The security factor

Of Internal Security and the emerging dimensions

Impressions By Binoo Joshi

There is a multiplication of threats.  More threats are coming. And, internal security is under more threat than ever before. So far, the internal security has been  measured  in terms of militancy, sleeping cells  and so on. Now it is the turn of the social networking sites that More

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Pathway to peace

Zardari’s India visit hints at exciting times ahead

VIEWPOINT By Anil Anand

Contrary to expectations Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s whistle-stop visit to India has proved exciting in more than one ways. It will be naive to think that no planning had gone into it and that it was only a personal visit to pay obeisance at the revered sufi shrine of Ajmer Sharief. There More

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A Battle Against Nature

Political will is needed to stop the conflict on Siachen

Siachen Conflict By Sajad Padder

The Siachen Glacier is one of the most inhospitable and glaciated regions in the world. Sliding down a valley in the Karakoram Range, the glacier is 76 kilometers long and varies in width between 2 to 8 kilometers. It receives an annual snowfall of more than 35 feet. Blizzards can last 20 days. Winds More

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Dog upsurge

What can be done to control the menace?

MENACE By Dr. Muneer Ahmad

Dog population has increased at an alarming pace in towns and cities from the last two decades. Every day someone becomes victim of these stray canines. As per recent statistics, Srinagar city has 91,110 dogs population and SMHS (anti rabies clinic) registered 4230, 7257 and 1600 cases of dog bite More

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• Kashmir

• Srinagar City

• Jammu

• South Asia