Statetimes - The Bold Voice of J&K

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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STATE TIMES NEWS Srinagar: Initiating its 'Jail Bharo' agitation against 'not-availability of political space', JKLF Chairman, Mohammad Yasin Malik on Friday courted arrest along with his ten party members. Led by Malik, dozens of JKLF…
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 STATE TIMES NEWS Srinagar: In yet another such instance, Pakistani flags on Friday appeared at a rally organised by separatist leader Shabir Shah in south Kashmir, prompting police to take him and his two close aides into custody. Several…
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