Editorial

If Mangalyaan reported life in that planet, the separatists from Kashmir on ISI pay rolls will insist on raking up the Kashmir issue with the government at Mars. Pakistan has faced many rebuffs but does not desist from digging graves on the…
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 Kalyani Shankar The election season is picking up with four politically important states going to the polls in the next couple of months. These are the first major elections since the Lok Sabha poll where the BJP-led NDA was voted to…
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Joginder Singh The security of the country should be of the highest priority. However, despite overt and covert threats from Al Qaeda, which has announced its plans to advance towards India, the problem has not received adequate attention…
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Dr.Banarsi Lal, Dr.Shahid Ahamad Seri and  Dera Baba are small hamlets about 30 km away from  world famous  place Katra of Reasi District, where  about 40  houses have been  badly damaged  because of flash floods and land slide on 6th…
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Sanjay-Swami and Mamta Phogat Synthetic polymers in the form of crystals or tiny beads available under several trade names such as super absorbent polymers, root watering crystals, drought crystals and crystal soil are collectively known…
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India is not going to join "any coalition" in the ongoing fight against the dreaded ISIS group in West Asia but agreed to work with the US to deal with the "major issue" of flight of radicalised people to that region for terror strikes.  A…
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Dr Nirmal Kamal It is not what was initially presumed to be heavy incessant rains  later turned into  "Flood Fury"  when a frail part of protecting embankment (Baand) supporting river Jehlum  gave way to enter bowl like Valley of Kashmir…
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Brig Anil Gupta The three pillars of any successful management of disaster are the three 'R's, ie, Rescue, Relief and Rehabilitation. Recently the Jammu and Kashmir State has been struck by a massive disaster resulting into huge losses of…
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The idea of Swachhata  Abhiyan mooted by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is as commendable as the selection of the day for its launch on 2nd Oct, the Birth Anniversary of the Father of the Nation. Mahatma Gandhi himself practiced and…
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India's stand over food security issue at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has always been tough because country believed in ensuring food for its people than creating jobs for some other nations. This view point even got support from UN…
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