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J&K abandoned: First by natural fury, now by political wrangling
DOST KHAN
Jammu: Jammu has been last priority for the rulers, both in New Delhi and in Srinagar. The peculiar mindset has left this region vulnerable to all sort of exploitation. The new dispensation at the Centre has not made any…
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It was not practical for States to stay independent after 1947
By Daya Sagar
On June 3, 1947, Louis Mountbatten, first Earl Mountbatten of Burma and the then Viceroy of India had announced the decision for partition of India creating a new dominion of Pakistan. To create a theocratic Islamic State of…
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Trading terror to derive political mileage: What cost?
DOST KHAN
Agreed, the marginalised Congress is struggling to put its act together by cornering Narendra Modi-led NDA government on any and every front but this war of politics can be fought on the turf, other than that borders the national…
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Talk India talk because soft secessionists want it
JAMMU: Short of Kashmir Congress, the so-called mainstream parties in the Valley invoke Atal Behari Vajpayee and want India to talk to Pakistan to solve, what they call, Kashmir imbroglio.
The Kashmir mainstream is morally obliged to…
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Four-member panel formed to monitor absconders
VIVEK SHARMA
JAMMU: Acting on the Supreme Court ruling, Jammu and Kashmir Government has constituted a State Level Supervisory Committee (SLSC) to monitor and review the criminal cases wherein convicts, sentenced to imprisonment by the…
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Mere bravado isn’t enough; recast strategy on Kashmir!
DOST KHAN
Jammu: Home Minister Rajnath Singh's bravado over Indian response to border skirmishes lacks commitment. Like his predecessors, he doesn't want to come out of self-patting syndrome and therefore the quote “No one can dare cast an…
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First brickbats, then bouquets; all in public interest
DOST KHAN
Jammu: Politicians can say and get away with whatever rubbish they splash all around in pursuit of their vested interest. Ironically, all this is done in, what they say, public interest. Just concluded election in Jammu and…
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Will love-pangs with Pakistan gain momentum?
JAMMU: In the backdrop of Bharatiya Janata Party mellowing down its stand on several crucial issues concerning Kashmir in the hope of forming a first ever government with saffron blend in the sensitive State, Pakistan has again resorted…
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If no Hindu CM, why not Hindu Pradesh Congress President?
DOST KHAN
Jammu: Ahead of polls and in the midst of campaigning in Jammu and Kashmir, an influential section of the Congress virtually lobbed a bomb-shell by pitching for a Hindu Chief Minister. The demand, coming from a so-called secular…
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Polls over, exit polls in: Will Jammu assert?
DOST KHAN
JAMMU: With crucial elections in Jammu and Kashmir over, the results, on a larger plank, are out. Indian democracy has won, people have won, those longing for peace have won; and, if anyone has lost, it is Pakistan, her lackeys…
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