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AFSPA revocation and troop withdrawal: Amit Shah signals a potential shift towards reconciliation in J&K
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While the prospect of AFSPA revocation and troop withdrawal has elicited mixed responses, with opposition parties cautiously optimistic yet sceptical about practical implementation, Amit Shah’s statements signify a potential shift…

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Use of technology and astronomical calculations for moon sightings: Accepted in Saudi, Malaysia and Indonesia, why not here?
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“It’s political, it’s always been. So rather than attributing it to matters of faith, one has to look at these fights among the clerics over the moon sightings as something…

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‘Nazneen Yaar Maine…’ represents the mainstream values of Kashmiri culture
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At a time when competing communities are investing enormous energies in valorizing their culture as “civilized” and that of others as “savage”, it is pleasant to see the artistic expression…

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Fixing Security in Jammu and Kashmir
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New Delhi needs to evolve a multipronged security model — one that would bring in the expertise of a bevy of professionals and not just of the traditional domain experts.…

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Death anniversaries of Mirwaiz Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone: Why public commemorations in Kashmir are just focused on who are dead, not their killers?
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Lest we forget… it was on May 21, 1990, when Mirwaiz Molvi Muhammad Farooq — the then Mirwaiz of Kashmir, and father of incumbent Mirwaiz (Umar Farooq) —was assassinated at…

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Who is killing whom, and why? We need answers, but from whom?
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There is confusion all around. And confusion almost always arises because of no accountability; a bliss for the unscrupulous, who thrive and prosper in the absence of any checks and…

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NEET doesn’t promote opportunity; fails to ensure a level playing field for all aspirants
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The medical profession and education have become a business and now the regulation of medical education has also gone that way which is the nation’s tragedy, an anguished Supreme Court…

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What civil wars tell us about Afghanistan situation, past and present 
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By Javaid Trali Afghanistan is, in fact, a classic case study of the convergence of interests of a wide range of actors — be it the transnational arms dealers or…

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Explained: CID Kashmir’s order on denying security clearance to ‘law offenders’ needs a rethink
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Javaid Trali On July 31, 2021, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police issued an order, denying security clearance for passports and other government services to…

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2 years after abrogation of Art 370: What goes said and unsaid in J&K?
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Javaid Trali  I had just finished going through the two interviews, ‘The Print’ had published recently in connection with the upcoming second anniversary of the August 2019 decisions,  when I…

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Accepting centre’s invite for talks is both an opportunity and an obligation for J&K leadership
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Touseef Raina The changes affected by the Government of India post-August 2019 in Jammu and Kashmir and the way local mainstream leaders were treated in the wake of the revocation…

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