PRIDE OR SHAME
Peoples Democratic Party President has blamed RSS and BJP for trying to implement their sinister agenda of saffronising Jammu and Kashmir by consolidating the votes of one community and fragmenting the other. Describing it as very…
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AFSPA mess
Once again the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) is in limelight. It appears that the State is left with no other issue to go to the people for the coming elections except raking up of emotive issues to divert the attention. National…
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GST regime
The Goods and Services Tax (GST), India's biggest tax reform initiative could see a staggered implementation, starting with a nationwide unified tax system for goods from April 2016 and extended to services later. At present, each state…
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Vehicular pollution soars to worrying levels
Kunal Bose
The Global Burden of Disease report - a collaborative venture of the World Health Organization, Harvard, John Hopkins university and other institutions - has pronounced that Asian cities have become the epicentre of life…
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Regional autonomy and self rule in J and K
Dr. P P Singh
Regional Autonomy: National Conference always pleaded and advocated regional autonomy for inter regional relation in Jammu and Kashmir State. Sheikh Mohd. Abdullah who was heading the State even went to the extent of…
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Time to reconcile to new dispensation
Swapan Dasgupta
In a lecture last month, historian Romila Thapar, in a direct reference to the India under Narendra Modi, regretted "the narrowing of the liberal space". Whether she was observant or needlessly paranoid is dependant on how…
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Time to reconcile to new dispensation
Swapan Dasgupta
In a lecture last month, historian Romila Thapar, in a direct reference to the India under Narendra Modi, regretted "the narrowing of the liberal space". Whether she was observant or needlessly paranoid is dependant on how…
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Pakistani plot
Dear Editor,
The recent Pentagon report to the US Congress said that Pakistan has used Afghanistan-India-focussed militants to achieve its goals in the region.
It also said that the attack on the Indian consulate in Herat earlier in the…
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Neutralise Pak
Dear Editor,
Instead of tackling the multiple economic and security problems it is faced with, Pakistan is bent upon escalating tension on its borders with Iran, Afghanistan and India. Even its allies such as China and the USA have…
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