Under a Supreme Court directed public interest petition, the BJP-led Central government will have to articulate its stand within six weeks, on whether personal laws can override the constitutional provisions of equality, regardless of religion, race, caste and gender. This could pave the way for a uniform civil code or … Read More
Microcephaly, a horrific mutation of the head and brain in new born children, is possibly the greatest man-made medical tragedy since the Thalidomide disaster of the late 1950s, when thousands of babies were born with stumps instead of limbs due to a pill prescribed to counter morning sickness. The Thalidomide … Read More
The current spell of Governor’s rule in Jammu & Kashmir seems likely to continue as the People’s Democratic Party and Bharatiya Janata Party have deep reservations about each other, despite public proclamations to the contrary. Even 20 days after the post of Chief Minister fell vacant, the PDP has made … Read More
Perhaps the realisation that sterile politics had wasted his talents was a factor in the incident. If so, there is need to end the misuse of students by political parties in Government-funded institutions As we take stock of our annual journey, the dominant mood this Republic Day is of shock … Read More
Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul Gandhi and others implicated in the alleged appropriation of properties of Associated Journals Pvt. Ltd. have complicated their problems with the decision to re-launch the National Herald (English), Navjivan (Hindi) and Qaumi Awaz (Urdu) newspapers. Thursday’s decision of the extraordinary general body … Read More
Significant sections of Delhi let out a collective sigh of relief as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s odd-even numbered car scheme ended amid conflicting views on whether the project caused a gigantic inconvenience to the public and exposed the inadequacy of the public transport system or yielded some good and brought … Read More
The pre-dawn strike inside the Pathankot Air Force Base on January 2 was a Tragedy of Errors. Never before has such specific, actionable intelligence been available in real time, and the concerned operatives deserve our heartiest appreciation. Yet, information for which men may have risked their lives did not give … Read More
The failure of the Crisis Management Group (CMG) headed by Cabinet secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha, to spring into action after terrorists attacked the Pathankot Air Base in the wee hours of January 2, and to make its presence known and felt in the succeeding four days that it took the … Read More
The Bharatiya Janata Party must utilise the opening provided by the deterioration in Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s health, which caused him to be rushed to the capital’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences before he could install daughter Mehbooba Mufti as successor, to rework the unequal … Read More
It would be an incorrect analysis to see Modi’s surprise visit to Pakistan entirely from the prism of ties between India and Pakistan. It was also prompted by international developments affecting India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s apparently impromptu visit to Lahore on Christmas day is readily explained by the need … Read More
