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Balbir Punj As the Government of West Bengal is seen compromising security, the question for Union Minister for Home Affairs Rajnath Singh is: How far will he tolerate the alarmingly rising threat to security in the entire region? The…
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Sandhya Jain The presence of the grim black flags of the Islamic State or Dawlat al-Islamiyah f'al-Iraq w Belaad al-Sham (Daesh) in Jammu and Kashmir and other Indian States where Jihadi cells nestle, is testimony to Pakistan's…
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Ashok Malik In its 34-year existence the BJP would have known few more satisfying days than Sunday, 19th October 19. There are three reasons for this. First, the superlative victory in Haryana constitutes perhaps the BJP's most impressive…
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Joginder Singh I  was surprised to discover that  India does not have a law to prevent squatting, unlike some other countries, even though the problem is acute here. For example, some of India's poorest State Governments have given…
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Rakesh After having a visit of flash flood areas in both the provinces of Jammu and Kashmir the purpose of relief in the shape of domestic things like quilts and raw material comprising distribution of flour and rice had been in rampant…
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YURI  RAJPUT ''In our country moral life is shaken to its foundation. Love of wealth and power has gained wide acceptance. Most of us live on the surface of life with no moral earnestness. A crisis of character is our present predicament…
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Hiranmay Karlekar Eric Hobsbawm, the eminent historian who passed away not so long ago, wrote in Fractured Times: Culture and Society in the Twentieth Century, "The second (the first being printed publication) fine art which is doing well…
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Ashok K Mehta One country in the neighbourhood where the Modi magic has worked dramatically is Nepal. With his marvel of oratory and a few symbolically-choreographed acts in Kathmandu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conquered the hearts and…
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Bharat Jhunjhunwala Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been trying to bring foreign investment from NRIs and multinational corporations-from the United States in particular. But the bonhomie is superficial. The standoff on major contentious…
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M. M Khajooria The on-going sporadic but numerous bouts of cease-fire violations on the IB and LoC in J and K were not only escalated but guns were specifically aimed at civilian targets. The first civilian fatal causality was reported…
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