Statetimes - The Bold Voice of J&K

The recent militants attack on mobile telephone operators in Sopore and residents asking these companies to remove  telecommunication  towers  from their premises reminds one  of the situation prevailed in mid-1990s in Kashmir Valley when…
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The much expected price of essential commodities will come down once Modi govt takes over in New Delhi looks today a mirage for the common man. Almost an year is over and the promise to relieve people from the clutches of high prices made…
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R Balasubramaniam It is a year since the new government at the Centre took office and one needs to take a realistic and objective look at what it has done or has been attempting to do over the last one year. A good place to begin with will…
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Gautam Mukherjee Brookings Institution's Bruce Riedel thinks it is now an India-America alliance versus a Pakistan-China one. He says Barack Obama's America is once again showing a preference for India over Pakistan, like in fellow…
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Ashok K Mehta The sixth War Heroes' Victory Day held last Tuesday on May 19, at Matara marking the end of Eelam War IV, was the first under President Maithripala Sirisena - but it was different. It was renamed War Heroes Remembrance Day,…
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Dear Editor, An important question that needs to be answered is - what is the future of employees serving under centrally sponsored schemes of government of India? The employees are neither fully owned by the state governments nor…
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Dear Editor, The Right to Education Act that makes education for all children up to age 14 years compulsory in government schools free of cost seems to have been ignored by the government. The employment of children below 14 years is…
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 STATE TIMES NEWS Srinagar: The Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday asked banks in Jammu and Kashmir to create an environment for stronger business activity, especially following the devastating floods that damaged the economic…
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 STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Wanted in infamous Rs 8 crore Vikrant Finance Company scam, the main accused Kewal Koul, son of Amar Nath, resident of Ward No. 07, Rajouri, has been arrested on Friday after eight months long chase. In 2014, the…
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Political Correspondent JAMMU: Founder of PDP and Chief Minister of J and K Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has been under severe attack ever since he assumed office for second time. The people of Jammu and Ladakh and leading national news channels…
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