Statetimes - The Bold Voice of J&K

DOST KHAN JAMMU: Mainstream is a most vague term used in Kashmir for those contesting elections to remain glued to power. They speak for India only when in power and when out of it they are as good or as bad as secessionists or separatists.…
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With flood havoc causing devastation across Jammu and Kashmir, media houses are getting flooded with handouts of every big and small political leader and minister expressing sorrow over loss of life and damage to property. Each one of them…
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Dear Editor, Narendra Modi's first 100 days in office may be dismissed by his opponents as a period marked by rhetoric and showmanship. But by and large he has been able to project himself as a man who means business. It is a welcome sign…
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Terror turf is expanding. The imminent threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is slowly spreading to India which is nothing new and is on expected lines. Islamic terrorism has sympathisers in every corner of the world. The…
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Refusal by as many as 250 selected and appointed doctors to join duty in remote areas in the trouble torn, underdeveloped and generally an un-disciplined State with prevalent demonstrated arrogance among the well to do JK youth, is alarming…
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 S N Chary When the newly anointed Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited the SAARC leaders, significantly including the Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, for his oath-taking ceremony in New Delhi about three months ago, most Indian…
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Musafir Was woken up with the news of young champion stone-pelter getting respite and amnesty. Sundays are to laze around and read the papers..This Sunday was no different but the clamour of host of election oriented initiatives  hid all…
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Swapan Dasgupta This irreverent extension of the Modi Mantra, na khaata, na khane deta. (I don't take bribes; I don't let others take bribes), originated in Gandhinagar around 2007 but it has found ready takers among ministers who find…
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Dear Editor, The caste-based reservation system is not the right policy of our government. The quota system should not be based on caste/subcaste but on economic conditions. This will prove effective in removing poverty from our country. In…
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Dear Editor, That the Pro Kabaddi League has been a grand success is heartening news. In a cricket-crazy nation like India, nobody thought the Kabaddi League will attract people. The League crossed the expectations of the organisers,…
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