Editorial

The recent spurt in militant attacks in Anantnag and Pampore has  raised some hard questions for Mehbooba Mufti especially after the significant victory in the bypolls. And this Saturday attack at Pampore is the third in as many weeks on…
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S. Narinder Singh         Crime against women in India has assumed dangerous proportions. Rape is the fastest growing crime in the country. In 2010, a rape occurred every 30 mins. Especially Delhi, the capital of India has emerged as the…
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Claude Arpi  While speaking at a garden party at Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth said that certain Chinese officials had been 'very rude' during Chinese President Xi Jinping's State visit to the UK in October 2015; it was supposed to…
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Every militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir, without going into the technicalities and intricacies, whether on civilians or security forces, a common man knows is the handy work of Pakistan supported elements. And the political leadership…
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  M. M Khajooria    Ever since the Pak game plan to ignite communal fires in Jammu region through well planned communal conflict in Kishtwar failed to take off, the conspirators in Islamabad shifted the focus on the Hindu-dominated areas…
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Hiranmay Karlekar  Joseph Stiglitz says in Globalization and its Discontents, "I have written this book because when I was at the World Bank, I saw firsthand the devastating effect that globalisation can have on the developing countries,…
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The Aap Shambu desecration incident in Roopnagar area of Jammu City has brought in the open the prevailing political divide the coalition is carrying. As far as Jammu is concerned it is BJP which is nearer to people than PDP and the saffron…
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Once again the May-June deadline for conducting the municipal and Panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir has vanished. Governor N.N Vohra had ordered completion of formalities for holding Municipal elections on March 1 and holding…
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Anilla Cherian  The campaign points out that $3.4 trillion is the approximate value of the 518 institutions that have divested to date including: faith-based groups: 26%; foundations - 24%; governmental organisations- 14%; pension funds -…
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Aakar Patel On January 3, 2014, Deccan Herald reported an interesting story under the headline: "Modi will be a disaster for India: PM" In what was to be his last press conference as prime minister, Manmohan Singh said: "Without discussing…
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