Editorial

 Balbir Punj  Way back in 1991, when the then Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao and his hand-picked Union Finance Minister Manmohan Singh decided to unleash economic reforms and dismantle the Nehruvian economic model, they hit two birds with…
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Satwant Singh Rissam  Welcome back to 21st century. This welcome address is not incorrect for all those who missed Internet during past weeks in Jammu. For some people it was as if they were back in Stone Age. Interestingly, this revisit…
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Ravinder Jalali No discussion on meditation is complete without mentin of the Vigyan Bhairava Tantra. This is 5,000 years old ancient Indian book on meditation. Vigyan means science in Hindi. Bhairav is an ancient mythological God of Hindu…
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Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar talking on use of army and Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) for containing internal turmoil  and militancy  in the country is the first straight talk given  by any Defence  Minister. Army has…
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The recent rains it appears have watered down the dream of getting Smart cities for Jammu and Kashmir further. The current monsoon season is yet not over. The trail of damage it had left in Jammu last week tells volumes about the blatant…
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R. P Nailwal Once again the northern sub-Himalayan state of Uttarakhand faced the fury of nature in a big way claiming some 30 lives and rendering hundreds homeless in floods due to cloudburst recently. The post calamity sufferings of the…
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SHIVETA GUPTA The concept of cleanliness is as old as human existence on Earth. It is rightly said by John Wesley, "Cleanliness is indeed next to Godliness". The palace of God is clean where Lord Majority resides but why our heart is…
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Ashok Malik  How times change. In 1992, when Bill Clinton was elected to the White House, the Washington, DC, establishment was surprised. It had been expected that President George HW Bush would get a second term. Part of the reason for…
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Terrorism has been the centre of debate ever since  world realised the dangers it posed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his UN Assembly address had called for joint  mechanism to stem the rot. There had been a cool response from…
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Just as onions left many crying, it is now the turn of pulses (dal). The price of the poor man's staple has doubled and there is no visible measures to check its spiraling growth. While India has reached self-sufficiency in many food items,…
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