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Though Kashmir Valley is limping back to normalcy, cases of arson and vandalism have become order of the day. With another Primary school building set ablaze in Baramulla today, the number of schools vandalised by miscreants raised to 22…
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Simultaneous Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections would benefit national parties but dwarf the role of smaller regional ones which is not a good sign for a healthy democracy. Whether one acknowledges it or not, the wave factor associated…
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Shiv Kumar Padha  Mountain Mandirgiri was used as churner (Mathani) where the mountain was rested on the vast back of God Kashhap and the Sagar Manthan was enabled. God Vishnu, in the guise of Garudavtar, lifted the heavy Mandirgiri on its…
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Shiv Kumar Padha  Save earth, save wild life, save environment" Are the slogans echoing in the nook and corner of the globe these days. Question arises, after all who is posing threat to our earth, wild life and environment? The answer to…
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Money and muscle playing a major role in electioneering has been a common but emergence of narcotics commonly called 'Chitta' in Punjab is a matter of concern. Chitta or white is a colloquial reference to powdered drugs such as heroin has…
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Pakistan stood exposed after terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba claims responsibility for the Uri terror attack that killed 20 Indian soldiers in September. The claim assumes significance after Pakistan government's constant and unswerving denial…
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Anirban Ganguly   In 2016, his centenary year, it is worthwhile to remember and pay tribute to the fact that it was primarily due to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya's leadership, during a challenging and crucial phase, that the Baharatiya Jana…
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Of late there has been a nation-wide movement to boycott Chinese products especially during the festive seasons. Jammu too has seen some movement on this front with political outfits staging daily protest calling for boycott of Chinese made…
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Ahead of the Assembly polls, ruling Samajwadi Party appears to be headed for a split, with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his party supremo and father Mulayam Singh engaging in a face-off by sacking each other's loyalists Shivpal Yadav…
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Gwynne Dyer  Two great sieges are getting underway in the Middle East, one in Mosul in Iraq, and the other in Aleppo in Syria. They have a great deal in common, including, the fact that the attackers both depend heavily on foreign air…
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