Editorial

M. M Khajooria A Chief Executive Councillor, commanding majority support in the Regional Council will head the regional administration, on being appointed as such by the Governor of the State. He shall be assisted by Executive Councillors,…
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The slugfest started over the 'terror boat' by Congress  asking BJP-led NDA Government to come clean  is not only baffling but also smells of opportunistic politics. Is it that Congress is trying to tell the world that the neighbour is…
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The rising prices of drugs are a matter of concern. Prices of the medicines have seen a quantum jump from Rs 74.5 crore  as over charged amount in 2009-10 to Rs 415.31 crore till August 2014, which in itself  tells about the profit margins…
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Claude Arpi 1st January is a day for new resolutions. It is also a day for predictions. I will abstain from the first, but indulge in the second. The year 2015 will witness a slow takeover of Nepal by China. Here are some facts. In…
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Prof Kali Dass Result of the 12th JK State Assembly were quite satisfactory and with entire satisfaction to the State OBCs. These results in which Congress and NC got un-precedential defeat with only 12 and 15 seats respectively are on the…
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Gautam Mukherjee Is the bulk of the mainstream media reflecting the changes in the vox populi, or getting stuck in an endless repetition of 'yesterday's papers'? What excuse does it have to root vigorously for a Congress line, when its…
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The Central Government's decision to replace the Planning Commission with NITI Aayog is a regressive step that will only push India towards a market-driven economy. Allowing the Finance Ministry to decide allocations to the states amounts…
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The draft National Health Policy 2015 comes up almost 12 years after the last such plan citing the main reasons-changing health needs of the people, inadequate healthcare expenditure by the governments and high out-of-pocket spending. The…
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Kuldip Nayar New Delhi's guilt to dislodge a government in a federal polity has gone unnoticed and unpunished. Some 19 years ago, Danish national Kim Peter Davy dropped arms over Purulia, West Bengal, at the instance of the Government of…
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Shiv Kumar Padha The involvement of our politicians, bureaucrats and police in the scandals, scams, rackets, kickbacks, loot and wastages occupy front pages and become headlines of the news media these days. The tax evasion, possession of…
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