Editorial

Rakesh Journalist The natural disaster in the kind of rainy weather in September (4th to 8th ) in Jammu and Kashmir had evidently gestured once more about this fact of life that natural disaster is quite worse than the man made . By…
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Farrukh Dhondy As this columnist predicted on19th  September, 2014, the fatal day when the results of the Scottish independence referendum were announced, this partition of the United Kingdom would lead to ultimate instability and…
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The hope of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's American visit will bear significant results is too early to speculate. No doubt Modi's interaction with Chinese and Japanese Heads of State has shown the world that he is ready to take on global…
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Clearer picture of the catastrophe is emerging as one interacts with those who have faced the devastation personally and reduced from riches to rags overnight. With palatial residential mansions in posh areas like Rajbagh and roaring…
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MUSAFIR Scotland's lesson to Kashmir Separatists is that ill-considered bids for self-determination are overrated. The aspirations of Kashmiri youth can be best realised through the federalism enshrined in the Constitution of India .…
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Kuldip Nayar 'I did my duty' is the defence of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the charge that he was aware of corruption taking place in the 2G spectrum and sale of coal mines and did not do anything to stop the corrupt deals…
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Samar Halarnkar Many Kashmiris, Hindu and Muslim, know the story of  Jalodbhava (he who is borne on water), a demon who once terrorised the people of Satisar, a great lake of unified legend, which supposedly once sprawled across what is…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US is in world focus. Coming in sequence after Indian interactions with Asian giants like Japan and China, it attains greater significance. As far as SAARC nations are concerned it also attains…
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With Bharatiya Janata Party  and Shiv Sena partying ways in Maharashtra it is unlikely that the alliance at Centre will  continue.  In that case Sena Minister Ananth Geete will have to quit and 18 Lok Sabha and four Rajya Sabha MPs of the…
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MUSAFIR The people of Scotland have decided to remain with Great Britain. Only four constituencies voted in favour of separating from Great Britain, and among the 86 per cent who voted, 55 per cent said "No" to the idea of forming a…
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