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Delhi is burning

Delhi is burning

The death toll in Delhi violence has already reached 23 and the North-East Delhi continues to remain on edge as it was three days back. Killings, attacks, arson, loot on massive scales have been reported from this part of Delhi. Besides 21 deaths, nearly 200 people have been injured. Properties worth billions have been razed […]

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Not at the cost of peoples’ lives

Not at the cost of peoples’ lives

J&K High Court on Monday directed notices against Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCI) and the J&K Union Territory authorities for “illegally” constructing a grid station in a populated area in Harvan in the city outskirts. The HC directive has come as a big relief for the residents of the area who have been protesting […]

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Time to Act

Time to Act

The reports pouring in that the Group of Ministers constituted by the Prime Minister has finalized the plans for development and job creation in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is heartening and gives some hope that steps would be taken to pull the region out of the present economic mess and developmental lag. […]

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Ensure uninterrupted schooling

Ensure uninterrupted schooling

All the schools in winter zone are opening on Monday and it is great news both for the students as well as parents. Post August 05, 2019 when Article 370 was abrogated and state of Jammu and Kashmir bifurcated into two union territories, all the educational institutions remained closed for several months. Though the government […]

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Beyond official meetings

Beyond official meetings

Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu on Wednesday called for strict enforcement of traffic regulations and creating awareness regarding road safety across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir so as to prevent incidence of road accidents. At a meeting with the top functionaries of Transport department and Traffic Police at the Civil Secretariat Jammu, the […]

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Allay people’s fears

Allay people’s fears

The new political reality is that the State of Jammu and Kashmir is split into two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. According to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, on the midnight of the October 31 two ne UTs were carved, nearly three months after the announcement in this regard was […]

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Area of concern

Area of concern

With the J-K administration announcing schedule for Panchayat by-polls, some political activity has at last started in the state, though not at the scale that would indicate a big headway in the badly stalemated political situation. While a chunk of leaders in the National Conference say they will take part in these elections which are, […]

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Investors’ summit

Investors’ summit

Jammu and Kashmir is going to host a mega investors’ summit in coming days and official sources say they are going to hold road-shows and other promotional events in various parts of the country to attract investors here. Official circles are upbeat, as they believe that once the investments start pouring in, it will change […]

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Tyranny has its limits

Tyranny has its limits

Finally the Sudanese authorities have decided to deliver president Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court. Bashir, who was deposed in April 2019 following mass protests, has for the past decade flouted International Criminal Court arrest warrants on charges of genocide and war crimes in the ravaged Darfur region of western Sudan. Once a very […]

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Selective action!

Selective action!

For the past few weeks Traffic Police have embarked on an initiative of slapping fines on the wrongly parked vehicles. However, this measure has been taken only in and around the city centre Lal Chowk and adjoining markets in the Civil Lines areas.  And here too the cops in blue uniforms are very selective in […]

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