Editorial

B G Verghese The Award of the Nobel Peace Prize this year is especially symbolic. Kailash Satyarthi, a quiet but dedicated Indian worker for child rights and the well-known Malala Yousafzai, the plucky Pakistani education and child rights…
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Stone pelting in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh has some commonality-i.e. youth, but traditionally later differs in value. Himachal Pradesh celebrates a unique festival called as 'Pathron Ka Khel'  (stone pelting festival) at Halog…
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The government formation in Maharashtra has been held up for the time being with BJP exercising restrain to choose the best option available in the wake of fractured mandate. If BJP does not come forward to stake claim to form the…
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Hiranmay Karlekar For some time, a number of reports by scientists has been showing how climate change has been affecting the whole world. A report in The New York Times of 29th September stated that, analysing the heat wave that hit…
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Prof. Bhim Singh National Assembly of Pakistan on 23rd October, 2014 again tried to exploit its own people by invoking the so-called UN Resolution vis-à-vis Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan National Assembly has taken a U-turn in its attitude…
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Balbir Punj Every autumn, the Pakistani Army resorts to firing across the border in Jammu and Kashmir, largely to allow infiltration by terror groups before winter sets in and freezes the routes. However, it has been a different story this…
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The prevailing security scenario along the Line of Control (LoC) in the wake of border tension may force Home Ministry to rethink its force deployment plans approved in August as Election Commission discusses likely polls in…
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Ashok Malik It is now fairly apparent that Indian forces have retaliated so heavily along the troubled frontier that Pakistani troops are on the retreat. In the past two days, pressure from across the border has lessened. Whether this is…
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Shiv Kumar Padha The recent floods in Kashmir converted the entire Valley to a sea overnight, the unexpected floods took in its spate hundreds of precious lives both of the human and the livestock, destroyedthe property of the natives…
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Deviating from the tradition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to be with flood sufferer s of Kashmir this Diwali is a gesture aimed at sending a message to the people of the Valley that the whole nation stands by them in their hour…
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