Editorial

 Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (REtd) Attitudinal change is an evolutionary process and it started many winters ago even before the stone throwers appeared on J and K's streets. The inevitable response of many to the title of this piece should…
Read More...

Dr Nirmal Kamal All eyes are set for polling in Samba and Vijaypur Constituencies from Jammu for Assembly elections and 14 constituencies namely Pahalgam, Anantnag Habbakadal, Bijbehara, Sangash, Beerwah, Shopian, Dooru, Batmalu, Sonwar,…
Read More...

Balbir Punj While informing Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif about the US decision to accept Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to President Barack Obama, the American clearly told Sharif that he (Obama) would consider…
Read More...

Vir Sanghvi In late November the government rejected an application filed under the Right To Information Act (RTI) seeking access to documents pertaining to the death of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The release of these documents, the…
Read More...

In a country where suicides have emerged as the second highest cause of deaths, the government's move to delete the legal statute that criminalises suicide attempt is a welcome step. There has been a debate on in the country since 1981 for…
Read More...

Kalyani Shankar Four decades after it was inked, it's high time New Delhi does its bit to operationalise the India-Bangladesh land border agreement It is a sad commentary on the state of India-Bangladesh relations that even after more than…
Read More...

Rinchen Tundup Leh Congress stands for UT while BJP already announced UT status of Ladakh. Let's look at the Constitution of India. Article 3 gives the power to Parliament to alter the boundary of a State. In normal case Parliament is no…
Read More...

No doubt there is a feeling among voters in Jammu and Kashmir for a change and this was evident with the large percentage in the first two phases and in Kashmir Valley the massive public turnout to hear Prime Minister Modi addressing the…
Read More...

The climate talks in Lima, Peru, are entering their final week, with few hints whether a newfound optimism that marked the start of negotiations will ultimately translate into a reality that would rein in climate change. Convened by the…
Read More...

Claude Arpi The Xinhua news agency recently reported that the People's Liberation Army was getting tougher on corruption, "reflecting the Party's resolution to 'purify' the Army," it says. The communist mouthpiece added: "With great power…
Read More...