Editorial

 B G Verghese In a week when India triumphantly put a satellite into Mars orbit in a first try, the over-hyped visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to New York has assumed the proportions of a circus. All stops have been pulled out by…
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Mahesh Kaul   State of Jammu and Kashmir has the distinction of being the habitat to varied species of birds besides rich in vegetation and climatic conditions that makes it the desired destination of these myriad species. It is the…
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G Parthasarathy In the minds of the New Delhi elite, India's South Asian neighbourhood is made up of solely the seven members of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), even though we share no land borders with three of…
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The recent blast in Burdwan in West Bengal and subsequent investigations by National Investigation Agency (NIA) point towards a larger design of terror network which is being developed in Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu and Kerala and has…
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As the Kashmir Valley is limping back to normalcy the restoration of retrieved valuable artifacts which are remnants of a glorious history would be an uphill task for the agencies involved and would take years to complete. The floods…
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Vinod Mehta In the past week symbolism has received a good press. Usually, it is associated with hypocrisy and humbug. Happily, the sight of our rulers equipped with mammoth Jhadoos has aroused some hope. And to be honest, some laughter.…
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At a time when the Assembly elections are due by the end of this year in Jammu and Kashmir, the coalition partner of governance Congress calling for monitoring of transfer by Election Commission comes as nothing new. The split in the…
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Countering natural calamities in advance is what the crisis management is all about but the unprecedented floods and landslides which hit Jammu and Kashmir in September speaks about government lethargy and its handling. The State disaster…
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Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd)    Many hubristic public figures who often proclaim, in the media, that "India is no banana republic", may be less strident, if they learnt the actual implications of such a label. It is not merely a term used…
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Swapan Dasgupta Compared to the somewhat muted reaction to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's inauguration of the 'Make In India' campaign at Vigyan Bhavan last Thursday, the media has definitely worked itself into a frenzy over his visit to…
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