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Stray animals especially dogs, cows and buffaloes have made life miserable for people in Jammu and Srinagar with the local municipality confessing that the invasion is not only “causing nuisance” to citizens but is posing a danger. Walk on the streets of Jammu, groups of dogs roaming freely is quite a common scene. At night lanes are full of these stray dogs. Blame it on the people who serve the…

The coming together of terrorist organisations to carry out attacks in Jammu and Kashmir with the help of terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hizbul Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) is a move to enlarge its activities before winter intensifies and is worrisome especially when the ISIS has termed the Pak-supported militants to keep the fight going on. Any move to counter such mischief by…

Extension approaches for indulgent farmers’ behaviour

Dr Narinder Paul 

Extension work in agriculture is an enormous challenging task because it is concerned with the people who deal with the faming vocation. It is a proven fact that working with the human beings is the most challenging task. It is so because they have senses, respond and live in a society. The attitude of a person is more shaped by the social system in which he\she lives. It is so…

The Punjab Cabinet’s announcement to introduce a new amended Section (295 AA) in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) to provide life imprisonment to those involved in sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib has sparked a new controversy. Hurting religious sentiments, currently covered under IPC’s Section 295 A, makes sacrilege punishable by three-year imprisonment. This step would act as a deterrent to prevent…

Once again Indira-Abdullah accord has come into lime light with Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed taking a u-turn and hailing the revival of democratic process in the militancy-hit Kashmir Valley. Mufti had been a strong opponent of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, founder of National Conference, and his political ideology. The 1975 accord was a turning point for the emergence of various other…

Climate change angle to terrorism

Kota Sriraj 

The recent terrorist attacks in Paris has left a spectre of violence, with 129 innocent lives lost and 350 grievously injured. Terrorist organisations, such as the Islamic State which later claimed responsibility for the dastardly attack on Paris, are evolving fast in achieving their diabolical agenda. Social media and the Internet are already the favoured tools for raising sufficient…

The recent ceasefire violations by Pakistan come after the DGMO-level talks between BSF and Pakistan Rangers around a month ago. The proposed talks were hoped that the whole exercise would ease tension all along the International Border and Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir bringing some respite to the people residing near these. The most significant takeaway of the talks has been that the two…

R.K. Pachauri 

India adopted a forward-looking policy in the field of climate change over seven years ago, by formulating its National Action Plan on Climate Change. On October 1, 2015, India announced and released its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, which is an essential input for the forthcoming Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…