Editorial

Satwant Singh Rissam Historically, large number of Sikhs in J and K came in as a result of migration. Post partition, many Sikh families moved to Indian side of J and K. Initially, life for all of them was a rebirth wherein they lived to…
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      Lt. Gen (Retd) S.K. Sinha Progressive and liberal views are welcome in a democracy... Maqbool Bhat, Yakub Memon, Afzal Guru and Ajmal Kasab have been hailed as heroes in JNU. The legitimacy of hanging can be questioned and different…
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    Maj Gen S G Vombatkere (retd) At present, there is no law on privacy, but in Rajagopal Vs State of Tamil Nadu (1994), the Supreme Court opined that privacy is inherent in an individual's right to personal liberty. Also, Section 8(1)(j)…
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Pakistan has once again done what India has been objecting to-talking to Kashmiri separatists. This has been going on whenever there is some move to hold talks at various levels. The Narendra Modi government in the past has twice called off…
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Fortifying defence mechanisms along the International Border (IB), especially against infiltration the move to shift BSF battalions from LoC and deployed as the 'second tier' of defence, behind existing BSF positions, which witnessed…
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The BJP MLAs coming in the open against government order asking them to vacate the accommodation allotted by it, should have come voluntary from their end rather wait for some eviction orders. With no government in seat in Jammu and Kashmir…
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The present BJP Government was the first to setup a Ministry for Skill Development to coordinate the activities and liaise with industry. Only private sector involvement can ensure that skills being  learnt fill a tangible  need in the job…
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Dinesh C Sharma The very mention of Arctic evokes images of polar bears, seals, icebreakers and global warming. The Arctic Ocean and the Northern ice caps serve as a barometer for the planet's changing climate. The region is very much a…
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   H. R Phonsa On the night of 3rd and 4th April 1984, he was found sleeping on the bare broken stone metal at Nagpur, where he had gone to inaugurate the Marathi daily newspaper "Bahujan Times" his dream project. Kanshi Ram was convinced…
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     Ashutosh Misra Controversies emanating over the right to freedom of speech and expression is common to democracies. The United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, France, the US and India, among others, constantly contemplate over how much is…
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