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With Assembly election process set  in motion, Jammu and Kashmir has some unfinished agendas left. Of the two main were withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and return of Kashmiri migrants to Valley. These two were even…
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It is over three decades when the country saw one of the worst communal riots for which no political accountability has been made till date. The November 1984 anti-Sikh riots following Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination on 31st…
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's statement that Pakistan won't dare to disturb peace on the borders is welcome. He also said, "We don't want peace at the cost of our honour," apparently referring to weak response shown by the earlier…
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India has turned up among the worst countries as far as the gender based disparities are concerned . The index first introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006 is a frame work for capturing the magnitude of gender-based disparities and…
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Rajesh Singh Few people could match Henry Kissinger in his visceral dislike, even hatred, for India, in the seventies. Fewer still would be less deserving of the Nobel Peace prize which he got in 1973, barely two years after he, along with…
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The two and half-decade strife in Jammu and Kashmir has left the militancy affected people of Jammu region unheard and neglected. They are the worst affected ones and no less than militancy-hit Kashmir people. But they remained neglected in…
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The clouds of uncertainty seem to be clearing over Delhi with Supreme Court welcoming Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung's stand towards government formation. The Centre had told the Apex Court that President Pranab Mukherjee has given his nod…
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Harsh V Pant The US has increased its air assault on Islamic State (IS) militants, a radical al-Qaeda offshoot that has captured parts of Syria and Iraq, slowing their advance on the predominantly Kurdish Syrian town of Kobani (Ayn…
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Union Government has submitted the names of 627 foreign account holders  to Supreme Court and has said that half of them are resident Indians who could be prosecuted under Income Tax laws and rest of them are NRIs. If one knows the pace of…
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At a time when the Jammu and Kashmir Government is talking of inclusive development for all by extending essential services, the reality is that certain villages in the State are yet to get potable water. Power supply remains evasive. Both…
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