Pre-Paid ban: HM should rethink

Indian government is time and again proving its incompetence by enforcing harsh laws on the people of J&K. Last year we witnessed the same act of incompetence when a ban on the text messages was enforced as the government was unable to take strict action to tackle some miscreants. Enforcing such More

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Total breakdown

This refers to the news “Police intends to use Taser Guns on Protesters.” It seems that modern techniques are being used to kill civilians. The 50000 volts of Taser Gun is believed to affect severely the Nervous System of the person for some time. There is every possibility of a total breakdown of the More

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Not ‘terrorists’

This refers to Dr Farooq Abdullah’s statement that “Kashmiri Muslims should not be treated as terrorists.” Such a statement has a very great impact. I really appreciate Dr Abdullah for making such a powerful statement which was the need of the hour. Better late than never, there seems to be a change More

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Irresponsible statement

This refers to the news “Karzai legitimate leader: US”. One fails to understand what the US wants to demonstrate by making such an irresponsible statement. How can one country interfere in the internal matters of other countries? Sadiq Ganaiesadiqganaie1 More

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Kashmir issue

This refers to New Delhi’s invitation to separatists for holding a dialogue on Kashmir issue. We should not forget that such dialogues have yielded nothing so far, and are just futile exercises. It seems Delhi at this stage is facing tremendous pressure at the diplomatic level to resolve the Kashmir More

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I appreciate

I appreciate the views expressed in the article “Governance  in  J&K" by  M.S.Pandit. Such articles can go a long way in guiding administrators and officials regarding the issues confronting the state vis-à-vis governance. Ali  ShaidaJK Bank Lal Mandi More

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Adopting resolution

I appreciate Jamait Ulama-e-Hind for adopting a resolution in Deoband asking Muslims not to recite “Vande Matram”.  As Vande Mataram means to bow your head, no Muslim can afford to do this. This is not to disrespect India and the sentiments of its people, but it is the question of one’s faith and More

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Highly unfortunate

This refers to the article titled “The status of women in society” by Nadia Shah. She has explained the story of suffering and pain that women encounter every day. But it is highly unfortunate that even in today’s educated society; we are treated as were treated before. Nothing seems to have improved More

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Unfortunate decision

This refers to the decision of the Home Minister to ban the pre-paid mobile services in J&K. This is an ill conceived act which has thrown life out of gear in Kashmir. Rendering 38 lakh SIM's useless and 20000 people jobless cannot be taken as a joke by any standards. The security reason cited by More

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Take cudgels

This with reference to article by Happymon Jacob (GK November 3). The author provokes Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah to take cudgels with the Union Government. He blames him of playing second fiddle to the Congress government.  He states that Kashmiris who have become too close to New Delhi have More

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No option

This refers to the ban on prepaid mobile service in Kashmir. People are facing immense problems without recharge facility. The recharge option has also been stopped much to the disappointment of the subscribers. When the Home Minister visited Nagrota Jammu to review the arrangements made for the settlement More

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How long?

It is really shocking that another boy has been killed by so called security forces. How long will this mayhem continue in Kashmir?Aamir Nabi WaniKreeri, Varmul More

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Stone age

The Central Government has decided to ban all the pre-paid connections in Jammu and Kashmir. It may be a bold step but not for all those who will suffer. I don’t understand that why in 21st century the Central Government is trying to drag the Kashmiris to the ancient times with no communication. The More

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