Durbar Move: Huge burden on state exchequer

This refers to the bi-annual Durbar Move. Every six months the offices shift from Srinagar to Jammu and then back to Srinagar. It is a huge burden on the state exchequer besides affecting the service delivery quite badly. Though it is politicians to take a call on putting an end to the practice, which More

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Darbar move

This refers to the futile practice of Darbar move. It must end now as it has no utility now. It was required in early years for the development of both parts of J&K  efficiently. But now it's a burden. Better do away with it. Madan Kaulmadanka More

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Social evils

This refers to the recent incident of a girl stabbing a boy in Srinagar. I wonder what police is doing in Kashmir. The crime rate is increasing in the Valley. Such incidents would never take place here. Now they are a regular phenomenon. It is high time for the civil society to address the problem before More

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Petty politics

This refers to the Chief Minister’s statement that he has made Geelani a hero by allowing him to offer funeral prayers in absentia for Osama Bin Laden. I differ with Mr Omar Abdullah on the issue. Geelani is a leader representing majority sentiment in Jammu and Kashmir and he doesn’t need any certificate More

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Why now?

This refers to the news item “Offer funeral prayers for Osama: Geelani” (GK 6-5-2011). It is strange as why is it not our moral duty to pray for the peace to those killed ruthlessly by Arab dictators in Bahrain, Egypt, Libya and other such countries. Were they not humans? Did they not belong to the Muslim More

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Reasi accident

This refers to the news “11 killed in Reasi accident.” Road accidents across the Valley are on the rise. Every year the state government makes tall claims to address the issue, but nothing is done on ground. On ground people continue to suffer. We have lost thousands of lives to road accidents in the More

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No parallels

This refers to the news “No parallels between 26/11, 9/11: US.” The two incidents indeed cannot be compared from any perspective. It is strange to see the Indian news channels trying to draw parallels between the two issues to create animosity between the two neighbouring countries. The experts and politicians More

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Wake up

This refers to the news “Fake marriage racket busted.” Who is responsible for this moral degradation in the society? We are all responsible for the mess we are in. Police must investigate the matter properly and not it up half way. Let the culprits face severe punishment for making a mockery of an institution More

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US machinations

This refers to the changing world scenario in the wake of Osama episode. There is no doubt that Americans themselves create monsters and then kill them. Osama might have committed murders, but the question is whose hero he was. There was a time when America projected him as a warrior, but when he More

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