Parcel trans-shipment permitted in Jammu Rly division for J&K traders
Jammu, Apr 24: In a major relief for traders in Jammu and Kashmir, under the new Parcel Trans-shipment Policy, the facilities for transferring parcels from one train to another will now be available at specific, notified stations within the Jammu Railway Division. Under the new Parcel Trans-shipment Policy introduced by the Railway Board, the Jammu Division of Northern Railway has achieved a significant milestone in streamlining freight movement and logistics operations. Pursuant to this historic decision, facilities for transferring parcels from one train to another are now available at specific, notified stations within the Jammu Division. Consequently, the transit time for the movement of goods has been substantially reduced, informed Raghvender Singh, Public Relations Inspector, Jammu Railway Division. As a result, he said, the trading community within the Jammu Railway Division would be able to reap immense benefits from this new facility. Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (DCM) Jammu Railway Division, Uchit Singhal, while reflecting on this beneficial policy, stated, The primary objective of this policy is to promote 'Ease of Doing Business' and to boost the Railways' revenue. Previously, merchants faced logistical hurdles due to existing restrictions; however, thanks to this reform, the entire supply chain has now been streamlined. He urged the trading community and passengers to avail themselves of the maximum benefits offered under this policy. To illustrate the changes introduced by the Railway's Parcel Trans-shipment Policy, Singhal said, Previously, if one wished to send a parcel from Jammu to Kanyakumari, it was only possible if there was a direct train service connecting the two cities. Otherwise, such a shipment was not feasible. However, under the new policy, one can now book shipments even for destinations that do not have a direct train connection. The parcel will be unloaded at a designated junction station and subsequently transported to ones final destination station via a connecting train. Elaborating on the key benefits of this Parcel Trans-shipment Policy, Singhal said that the facility would lead to a significant reduction in parcel delivery times, thereby ensuring the timely supply of goods for traders and e-commerce companies. Previously, due to the lack of direct connectivity, the transfer of parcels from one train to another was not permitteda restriction that frequently resulted in delays. Now, at designated stations, it has become possible to transfer goods between dedicated parcel trains and leased parcel vans, he said. Singhal asserted that the decision proved to be a game-changer, particularly for the transport of fruits, vegetables, and other time-sensitive commodities, as it offered a faster and more cost-effective alternative compared to road transport. For e-commerce companies and small businesses, transporting goods via raileven to smaller stationshas now become both easy and affordable, he said.
A year ago, twenty-six men were killed in a meadow in Pahalgam. Their murderers asked them their religion before pulling the trigger a deliberate, theatrical provocation designed to ignite communal fire inside India. Sixteen days later, India responded with Operation Sindoor: twenty-three minutes of precision strikes against terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Pakistans Punjab heartland, the deepest military intrusion since the war of 1971. The anniversary demands honest accounting. Not the triumphalist narrative that hardens into official memory, nor the defeatist critique that ignores what was genuinely achieved. A soldiers reckoning requires both columns of the ledger. Begin with the credit column, because it is substantial. India struck nine targets simultaneously, with indigenous systems BrahMos cruise missiles, Akashteer air defence networks, loitering munitions without dependence on American platforms or foreign logistics chains. This was not merely a tactical outcome. It was a proof of concept for the Atmanirbhar Bharat doctrine in live combat conditions, and the world noticed. JeM chief Masood Azhar publicly acknowledged losing ten family members and four close aides in the Bahawalpur strike. The message to the deep state in Rawalpindi was unambiguous: the nuclear umbrella does not shield your handlers. India also deployed the Indus Waters Treaty as a non-military instrument of coercion, suspending it with the blunt declaration that blood and water cannot flow together. For decades, that treaty had functioned as a constraint on Indias development options in Jammu and Kashmir. Its suspension, whatever its eventual legal trajectory, signalled that the full portfolio of national power was now on the table. And critically, India crossed an escalatory threshold that had stood inviolate since Kargil: striking Pakistans Punjab, not merely PoK. That changes the calculus permanently. The