Retired college teachers and their plight

We, the retired college teachers are also beneficiaries by dint of the revision of salaries under Sixth Pay Commission.. Once the revised salaries according to Sixth Pay Commission were granted to the employees of Central Government, the State Government did not give it to its employees on account of More

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Barbaric incident

This refers to killing of two sisters in Sopore recently. I cried after reading the news story. Omar Abdullah must make it a point to punish the culprits. There is no point playing politics over the issue by watching who will condemn the incident and who won’t. The gruesome incident has evoked widespread More

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Acknowledge resistance

This refers to Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s address to National Prayer Breakfast at UN. I agree with Mirwaiz that the world community must wake up to the Kashmir issue and press upon India and Pakistan to resolve it as soon as possible. In the past two decades or so, the conflict in Kashmir has devoured thousands More

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Handwara killing

This refers to the killing of civilian named Manzoor Ahmad in Handwara. How long shall forces continue to kill civilians in the name of ‘mistaken identity’? Regretting the incident is not enough. The forces must understand that a single fire can kill a civilian. Human life seems to be losing value in More

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Establish peace

This refers to Home Minister’s visit to Jammu recently. Just three days after he reviewed the security and development scenario, two tragic incidents took place in the Valley: the gruesome killing of two sisters in Sopore in north Kashmir and the killing of a civilian in Army firing. It is quite sad More

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CIC appointment

This refers to the news “GAD gaffe delays CIC appointment.” It is bizarre to see the callous attitude of the officials in state administration, especially with regard to such a high-profile appointment. The Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who made the CIC appointment recently along with the PDP president More

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Justice must

This refers to the news ‘Police to rebuild its maligned image.” I wonder how they will be able to do it. The only way they can do it is to punish the guilty cops involved in killing of civilians last year. Police Department was once considered to be the savior of people in times of crisis. But here the More

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New advisory

This refers to Central Government’s advisory to all states in India that they must not harass Kashmiris in the name of security concerns. How effective the advisory will be on ground remains to be seen. It would be a big step if the states really take the advisory seriously and ensure that Kashmiris More

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