Hindustan Times (Delhi)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS (14472)

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and its sensibilit­ies as also the ability to speak the local dialect, hiring locally helps ensure business performanc­e,” said V Krishnan, human resources executive director at Dabur India which has added close to 1,000 jobs in “upcountry and rural geographie­s” in recent months.

Officials said that smaller cities are relatively free from strikes and other disruption­s compared to headquarte­red units.

“Moreover, workers from smaller towns are considered less attrition-friendly and more dedicated,” said Shubhayu Gupta, head of HR at Hinduja Global Solutions, part of the Hinduja Group. allies for almost three decades. Gandhi said both parties failed the people of the state for long.

Sharing his opinion on continued protests in Kashmir, Gandhi said the central government had made a mess of a previously successful strategy to tackle militancy in Kashmir. He said the state’s PDP-BJP alliance destroyed all room for Kashmiris to join the political system.

“From my perspectiv­e this opportunis­tic alliance was a crime against India. Everything we did for nine years was wiped out in a matter of days,” he said.

The Congress leader’s comments came after two months of violence in Kashmir that has claimed 86 lives and left more than 10,000 people injured, with widespread protests and discontent against the government and army.

Analysts say the surge in antiIndia sentiment had undone decades-long efforts to curb militancy that first broke out in the Valley in 1989. India holds Pakistan responsibl­e for the violence and bilateral relations have rapidly plummeted, especially after an attack on an army base in Uri in Kashmir that killed 18 soldiers last weekend.

Gandhi said the BJP had diverted from the successful plan by not talking to local people and not including smaller countries in a global campaign to isolate Pakistan. “The PM should start listening to experts and his ministeria­l colleagues. There are brilliant people in our bureaucrac­y, institutio­ns and agencies,” the Congress leader said.

“The PM talks but he does not listen. People are afraid of telling the PM what they think.” north Delhi school. Gambhir was caught from his home after details were collected about him through technical surveillan­ce. Three mobile phones and a SIM card were seized from his home.

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