threshold, once crossed, cannot be uncrossed. Now the debit column and a soldier must read it without flinching. The air campaign produced an outcome that Indias establishment has neither fully acknowledged nor adequately explained. Three Indian aircraft were lost: a Rafale F3R, a Mirage 2000H, and a third platform, likely a MiG-29 or Su-30. The Rafale loss was confirmed by French intelligence sources and later obliquely acknowledged by Indias Chief of Defence Staff. IAF pilots, having completed their strike missions successfully, appear to have underestimated the engagement envelope of Pakistani fighters during the defensive counter-air phase that followed. The political restrictions on pre-emptive targeting of Pakistani air defences compounded the vulnerability. India won the strike phase. It mismanaged the air battle that followed. These are two different facts and both are true. The information war was lost comprehensively. Pakistans Inter-Services Public Relations operation amplified by Chinese and Turkish state media flooded the global information space with fabricated imagery and claims within hours. Indias Ministry of External Affairs and PIB issued factual refutations that were accurate, delayed, and invisible to the international audience that matters. In the 21st century, narrative is not a supplement to military action; it is a parallel line of operation. India treats it as an afterthought. The diplomatic outcome was the most consequential shortfall. The ceasefire of 10 May was announced not from South Block or the Prime Ministers Office, but from Donald Trumps Truth Social account. Secretary of State Rubio called it a US-brokered deal. Pakistans Prime Minister thanked Washington. India denied American involvement but the denial itself confirmed the awkwardness. Whatever the private reality of how the ceasefire was arranged, the public optics handed Pakistan a narrative victory it had done nothing militarily to deserve. The isolation campaign against Pakistan failed. The China-Turkey-Pakistan axis held firm. The Gulf states, which India had reason to expect would remain neutral, did not provide the diplomatic cover New Delhi anticipated. And in an irony that should trouble every Indian strategic planner, Operation Sindoor rescued General Asim Munir from political near-extinction. Until May 7, he was the most embattled army chief Pakistan had seen in decades, his grip on power under sustained challenge from Imran Khans movement. Four days of war gave him a Field Marshals baton and erased the Khan problem from public view. India inadvertently delivered its adversarys establishment from its domestic crisis. What, then, is the strategic verdict at one year? Operation Sindoor was a necessary response and an imperfect one. It was necessary because a democracy cannot absorb the massacre of tourists without answer and because a pattern of absorbing Pakistani-sponsored terrorism without consequence had become a strategic liability. The Pahalgam attackers chose their target to humiliate India into inaction. India chose not to be humiliated. But the operations deeper purpose deterrence remains unverified. The structural architecture of Pakistani state sponsorship of terrorism is intact. There has been no diplomatic channel opened, no Track II engagement, no back-channel of consequence. Both sides claimed victory, which should have created the political space to talk; in South Asias tragic grammar, it never does. From Kupwara to Kanyakumari, Indians observe this anniversary with justified pride in what their armed forces executed in those twenty-three minutes. A Kashmiri who has seen the cost of terrorism across a lifetime holds that pride too. But pride is not policy. The meadow in Pahalgam remains a wound, and the architecture that produced those murders is undemolished. The honest soldiers verdict: India struck well. It managed the aftermath poorly. And the hardest question whether the terrorism that killed those twenty-six people is structurally less likely to recur today than it was on 21 April 2025 does not yet have a satisfactory answer.
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Kumar Rohit write2kumarrohit@outlook.com As the first light of Ram Navami touches the snow-clad peaks of Jammu and Kashmir and sweeps across the sun-drenched coastlines of Kanyakumari, a billion hearts begin to beat to a shared rhythm of renewal. From the high-pressure start-up hubs of Bengaluru and the bustling local trains of Mumbai to the vibrant artistic circles of Guwahati and the serene ghats of Varanasi, traditional lamps are lit in celebration of the spirit of Maryada Purushottam. Yet, in contemporary [] The post The Algorithmic Ravana and the Inner Ram A Roadmap for Todays Youth appeared first on Daily Excelsior .
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RSS Starts Kashmir To Kanyakumari Dhwaj Yatra
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Free screening of film Kanyakumari on January 2 in Visakhapatnam
