Editorial - Page 9

February 19, 2020

And now Shah Faesal

After Omar Abdullah and Mahbooba Mufti, it is now Shah Faesal. The former civil servant has been booked under infamous Pubic Safety Act which allows detention without trial from six months to…
February 13, 2020

AAP ki Dilli

Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has dealt a stunning defeat to the BJP in Delhi assembly elections. This is the third consecutive win for the AAP since it made its debut…
April 15, 2019

Promises for power continue

As parliamentary elections are underway, election promises by the candidates and their campaigners are all time high. They are promising everything under the sun. National Conference leadership, the state’s key pro India…

The autonomy song

As the state has been put under the President’s rule and the urgency of holding of assembly elections is becoming a priority, National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah has virtually set his…
December 22, 2018

Unravelling the anatomy of a riot

The scene of violence in the name of emotive issues has been continuously throwing new patterns of instigating and orchestrating violence. In recent times we saw the major violence following the demolition…
December 21, 2018

PDP—a sinking ship

Ships, as is said, don’t sink because of the water around them; ships sink because of the water that gets in them. When you let what happens around you get inside you,…
December 20, 2018

Justice delayed, not denied

The conviction of senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for his role in massacre of Sikhs in 1984 in the aftermath of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s murder by two of her Sikh guards…
December 19, 2018

Killing sitting ducks

The killing of four policemen in a militant attack in Zainapora quarter of Shopian district on Tuesday was felt with quite disdain and shock across the valley. The policemen were keeping watch…
December 15, 2018

The Resurgent Congress

The defeat of BJP and the Congress’s remarkable rebound in the assembly elections in Hindi heart land of Rajasthan, MP and Chhattisgarh indicates the mood of the people of India ahead of…
December 13, 2018

Trump’s U-Turn on Pakistan

Former spy chief of Pakistan late Hameed Gull had all along stood for taking a strong position against America rather than toeing to its line on Afghanistan. However, different governments—right from Musharraf…
December 12, 2018

World human rights day and Kashmir

Each year, Human Rights Day is observed all over the world, especially by the oppressed nations on December 10, as on this very day in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted…
December 11, 2018

The Drabu drop scene

In politics, as said, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way. Dr Haseeb Drabu has finally bid adieu to the PDP. On Thursday, Drabu…
December 8, 2018
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