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With G20 in Srinagar, Modi govt makes international statement
G20 meet on tourism in Srinagar has ended on a successful note. This success is sweeter for the Modi government than the events held in other cities in the country – 118…
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Why BJP is making bid to take Farooq Abdullah on board on G20?
BJP’s J&K unit president Ravinder Raina appealed to Farooq Abdullah, towering political leader of Kashmir, to “demonstrate his magnanimity, rising above the party politics, to announce welcome to the G20 delegates who on Monday were in Srinagar to…
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Politically clashing narratives could have been avoided ahead of G20 in Kashmir
Now when the clock says that less than 72 hours are left for the G20 meet in Srinagar on tourism, hailed as unprecedented and historic there has been a play out of…
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Please listen to us, hold Assembly polls: J&K’s appeal to PM
An appeal has been made to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give the green signal to the Election Commission of India to hold assembly polls in J&K, live up to his own…
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Terror attacks shift headlines from SCO in Goa to J-K
The headlines on Friday when the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation ( SCO) met in Goa India, changed quickly. The killing of five soldiers in the Kandi area of Rajouri, a border…
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J-K polls – an unresolved conundrum
Now it has reached a point of exasperation. All parties barring BJP, of course, have started questioning the Central government for not holding polls in Jammu and Kashmir, which are now not only…
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India needs to do more than strong words on border situation with China
After the meeting of Indiana and Chinese defense ministers on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ( SCO), in which the two sides failed to agree on the future of the situation in eastern Ladakh,…
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Poonch terror attack – its dynamics pose new challenges
The Poonch terror attack of April 20 has its own dynamics which are being papered over by old-themed analysis The fundamentals of this attack, in which five soldiers were killed, need to…
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Now J-K can rip apart tag of basket case, handholding is needed
The major challenge in Jammu and Kashmir is to shed the tag of “ basket” case, an ugly tag with which it has been seen and addressed for decades. There was a…
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Bathinda Army Base Shooting: It would be mistake to ignore its wider implications
Early Wednesday – April 12 – morning came the shocking news; four Indian army soldiers were shot dead in the military station Bathinda, Punjab. By the end of the day, it was…
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Amit Shah’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh on Monday, rap on knuckles of China
On Monday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in Arunachal Pradesh to launch the “Vibrant Village Programme”. It may be a coincidence or otherwise already planned schedule that the visit is coming…
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What G20 meet in Srinagar means – a grand geo-political message
The immediate challenge in Kashmir today is to ensure the smooth conduct of the G20 meeting in Srinagar next month. The Government’s decision to hold a meeting in Kashmir in the year when India is holding the…
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CEC says ‘vacuum’ in J-K, what it means beyond gap between last elections and now?
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar made a significant comment about the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. He observed: “There is vacuum that needs to be filled,” and it immediately got translated into the widening duration between the…
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Reduction of AFSPA areas in Northeast – J-K too deserves this
The Centre’s announcement to further reduce areas covered under Armed Forces Special Powers Act ( AFSPA) from Manipur, Assam, and Nagaland has been hailed by the political leadership of the Northeast as a positive step, which has…
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J-K parties for polls, Delhi on pause mode
It is more than a consensus. All the parties in Jammu and Kashmir with flags of their own believe that the situation in the territory has improved – the ruling BJP at…
