Statetimes - The Bold Voice of J&K

Dear Editor, The catastrophic floods in J and K claiming hundreds of lives and rendering thousands homeless and causing loss of property speak volumes of nature's omnipotence vis-à-vis human helplessness. Indeed, man is powerless before the…
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There are repeated reports of minor robberies and frequent thefts from water logged, inundated, flash flood ravaged abandoned houses. That has added to the miseries of already crest fallen people riddled with crises of enormous dimensions.…
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Dear Editor, A religious person is a good human being. He is one who respects all creations of God. We should be grateful to the people we are surrounded by or the family we are born in and be proud of our religion. But it doesn't mean that…
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As the 17th Asian Games progress India's performance at Incheon in South Korea will be under scanner. And expectations would be will India surpass its performance at 2012 London Olympics and 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. The Chinese…
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 Kay Benedict Forty-five years ago then Congress President S Nijalingappa led a revolt against Indira Gandhi, who was then Prime Minister, and expelled her from the party for  "fostering a cult of personality". That  action was culmination…
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Dear Editor, The lack of administrative mechanism to deal with calamities such as the floods in Jammu and Kashmir prove that disaster management training programmes need to be undertaken in schools and colleges and by all local bodies.…
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Sitaram Yechury Prime Minister Narendra Modi has just concluded his much tom-tomed visit to Japan, which received euphoric coverage in the Indian media. He returned to receive Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Then he received Chinese…
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Harsh Mander 'There is nothing, nothing which can persuade us to return to our villages. They burned and looted our homes: We could barely save our lives, as we desperately ran with our children in our arms and just the clothes we were…
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New Delhi: The much-loved on screen 'Devdas' couple of Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan never came back together for another blockbuster post Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus in 2002. But if recent media reports are to be…
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