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Conundrum of Dilli, Dil, Doori and Kashmir
Arun Joshi It’s time to assess and analyze how far the road has been covered in removing “doori“ ( distance ) “Dilli” ( Delhi ) and its heart had with Kashmir. June 24 marks one…
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How Farooq Abdullah changed dynamics of presidential poll
Arun Joshi When Farooq Abdullah announced the withdrawal of his name from consideration as the opposition’s candidate for the July 18 presidential poll, he did something more than that; tell the opposition to…
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Shutting Falah-e-Aam schools in J&K, the future plan needs to be unveiled
Arun Joshi Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered the shutting down of all schools run by Jamaat-i-Islami affiliate Falah-e- Aam Trust in an apparent attempt to cripple the sources imparting education that sits outside the prism of…
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Kashmir’s split image spells its own set of problems
Arun Joshi At this point in time when Kashmir is being viewed through diametrically opposite lenses – one showing the Valley rattled by the targeted killings by terrorists and minorities pressing for…
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Pak’s internal turmoil is cause of concern for neighbours, especially India
Arun Joshi Developments in Pakistan cannot be ignored as something which is a country-specific problem. Before and after the ouster of Imran Khan’s government in early April, Pakistan has been on a…
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Irony of protests against killings in Kashmir – Mehbooba says it all
A single tweet by Mehbooba Mufti, who is better known as one of the strongest political voices in Kashmir, said it all. about the conditions in the Valley in the aftermath of…
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Revisit Indus Water Treaty in light of worsening climate change worries
Arun Joshi The recent Indo-Pak talks on the Indus Water Treaty can become a big source of opening a new chapter of better understanding on the water issues in the larger context…
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Targeted killings continue in Kashmir, no easy answers come to fore
Arun Joshi One more targeted killing in Kashmir on Tuesday has yet again opened a host of questions why there is no end to such coldblooded murders in the Valley where extraordinary normalcy…
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BJP echoes opposition in JK against bureaucratic setup
Arun Joshi For the first time in four years of the Central rule in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP has come out strongly in favour of having a political government to replace the…
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Here comes Iltija Mufti – Mehbooba’s daughter on political landscape of Kashmir
Arun Joshi Long awaited development on the political map of Jammu and Kashmir has taken place Friday with PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti appearing at the party’s…
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“Umran Malik is our boy,” euphoric Jammu hails its cricketing hero
Arun Joshi “Umran Malik is our boy”, the streets of Jammu are reverberating with noisy acknowledgment of the city’s cricketer who has stunned everyone with his fastest bowling during the just-concluded IPL…
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Amit Shah’s renewed call to end terrorism in J&K, how it translates on ground
Arun Joshi Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s renewed call for coordinated counter-terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir clearly implies rather in explicit terms that terrorism is still thriving in the Union Territory.…
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Kashmiri Pandits’ killing – acts of terror with wider ramifications
Arun Joshi The killing of a Kashmiri Pandit employee Rahul Bhat in the central Kashmir district of Budgam on Thursday has been condemned and condoled like all other such killings in the…
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Mehbooba stirs hornet’s nest in Kashmir politics, BJP is up in arms against her
Arun Joshi Mehbooba Mufti, once known for her rapid-fire rhetoric is now a figure of composure but she is determined to speak for the people in the Valley as also the Muslims…
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“Liberate POJK” – from Parliament resolution to mass movement
Arun Joshi On Sunday – May 8, an RSS backed Jammu Kashmir People’s Forum, launched a vigorous campaign to “liberate“ Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir from the occupation of Pakistan, as a…
