Editorial

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's statement that Pakistan won't dare to disturb peace on the borders is welcome. He also said, "We don't want peace at the cost of our honour," apparently referring to weak response shown by the earlier…
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India has turned up among the worst countries as far as the gender based disparities are concerned . The index first introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006 is a frame work for capturing the magnitude of gender-based disparities and…
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Rajesh Singh Few people could match Henry Kissinger in his visceral dislike, even hatred, for India, in the seventies. Fewer still would be less deserving of the Nobel Peace prize which he got in 1973, barely two years after he, along with…
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Sandhya Jain The presence of the grim black flags of the Islamic State or Dawlat al-Islamiyah f'al-Iraq w Belaad al-Sham (Daesh) in Jammu and Kashmir and other Indian States where Jihadi cells nestle, is testimony to Pakistan's…
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Ashok Malik In its 34-year existence the BJP would have known few more satisfying days than Sunday, 19th October 19. There are three reasons for this. First, the superlative victory in Haryana constitutes perhaps the BJP's most impressive…
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The two and half-decade strife in Jammu and Kashmir has left the militancy affected people of Jammu region unheard and neglected. They are the worst affected ones and no less than militancy-hit Kashmir people. But they remained neglected in…
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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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