Editorial

M. M Khajooria The elimination of Abu Dujana, the dreaded Lashkar-i-Toiba commander of South Kashmir since 2015 after a seven hour long encounter in Hakir Pura, Pulwama comes at a crucial time when various terrorist commanders of the…
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Despite all the promises made to the people ahead of Parliamentary and Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir to provide uninterrupted power supply it remains a chimera till today. Since the early 2000s and after years of intense…
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Last time when Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi was amid deteriorating security situation and strains in the PDP-BJP coalition. It was in April 2017. At that time Mufti…
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Prof Hari Om I am now 72. I am Jammu born. Jammu is the second largest region of Jammu and Kashmir State after the trans-Himalayan Ladakh. New Delhi says Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and, hence, the people of Jammu and…
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Er. HEM RAJ PHONSA Part of the building stands already completed. Babu ji had planned to impart free coaching to the deserving students from weaker segments of the region to compete for All India Services like lAS, IPS, IRS etc. But his…
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Rajendra P Jindal It is time to try a new approach to the drug problem. Those who want to use drugs know where to get them. No law has yet been able to dissuade them. Legalise, regulate and tax drugs to the hilt. Spend the money that would…
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The outcome of the Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections though was doubtful in the initial stages but as the delay in counting continued it became obvious that Bharatiya Janata Party is going to taste the bitter pill of defeat in its own home…
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Pakistan's attempt to internationalise the Kashmir issue will not "whitewash" its support to cross-border terrorism. The recent arrest and killing of infiltrating terrorist is yet another proof of Pakistan's continued involvement in…
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Claude Arpi Watching Chairman Xi Jinping officiating during the mega parade at the Zhurihe Combined Tactics Training Base in Inner Mongolia on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), this writer was…
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Er. HEM RAJ PHONSA This is the story of Dogra Rattan Shri Parmanand affectionately called 'BABU JI', who travelled with dignity, a long way from a hut to Raj Bhawan. Babu Parmanand Ji was born on 10th August 1932, to late Sh. Jaggoo Ram and…
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