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Centre looking for middle-path to resolve issues in Ladakh rife with agitational voices
Buddhists in Ladakh were jubilant and celebrated the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, as also the announcement that the cold desert region spread over to 59, 146 sq. km with…
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Return of Kashmiri Pandits to valley should be Kashmir-centric mission
Arun Joshi After the movie, The Kashmir Files hit the big screen in early March and the narration it generated showing how the Kashmiri Pandits migrated from the Valley, the Indian nation…
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Repeal of AFSPA from North-east states, a bold step but JK poses a question
The announcement by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah of reduction in disturbed areas under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in three North-East states of Nagaland, Assam, and Manipur on…
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The Kashmir Files – the time line of 1990 and beyond, too, has a story
There always is a culmination of a series of events that results in the kind of tragedy that the Kashmiri Pandits had to undergo in 1990 and also in different phases since.…
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Indo-Pak dialogue is a necessity, but whom to talk to? Islamabad is leaderless
Arun Joshi New Delhi: In the backdrop of the missile crisis between India and Pakistan, there is an urgent need for the two countries to resolve it before it becomes another mountainous…
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A multi-purpose security mechanism for J&K villages is back with renewed vigour
Arun Joshi Union Home Minister Amit Shah has lifted all the shadows of uncertainty in the villages vulnerable to the terror assaults with his decision to revive the Village Defence Committees as village…
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Imperfect times consume much-hyped white paper on Article 370
Arun Joshi Perhaps the leaders of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration who are in race with time to highlight what happened to the people of Kashmir on August 5, 2019, when their…
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India needs to redefine its role in defusing Ukrainian conflict
Arun Joshi The Russian invasion of Ukraine, despite repeated pleas by the world leaders, especially the US president Biden of the United States, to refrain from this violent action that would be…
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Elections in JK – Home minister achieves twin objectives
With just one proclamation, nowadays significant announcements are made through TV channels before those appear in the official gazettes, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has killed two birds with one stone: announced…
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Kashmiri parties invest more in democratic space to save their identity
Arun Joshi There is a new maturity in Kashmir politics where the leaders have realised it amply that the only way out for them to show their strength is to invest heavily…
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Jammu’s campaign for statehood is not without pitfalls
Arun Joshi A new dynamic is shaping in Jammu and Kashmir, where campaigns have been unleashed for a separate state for the Jammu region. This idea, though quite old, gained momentum as…
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Delimitation report throws Kashmiri parties in a quandary, struggling for survival
Arun Joshi The second draft report of the Delimitation Commission on J&K had disturbed the political and geographical calculus of the Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the Union Territory in which…
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J&K coming to terms with reality – economic self-sufficiency is the only way out
Arun Joshi A new thought process is gaining traction in Jammu and Kashmir, shift from being the basket case to taking baby steps towards economic self-sufficiency. This is both a wish and…
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J&K’s polls in 2022 will depend on outcome of UP elections?
Arun Joshi The Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for which the process got underway with the announcement of the poll schedule on January 8, hold great importance for the residents of Jammu and Kashmir, as…