In response to BSNL’s customer care (dis)service

Apropos the news item “BSNL’s customer care (dis)service” (GK 18.01.2010). As per the government policy, BSNL is giving due weightage to Senior Citizens, women and physically handicapped subscribers in all the Customer Service Centres as well as other public interacting areas. Instructions have also More

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Kashmiri handicrafts

This refers to absence of Kashmiri Handloom section in the Silk Fab at Lucknow. I personally visited the programme but was surprised to see the absence of Kashmiri section there. Many people asked me why Kashmiris didn’t participate in the programme. Whey I asked the Fab in charge why Kashmiris were More

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Good results

This refers to the recently declared class 12th results by the J&K State Board of School Education. This time the government schools have shown considerably better performance and bagged twenty five positions across the Valley. We all should appreciate this. Criticizing the schools is only going More

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Hidden agenda

This refers to revocation of ban on prepaid phones. It is very intriguing as to what compelled the Government of India to lift the ban on pre-paid phones when there has been no perceivable change (read improvement) in the ground situation during the past two and a half months. Rather the security scenario More

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Mixing politics

This refers to the IPL auction of cricket players for session three. It is very unfortunate to see that the IPL committee and its franchises have become a puppet in the hands of Indian politics and the government. By not picking up competent players from the Pakistan team, the franchisees have shown More

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Good move

This refers to setting up of Khidmat Centres in rural areas by the Jammu and Kashmir Bank as part of the government’s e-governance programme. The move is worth appreciation. Mehraj Ahmed,Ashmuji Kulgam. More

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Dry spell

This refers to the dry spell in the Valley. If there will be no snowfall this year, there will be a lot of water scarcity in summer. And such a problem can adversely affect our environment and, of course, the economy. Our agriculture, horticulture, floriculture and will bear the brunt. Also there will More

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Lifting ban

This refers to the lifting of ban on pre-paid mobile connections. First "serious security implications" were cited and the prepaid connections were silenced. The move rendered thousands of youth jobless besides caused huge inconvenience to millions of subscribers. Now after the subscribers converted More

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Kashmir conflict

 Given the conflict in the Middle East and other parts of the world, people sometimes forget about the region of Kashmir. Kashmir is a place where the borders of India, Pakistan and China meet. Everybody is after this piece of land because it has the natural resources in abundance. India and Pakistan More

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Unite now

Kashmir has been suffering for long. In 2009, Kashmiris revolved against the transfer of land to the Amarnath Shrine Board. But they didn’t succeed, at least the way they could have. Why? Is it because we don’t have any one to represent us? For any nation to succeed, it is important that its people are More

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