Editorial

P K Vasudeva In his 27-month stint, Parrikar set the reforms ball rolling on many fronts. While Arun Jaitley, holding additional charge of the Defence Ministry, can be expected to proceed along the course set by his predecessor, he will be…
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Gun-snatching incident of Saturday in Jammu has once again raised the questions on the whole gamut of security system. The incident cannot be taken as a stray one in which some youth committed a prank on the Special Police Officer (SPO) and…
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The Uttar Pradesh Government's move to introduce anti-Romeo police squads to check harassment of women in public places and make them safe and secure is a welcome move. Socially, such steps were there but the influx of social media and…
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 M.M.Khajooria Rohingias from western Mynmar have since sneaked into Jammu. They seem to have dug in with tacit support of the political executive and patronage of some NGOs with unverified and allegedly dubious credentials.via Cox Bazar in…
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Krishna Panyam In the last two to three years, performance of the BMTC has slipped as its fleet size and revenue have both decreased. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah proposed in his 2017-18 budget speech an additional 3,000 buses for the…
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Recent spike in infiltration of terrorists from the eastern sector to India has rung alarm bells in the security establishment. There has been three-fold increase in infiltration by Harkat-ul-Jihadi al-Islami (HuJI) and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen…
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The Parliamentary standing committee on health has strongly criticised the government for starving the health sector of much-needed funds. In its report on demand for grants for 2017-18, the committee noted that the allocation for the…
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 Ghanshyam Goel The department of School Education & Literacy is taking several steps to make school education job-oriented and qualitative. The Department is implementing a component of Vocationalisation of Secondary & Higher…
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Air Marshal Matheswaran (Retd) and Bidanda Chengappa Aero India2017: Aerospace is the dominant technology and if India aspires to have regional clout, it needs to become a major aerospace power. Aero India is back again with its 11th…
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Hamid Hashmi With demonetisation,the government has sown the seeds of a cashless economy.In February 2016,the Government of India approved the guidelines for promoting payments through cards and digital means.There has been a massive uptick…
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