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| Let Mandate 2014 be a referendum on J&K | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 16: Why should a nation of 1300 million people suffer perpetually for one of its constituents that doesn't constitute even one percent of its size, by area or population? In asking that question, one has to bear in mind a shrubbery of questions: Why do nations die in defending literally the square inches of their sovereign domain? Its clear that any country's national ego is as dominating as its sovereignty and national security.
Having said that, India or Pakistan wouldn't budge an inch from their respective stated positions on Jammu and Kashmir. They have not and they will not. Now that the American hegemony stands exposed and nobody on Earth would listen to the Western harangues on democracy, liberty, human rights in the face of their post-9/11 repressions, nothing is going to change in this part of South Asia. War alone would perhaps prove to be decisive but post-1998, both the neighbours have become nuclear and a military clash is obviously no option.
Even when India's position on the world diplomatic front was weak and its economy was not a ... | |
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| NC fighting for its very survival | | Kashmir's election scene | | | Neha
JAMMU, Mar 16: Gone are the days when the people of Kashmir would vote overwhelmingly for the National Conference (NC) and return it to power in the state and help it win all the three Lok Sabha seats as it happened in 2009. The NC was formed in 1938 by Sheikh Abdullah and its stated goal was to achieve segregation of Kashmir from the ruling Jammu on purely religious lines. The Kashmir's political scene has undergone a significant change over the last more than five years. It has changed to the extent that the NC leadership has raised its hands in Jammu province convinced that it would only bite dust if it enters the poll arena in this province that houses patriotic people. It is find... | |
| | | | Coalition unity show in Anantnag on 30 March | | Lok Sabha Polls | | |
Saahil Suhail
Anantnag, Mar 16: In wake of Lok Shaba elections, National Conference and Congress are all set to display a unity show on 30th of
this month in South Kashmir's Anantnag district. Informed sources said that on the same day, National conference candidate for Anantnag constituency, Dr Mehboob Beigh will file the nomination papers. Later the Chief Minister and working President of the party Omar Abdullah, General Sectrey Sheikh Nazir Ahmad, Congress Chief Prof. Saif-u-Din Soz and Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will address the gathering. They said that in yesterday's working body meeting National Conference leadership of the South Kashmir was directed to start work... | |
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