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Dear Editor, The way the Bharatiya Janata Party seems to be backtracking on the issue of the abrogation of the divisive Article 370, during its campaign for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election, has not gone down well with a large number…
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Dear Editor, The no man's land on the borders of some countries is around half a mile wide. If the Indian and Pakistani governments agree to make the no man's land between the countries wider, it will be very hard to smuggle any drugs…
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Dear Editor, The brave performance of the two girls from Rohtak, who lashed out at eve-teasers inside a moving bus, is to be lauded. It also offers a suggestion as to how young girls should be dressed. In this case, it was the leather belts…
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Isher Singh Jasrotia This is in reference ot Articles dated 23 November 2014 (State Times) wherein it is mentioned about the Assembly Election of J and K Assembly is going to be held in Nov-Dec 2014 as also mentioned  that the Lok Sabha…
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Dear Editor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's star-like reception in Australia has been all over the media, and one of the recent inspirational slogans he echoed in Sydney was that he admired the Australian ethos of "dignity of labour". When…
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Claude Arpi French Defence Minister JEAN-YVES Le DRIAN's two-day visit to India was to meet his new Indian counterpart and also give a push to India-France defence collaborations. He spoke extensively toThe Pioneer on the road ahead.…
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Abhijit Banerjee One does not have to agree with his views to be intrigued by the possibilities opened up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emergence as communicator/harangue-master in chief. Public conversations about who we are and who…
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Hiranmay Karlekar The Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, now before the British Parliament, contains measures to cope with the enhanced threat that some aspects of terrorism have come to pose to Britain and the world. The Islamic State,…
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Dear Editor, State OBCs have been struggling since long back for their constitutional rights. In earlier times just after freedom in 1947, there was only one ruling party viz. Congress in the State which ruled till 1975. Many so called OBC…
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Dear Editor, The BDCA (Border Defence Cooperation Agreement) was signed between India and China on 23rd October, 2013, and as expected this is merely to establish a protocol for army patrols, more importantly this agreement establishes that…
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