Editorial

The clouds of uncertainty seem to be clearing over Delhi with Supreme Court welcoming Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung's stand towards government formation. The Centre had told the Apex Court that President Pranab Mukherjee has given his nod…
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Harsh V Pant The US has increased its air assault on Islamic State (IS) militants, a radical al-Qaeda offshoot that has captured parts of Syria and Iraq, slowing their advance on the predominantly Kurdish Syrian town of Kobani (Ayn…
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Joginder Singh I  was surprised to discover that  India does not have a law to prevent squatting, unlike some other countries, even though the problem is acute here. For example, some of India's poorest State Governments have given…
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Rakesh After having a visit of flash flood areas in both the provinces of Jammu and Kashmir the purpose of relief in the shape of domestic things like quilts and raw material comprising distribution of flour and rice had been in rampant…
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Union Government has submitted the names of 627 foreign account holders  to Supreme Court and has said that half of them are resident Indians who could be prosecuted under Income Tax laws and rest of them are NRIs. If one knows the pace of…
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At a time when the Jammu and Kashmir Government is talking of inclusive development for all by extending essential services, the reality is that certain villages in the State are yet to get potable water. Power supply remains evasive. Both…
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Kushan Mitra Indian low-cost airline IndiGo burst into the scene with a mega-order for 100 aircraft at the Paris Air Show 2005. It had people asking who and what IndiGo was. Yet, it is a sign of IndiGo's success that almost no eyebrows…
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YURI  RAJPUT ''In our country moral life is shaken to its foundation. Love of wealth and power has gained wide acceptance. Most of us live on the surface of life with no moral earnestness. A crisis of character is our present predicament…
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Hiranmay Karlekar Eric Hobsbawm, the eminent historian who passed away not so long ago, wrote in Fractured Times: Culture and Society in the Twentieth Century, "The second (the first being printed publication) fine art which is doing well…
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The growing menace of stray-cows, dogs and buffaloes-is posing a threat to the people especially the road users at night. One finds most of the roads occupied by these animals. A cursory round of various areas of the city is just enough to…
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