Editorial

Prof Hari Om  The current turmoil in Kashmir in the wake of lawful liquidation of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on 8th July has once again triggered a very intense debate on solutions which could, according to trouble-shooters,…
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Gwynne Dyer  Our country is at war," said French President Francois Hollande after a priest was murdered near Rouen in front of his congregation by two attackers who claimed to be serving the Islamic State (IS). It's the sort of thing…
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It looks that the spillover of Kashmir unrest is going to shift to Punjab borders with Pakistani political and militant groups planning to stage protest on the eve of India's Independence Day as 'black day' to express solidarity with the…
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For 'Man ki Baat', a radio programme hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which he addresses the people of the nation on radio, DD National and DD News have so far received more than 61,000 ideas on the website and 1.43 lakh audio.…
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 Balbir Punj  Way back in 1991, when the then Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao and his hand-picked Union Finance Minister Manmohan Singh decided to unleash economic reforms and dismantle the Nehruvian economic model, they hit two birds with…
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Satwant Singh Rissam  Welcome back to 21st century. This welcome address is not incorrect for all those who missed Internet during past weeks in Jammu. For some people it was as if they were back in Stone Age. Interestingly, this revisit…
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Ravinder Jalali No discussion on meditation is complete without mentin of the Vigyan Bhairava Tantra. This is 5,000 years old ancient Indian book on meditation. Vigyan means science in Hindi. Bhairav is an ancient mythological God of Hindu…
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Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar talking on use of army and Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) for containing internal turmoil  and militancy  in the country is the first straight talk given  by any Defence  Minister. Army has…
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The recent rains it appears have watered down the dream of getting Smart cities for Jammu and Kashmir further. The current monsoon season is yet not over. The trail of damage it had left in Jammu last week tells volumes about the blatant…
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R. P Nailwal Once again the northern sub-Himalayan state of Uttarakhand faced the fury of nature in a big way claiming some 30 lives and rendering hundreds homeless in floods due to cloudburst recently. The post calamity sufferings of the…
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