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Two days and three encounters claimed the lives of six soldiers and eight Pakistan-trained and supported militants. Civilian casualty in such circumstances is collateral but the dangerous trend emerging out of these encounters is the…
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Launched country-wide few years back the Swachh Bharat Mission to give a clean environment looks has not touched Jammu yet. The garbage strewn roads and streets are the indicators of how Jammu perceives cleanliness. People here hardly have…
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 Vivek Katju In the coming months, Modi's foreign policy pre-occupations would centre on India's relations with the US, China and Pakistan. At the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke of his world view,…
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Jammu and Kashmir Government has extended amnesty scheme for domestic electricity consumers up to 31st March. The scheme was announced by the Power Development Department (PDD) in 2012 to curb power theft in the state. The Cabinet in its…
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Supreme Court upholding the conviction of AIADMK General Secretary V. K Sasikala in a disproportionate assets case besides trashing her hopes of becoming the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has opened the gate for smooth transition for Chief…
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 Balbir Punj What is the mystery behind the self-proclaimed social activists giving a miss to the important development of opposition to women's reservation in Nagaland civic polls? What is the secret behind the silence? While the media in…
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The Kulgam encounter on Sunday does give some disturbing indications especially after the demonetisation. The such a big monetary policy coming in to action at midnight of 8th November had the strongest plea to check the growing black money…
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The long shadows of frosty Indo-Pakistan relations looks to have engulfed the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) with Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) sponsoring air tickets of four Indian authors to attend the festival held…
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 R K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani A key theme of the Economic Survey presented to Parliament last week was demonetisation. The survey sought to discuss "complexities of the analytics, empirics and potential impacts of demonetisation". It has…
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The 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament has been a demand which has remained on air for over three decades. And now BJP leader and Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu asserted that Bill would be introduced in Rajya Sabha once BJP has…
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