Is there a connection between the old anti-Narendra Modi forces based in the United States, most notably the Coalition Against Genocide (CAG) and the US House of Representatives Resolution on Monday, November 18, praising the US Government for abiding by its 2005 decision to deny a visa to the Gujarat … Read More
If the prime ministerial hopeful of one political party is greeted with chants of his rival’s name at a venue honouring another legend, surely a point is being made. That this should happen in a State ruled by the Congress makes the issue personal to the individuals in question. The … Read More
Amidst rising Congress dismay over vice president Rahul Gandhi failing to retain voter attention even in old pocket boroughs in the capital, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi openly challenged the party to declare the names of its Chief Ministerial candidates in Madhya Pradesh (votes November 25) and neighbouring Chhattisgarh (votes … Read More
Escalating his confrontation with the Sonia Gandhi-led United Progressive Alliance coalition and Congress party a notch higher to encompass his bid for power at the Centre in 2014, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has accused the Manmohan Singh regime of failure to protect the nation internally and externally. Pointing out … Read More
Continuing his agenda of inclusive development versus divisive vote-banks in mammoth rallies across Raipur, Durg and Bematara districts of Chhattisgarh, the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi mocked at the peddlers of the politics of birthright and entitlement and said that in a democracy a shoe-shine boy can rise and lead … Read More
By facilitating a meeting between America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Afghan Taliban in Goa, the UPA Government seems to have unilaterally compromised India’s strategic interests in Kabul and its friendly relations with Tehran, besides ‘forgiving’ the Taliban for its dubious role during the hijack of Indian Airlines aircraft … Read More
Although the Indian media has largely downplayed Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s thinly veiled threat that “guns can be a permanent solution for Jammu and Kashmir”, after his November 10 meeting with Sartaj Aziz, security and foreign relations advisor to the Pakistan Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif, the statement … Read More
Barely 24-hours before the first phase of polling in Chhattisgarh’s Maoist-infested districts of Dantewada, Rajnandgaon, Sukma, Bastar, Kanker, Kondagaon and Bijapur on Monday, security forces recovered an additional 100 kg of explosives during extensive combing operations in the area; an IED exploded in Kanker, injuring two personnel of the Indo … Read More
The exoneration of Bharatiya Janata Party legislators Sangeet Singh Som and Suresh Rana on charges of instigating the Muzaffarnagar riots was a fortuitous circumstance that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi exploited with élan at the massive Vijay Shankhnaad rally at Bahraich today, to crystallize public sentiment against the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan … Read More
Chhattisgarh’s former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi lambasted his party unit as a “divided house” and completely undid the efforts of Congress president Sonia Gandhi when she braved the Maoist-infested Bastar region this morning (Nov. 7) and sought to put the Raman Singh Government in the dock. Politically, the 12 Assembly … Read More
