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The emergence of a new face of terror three years ago  hardly raised any eyebrow at that time but the coming up of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), not an offshoot of the notorious Pakistan agency ISI, may at that time looked a…
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Harsh V Pant Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh is a sign of an important course correction in Delhi-Dhaka ties. For years now, India's relations with Bangladesh have been suffering as New Delhi failed to capitalise on the…
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Last year when the budget was announced, there was elation in Jammu and Kashmir over the allocation given to the State  by BJP-led Govt in New Delhi. State also got an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) like medical…
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The proposed protest march by National Conference  Working President Omar Abdullah to highlight PDP BJP Govt's failure on completion of 100-days looks as if  the opposition is  desperate to  remain under public  gaze for its survival. The…
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Neerja Chowdhury The BJP's eyes are set on the Bihar poll which will determine whether the Modi momentum main-tains or starts to wane. The significance of Rahul Gandhi in his new Avatar is not what has happened to the Congress' vice…
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A simple action of safeguarding ones security and integrity has created so much commotion in the media especially in the television that it looks as if India and Pakistan have gone on war. What India did against Naga insurgents was its…
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The ceasefire signed between India and Pakistan on 25th Nov, 2003 seems to have outlived its life. The Thursday violation by Pakistan along the Line of Control at Sawjian in Poonch sector is the second one since 1st June and could have…
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 Gurmeet Kanwal  According to the CAG, the shortage of 'high calibre' ammunition - for tanks and artillery guns and missiles - is as high as 84 per cent. The jury is still out on whether 'achche din' (good days) are here for the economy…
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Though delayed by few days from its D-Day, coming of monsoon always bring hope and sends a message of continuity and above all giving relief to the people from the scorching heat. The prevailing heat wave condition in the region hasgiven…
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The daily appearance of posters asking people what to wear and not to use mobiles or watch TV, the apple-rich town of Sopore in north Kashmir seems to be  getting into the militancy vortex once again reminding the days of 1990. The …
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