol pumps and neighbourhood grocery stores besides regular gas agencies in almost all major cities. Till…
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SPORTS REPORTER JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Police clinched the overall championship trophy securing highest points in the four-day 12th State Athletics Championship held under the banner of J and K Athletics Association at BSF Stadium,…
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