Editorial

In a rare happening, the landslide victory of BJP and unprecedented rout of Congress has rendered the nation's Parliament without any Leader of Opposition called LoP.   However, this is not for the first time. The House did not have a…
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Rashid Mirza Jammu and Kashmir is today facing the worst floods in 60 years. The unimaginable magnitude of this deluge caught the State Government and the local administration completely off guard and they are still struggling to get their…
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Dr. Banarsi Lal, Dr. Shahid Ahamad Agriculture is an engine of growth and development and acts as an important contributor in national economy. The agricultural globalisation and revolution in information and communication technology have…
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Hiranmay Karlekar Al Qaeda's announcement of a new branch, Quedat al-Jihad, to raise, according to its chief, Ayman al-Zawahiri, "the flag of Jihad, return the Islamic rule, and empowering the Sharia'h of Allah across the Indian…
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Monsoon has its share of joy and sorrow if one goes by the number of states getting under flood waters followed with damages in terms of infrastructure and loss of crop, animal and human life. Every year states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,…
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Vijay Gupta Among the privileges afforded a Chief Minister the most precious is an opportunity to change the destiny of his people. Such a privilege afforded Omar Abdullah in the year 2008 when he became the Chief Minister of Jammu and…
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 Kuldip Nayar There was time when the people in Pakistan came to the streets to defend their democratic system from the onslaught by the military which wanted its say in the country's affairs. Today, the same people want the military to…
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In an unusual brazen incident of blatant criminal ungratefulness a boatman of National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) Samir Kumar was stabbed and the NDRF boat snatched away leaving him bleeding with stab wound. Samir who was from Bhatinda…
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NARESH KUMAR Today the state of Jammu and Kashmir is grappling with the worst disaster in the past almost one decade and certainly the worst floods in the past five decades. The death toll has risen to touch two hundred. Hundreds are still…
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Vijay Gupta Among the privileges afforded a Chief Minister the most precious is an opportunity to change the destiny of his people. Such a privilege afforded Omar Abdullah in the year 2008 when he became the Chief Minister of Jammu and…
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