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Some hard facts
C. S Havaldar
About 1,485 cases of human rights violations have been reported in Kashmir Valley since 1990. Of these, 1,439 (96.9%) were proved false.
Following the Supreme Court verdict on the Armed Forces' Special Powers Act, 1958…
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Kashmir bleeding, BJP ministers swerve to Jammu
Mahadeep Singh Jamwal
Every other day we find news papers are abound with the whirl wind tours of BJP ministers in Jammu region and leaving CM's lonely battle to tackle with present situation arisen in the Valley. These BJP ministers have…
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China’s rising middle class a threat to its stability
Makhan Saikia
China's post-Mao reform era is largely seen as beginning of a "transition" and the numerous manifestations of the impact of the market on the socialist nation. In this historic shift, China's burgeoning middle class has been…
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Muddled politics
Politics in Kashmir has always been chaotic, so are the swindling tricks of politicians. Today politicians say it's a battle between country and separatists, tomorrow they will come out with some other statement. The underlying motivation…
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For game sake
The Supreme Court accepting Justice R. M Lodha panel recommendations on structural reforms in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is a welcome step for the health and growth of the game. The Apex Court agreed with the panel…
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The coup attempt and its fallout
Gwynne Dyer
Turkey's democracy is dead. It was dying anyway, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took over media outlets, arrested political opponents and journalists, and even re-started a war with the Kurds last autumn in order to win an…
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Separatists responsible for death, destruction in Valley
Ravinder Jalali
Hizbul Mujahidin’s south Kashmir commander, who was carrying a reward of rupees ten lakh, was killed recently along with two of his accomplices. Burhan Wani was most wanted militant in Kashmir and he himself posted videos…
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Re-assessing the legacy of PV Narasimha Rao
A Surya Prakash
The bane of modern Indian history is the unconscionable distortions injected into it by historians owing allegiance to the Marxist and Nehruvian schools. This has resulted in a string of untruths being bandied about for…
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Talk to them
Emboldened by police inaction mob trying to storm an army camp shows radicalisation pumped with Saudi money has settled deep into the Kashmir psyche especially with the youth which has been purposely devoid of entertainment and job avenues…
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Bad roads
With rising number of road accidents and keeping the critical conditions of the State roads setting up of trauma hospitals on the highway and the arterial roads has become a compulsion if there is any consideration for the human life.…
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