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Sandhya Jain Whatever one's assessment of Islam - Abrahamic offspring, way of life, Arab nationalism, post-Byzantine Arab empire, moderate, or outright murderous towards those outside the charmed circle of Jihadi warriors - a bizarre facet…
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Joginder Singh Mahatma Gandhi believed that the consumption of alcohol was a major social evil. He encouraged complete prohibition in India.  With this in mind, the framers of the Constitution of India included Article 47 in the Directive…
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Piyush Chandra The flood affected people of Kashmir have all the reasons to be angry. Let down by the government they had voted to power, the hapless victims of nature's fury have been left to fend for themselves. Unfortunately, this pent…
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No funds to buy fuel for generator VIVEK SHARMA JAMMU: All the Operation Theatres (OTs) of the 'premier' Government Medical College (GMC) and its Associated Hospitals are shut for the past ten days as some senior doctors want to benefit…
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A. S. Nagra Omkar All pervading  immanent spirit is one Aum-Brahma, Vishnu And Mahesh combine into one God-Generator, Operator and Destroyer under the Supreme Bramha. Satnam: His name is eternal truth, unaffected by any change of time,…
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Gopalkrishna Gandhi Many of Premchand's novels and short stories have been made into films, of which his first novel Bazaar-e-Husn (1919) in its Tamil version as Sevasadan (1938), with the pre-Mirabai MS Subbulakshmi in the lead role is…
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Dr. Banarsi Lal, Dr. Shahid Ahamad Agriculture is an engine of growth and development and acts as an important contributor in national economy. The agricultural globalisation and revolution in information and communication technology have…
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Hiranmay Karlekar Al Qaeda's announcement of a new branch, Quedat al-Jihad, to raise, according to its chief, Ayman al-Zawahiri, "the flag of Jihad, return the Islamic rule, and empowering the Sharia'h of Allah across the Indian…
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Vijay Gupta Among the privileges afforded a Chief Minister the most precious is an opportunity to change the destiny of his people. Such a privilege afforded Omar Abdullah in the year 2008 when he became the Chief Minister of Jammu and…
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NARESH KUMAR Today the state of Jammu and Kashmir is grappling with the worst disaster in the past almost one decade and certainly the worst floods in the past five decades. The death toll has risen to touch two hundred. Hundreds are still…
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