Statetimes - The Bold Voice of J&K

Once again Shopian encounter, which is the fourth such incident in three weeks, brings to the fore questions about the emerging scenario in Kashmir. Terrorists ambushing army convoy and escaping from the ambush site surely does show that…
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An Indian engineer was killed and two others injured when an American man opened fire on them after allegedly yelling "get out of my country", with the police calling it as a "possible hate crime". The shooting incident comes at a time when…
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 Uttam Gupta Roberto Azevedo, Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO), who was recently in Delhi to explore and understand India's perspective on issues for taking up in the 11th WTO ministerial scheduled for 11th to 14th…
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  V.SRINIVAS The National Health Mission is India’s flagship health sector programme to revitalize rural and urban health sectors by providing flexible finances to State Governments. The National Health Mission comprises of 4 components…
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   Afroz Alam Blind support to dynastic politics afflicts us all and underestimates not only democratic citizenship but also accountability. Many of us were certain that the hyperbolic campaign of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the…
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Dear editor, Through your esteemed daily, I would like to highlight the issue that there is no polythene ban in Katra. Every day thousands of pilgrims visit Katra, the Base Camp of Mata Vaishno Devi. One can find heaps of garbage and…
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Dear Editor, There is a Chinese proverb which says that, if you give a man a fish, he is hungry again in an hour; if you teach him to catch a fish, you do him a good turn. Ready fish will be consumed and exhausted in no time but the skill…
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Dear Editor, Refer to the CRPF nomenclature facelift, does giving English nomenclature to a job changes its profile? Will a 'housekeeper' get more respect? Will a 'gardner's' handheld tools get replaced by automatic gadgets to perform his…
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Dear Editor, The Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, Alunched in 2014, was a good initiative by the government. It, however, has not made any difference. The so-called educated middle class can still be seen throwing packets of eatables from their cars,…
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STATE TIMES NEWS SRINAGAR: Playing to galleries yet again, former Chief Minister and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Friday kicked up a controversy by saying that the new generation of militants in Kashmir were fighting for…
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