Editorial

A Surya Prakash  For long years, it has been recognised that a major lacuna in our democratic process is the haphazard growth of political parties and the absence of a basic law to govern them. Strange as it may seem, although we are the…
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 S N Chary  While commemorating NDA's one-year rule at the Centre, it is indeed surprising to find Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressing in his speeches the shortcomings of the previous UPA rule, rather than stating the achievements of…
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The 'humanitarian' issue takes a new political turn with BJP leadership joining hands to bail out the 'innocent' Foreign Minister Sushma Sawaraj out of the quagmire the party has been caught on the issue of releasing Lalit Modi's paper. But…
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 O P Sharma All across the globe, the first World Yoga Day is being observed on 21st June, with great enthusiasm and fervour. This will be the first time that Yoga will be practiced in almost over 176 countries. India is celebrating the…
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The killing of former militants by gunmen carried out  in broad daylight  in the militant infested area of  Sopore it seems has nothing to do with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's statement. In less than a week over seven former…
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The political climate looks like on the waning ebb with issues widening the gap between PDP-BJP. The way BJP targeted for 44 seats ahead of Assembly elections, though the party was able to gain 25 seats, but today looks as if it has no…
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Rohit Bansal  As a country we wear "Truth" on our insignia. But half truths and utter lies stare millions of us, each time we switch on our TV sets. Our biggest TV channels, self-appointed conscience keeper of Democracy, make dodgy claims…
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  Rameshwar Singh Jamwal The attempt by PM Narendra Modi to take the country along with him in popularising Yoga, by getting 21st June as International Yoga Day and the reported attempts by some misguided and ignorant persons to oppose it,…
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Hari shankar vyas  It is a known fact that JDU leaders wanted Congress President Sonia Gandhi to mediate the merger of Janata family as well as talk to Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mulayam Singh. But the Congress didn't take any initiative until…
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What can explain Public Works Department Minister Altaf Bhukari asking PWD to stop the ongoing mecadamisation work  going  on in Jammu. Or is  that Kashmir only has the  prerogative  of  getting  things first and then Jammu? Whatever be the…
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