Alliances look to get seat-sharing formula right
Former Governor, Jammu & Kashmir
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Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economising. — John Stuart Mill
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With reference to ‘Paddy pangs’; despite being aware of the dire situation due to continuous overexploitation of groundwater for the cultivation of paddy, the governments of Punjab and Haryana seem to be unconcerned. No efforts have been made by the...
Apropos of ‘Wait and watch’; the agreement on patrolling along the LAC, reached between India and China, is a welcome development. However, going by its track record, China is in the habit of not respecting and following agreements in letter...
Refer to ‘Ganderbal shocker’; the killing of APCO Infratech workers by Pakistan-based militant outfit People’s Anti-Fascist Front is the first terror attack on a key infrastructure project in the Kashmir valley. This attack, which came days after the new government...
Refer to ‘Kiwis fly high’; India’s shocking defeat in the Bengaluru Test to New Zealand should not impact the team’s decision-making in the rest of the current season. It’s important to try and make a comeback under pressure. It’s about...
With reference to ‘The blood on America’s hands’ (The Great Game), the US is ok with certain Canadians of Indian origin rooting for Khalistan. The suffering caused by extremists is best defined by an Urdu couplet, “Bud khaslaton ko rakhta...
Refer to ‘One Nation, One Election is undemocratic’; it is certainly undemocratic and this idea can be termed as an ill-conceived one as it is not practicable in our country, where we have a federal system. The size of the...
Refer to ‘Priyanka’s debut’; both Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka have been working tirelessly to revitalise and rejuvenate the Congress, which had plummeted from its once-dominant position in the country to an ignominious low. The contribution of both siblings has been...
Refer to ‘Farmers refuse to meet Supreme Court panel’, the farmers’ decision is unfortunate as it is not in their larger interest. At the same time, the government and the farmers cannot afford to be at loggerheads for an uncertain...
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Lahore, Saturday, October 25, 1924 FROM October 16, when the Reforms Enquiry Committee re-assembled at Simla after a month and a half’s adjournment, to October 22, the last day for which the proceedings of the committee are before us at...
Lahore, Friday, October 24, 1924 THE controversy that has recently taken place in the Press and elsewhere over the question whether a settlement of the communal problem must precede a united endeavour on the part of different communities for the...
Lahore, Thursday, October 23, 1924 ALTHOUGH Sir John Maynard appeared before the Reforms Enquiry Committee with the avowed object of removing the ‘misapprehensions’ caused and the ‘misstatements’ made by some witnesses, the evidence actually given by him contains more than...
Lahore, Wednesday, October 22, 1924 AT a time when the prevailing note in India is that of a certain soul-killing sadness and despair, when there seems to be no way out of the maze into which, in the working out...
Lahore, Tuesday, October 21, 1924 IN the latest issue of Young India, Mahatma Gandhi has written a short article in which he beautifully sums up the case for making spinning the qualification for membership of the Congress. “If a monetary...
Lahore, Sunday, October 19, 1924 THE Punjab Government has issued an important resolution stating its position with regard to the recent enhancement of water rates and the other proposals for additional taxation to meet the deficit in the budget for...
Lahore, Saturday, October 18, 1924 WE have ventured to ask Mr. Jinnah how he proposes to reconcile his view that religion must be divorced from politics with his advocacy of special representation of his community from top to bottom-not only...
Lahore, Thursday, October 16, 1924 IT has for some time been obvious that Liberalism in England is a spent force and that it is dying a slow death. The progress is likely to be materially accelerated by the suicidal action...
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