Littered explosives: Beware of these death traps

This refers to the killing of two boys in Tral recently due to shell explosions. The fatalities by ‘unexploded ordnance’ (UXO) during the first seven months of this year in the state have gone up to nine, which include five children, as per a news report. The causalities have put a question mark over More

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Good statement

I appreciate Chief Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for making a blunt statement on Mumbai attacks. Omar has rightly asked the people to desist from speculating about who is behind the serial blasts in Mumbai in which 18 persons have been killed and over 130 injured. Whenever such attacks have taken place More

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Restore service

This refers to the news that the Valley-based tourism traders’ bodies have welcomed the announcement Chairman, Airports Authority of India, V P Agarwal recently made regarding impending operation of international flights from Srinagar International Airport. It is indeed a welcome initiative which needed More

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Mumbai blasts

This refers to statements by both factions of the Hurriyat Conference condemning the Mumbai serial blasts. The statements have proved that Kashmiris are concerned about loss of human lives in any part of the world. The Hurriyat factions are right hat such acts are inhuman and an attempt to derail the More

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Work together

This refers to the loss of innocent lives in Mumbai attacks recently. Such incidents are highly condemnable and points toward the insecurity that people in this country are facing. However, it is encouraging that both India and Pakistan have rued the loss of lives and resolved to work together to fight More

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Mumbai violence

This refers to the shocking news of Mumbai blasts in which many innocent lives were lost. It's unfortunate that we are witnessing this kind of bloodshed. Human lives have a value and we must not forget that there is no sin graver than killing a human being. The blasts could have derailed the peace process More

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Whose responsibility?

It is pathetic that we are seeing developmental work going on at a snail's pace. Kashmir is lucky to have a natural beauty which nowhere in the world can be seen. But we are equally unlucky that we are not developed as we should have been. A flyover which takes a few months elsewhere takes not less than More

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Climate change

It's good we are seeing a peaceful summer after three consecutive turbulent summers. We hope this climate change lasts. We hope that young boys and girls go back to their studies and Kashmir sees prosperity in every field. There is no doubt that we must not forget our democratic rights and we must peacefully More

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