Good initiative to provide crop loan facility

This refers to crop loan facility. The initiative by the premier financial institute of the state has come as a boom for the people in the horticulture business. The crop loan facility will be delivering twin objectives if growers and traders are really sincere in their efforts to harvest the best More

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Rare sight

This is in response to front page photo titled "Rare sight". Indeed it is a rare sight to see politicians in Kashmir sitting together to solve a problem. Appointment of the chief information commissioner is a welcome move. On the national level BJP and the Congress have difference of opinion on almost More

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Egypt uprising

This refers to the recent uprisings in Tunisia followed by Egypt. People are on streets demanding good governance. Their anger reflects rejection of autocratic rule and dictatorships. The United States is often boasting of encouraging democratic set-up in every part of the world. On the ground the world More

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Hold entrance

This refers to news titled "Government mulls entrance examination for contractual lecturers". It is fair on part of the state government to conduct the entrance examination for appointing contractual lecturers as the quality of education is deteriorating day by day. The students of B-grade universities More

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Our duty

This refers to the article "Subsidize Pollution Control Devices: Envt Panel". It will be a good step for controlling the pollution in Kashmir. The government has made many suggestions so far but nothing has been done on ground. The government alone is not responsible for degradation of environs but we More

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All politics

This refers to the news “RSS involved in terror attacks: Azad.” I just sense politics in such statements, whether made by Ghulam Nabi Azad or Digvijay Singh. So far Congress has never made such statements. It seems they are targeting the Muslim vote bank in different parts of India. If Congress is really More

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Wall calendar

This refers to Syed Ali Geelani’s new wall calendar. It is a good way to record the events that took place in Kashmir in the past few decades in general and last summer unrest in particular. People must understand the importance of documenting history. We have failed in this endeavour. And that is the More

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Revoke it

This refers to Army Chief’s statement “Long term vision need for J&K.” I think this vision can well begin from revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act and also by reduction of forces from civilian areas. Someone has to take such an initiative as it is the long pending demand of the people More

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