Category: Editorials
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Kharge’s challenges
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s challenges are huge but it remains to be seen if he manages to work without the interference of the Gandhi family. It’s because of his open admission that he was asked by Sonia Gandhi to contest for the Presidential post against a somewhat of a rebel in Shashi Tharoor. The party…
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Accession Day
The accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India thanks to the valiant Indian soldiers who nipped the first ever war waged by Pakistan through “non-state actors” in its history. The tribesmen from NWFP attacked J&K from Kashmir side and heaped atrocities on minorities. This was akin to barbarism for people who lived simple and peaceful…
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Justice, Finally
The end of the trial of Yasin Malik in the Terror Funding case and the NIA court sentencing him to life imprisonment is a good beginning of giving justice to the victims of terrorism in J&K. Lakhs of lives were affected and many youth died premature death by either getting involved in violence of becoming…
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Cowardly attacks
Fighters don’t show off their bravery by attacking unarmed policemen and their families more so when they are off duty and spending time with their families. The terrorists just did that when they attacked Sgt Cdt Saifullah Qadri on Srinagar outskirts this evening. Qadri breathed his last while being shifted to hospital while his seven…
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Unlikely row
Removal of the image of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah from the Police medals is not politics but part of the process of reconciling the laws and system of J&K with the rest of the country. So, those trying to raise a controversy about it are just seeking to make some trouble and desperate to kick up…
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Pak and terror
Pakistan has continued to remain on the list of countries that are targeted for censure and intense scrutiny by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for being non-compliant with global order to check the terror financing. The country has been on the grey list of the FATF since June 2018. The status has further jeopardized…
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Merchants of death
Desperation at their inability to revive violence in recent years has resulted in the Pakistani agents throwing a grenade in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk. They killed one and injured 24 Kashmiris, who were moving around for work and happily. The grenade blast scared the little children moving with mothers for life; it left a Kashmiri dead…
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Press freedom
Does the Press enjoy immunity from breaking the law? No it doesn’t. A media person is supposed to obey the law as much as any other professional and citizen of this country. So, each time a media person is accused of being on the wrong side of the law, why do some media bodies rise…
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Repealing Farm Laws
Prime Minister Narender Modi has taken a rather unprecedented and a bold step by announcing repealing of the three Agricultural laws enacted by the Parliament on account of agitation by sections of farmers, especially from Punjab and Western Uttar Pradesh. This should bring an end to the ugly confrontation between farmers and the government and…
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IMA warning
The Indian Medical Association has clearly warned against leniency in wearing masks and maintaining social distancing since the third was not only inevitable but it was round the corner, Doctors are apparently unhappy lt at the state governments loosening the controls. Agreed that the controls have to be ended one day in order to revive…