As the arc of Maoist violence engulfs Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and West Bengal, the Centre would do well to undo the Supreme Court’s July 2011 judgment that scuttled the Salwa Judum resistance movement against Naxal atrocities in Chhattisgarh. In tacit recognition of the infirmity of this verdict, the Centre … Read More
UPA’s gamble to secure Muslim votes will hurt nation: The Muzaffarnagar riots in Uttar Pradesh which put the ruling Samajwadi Party on the defensive, and Narendra Modi’s taunt that his State had ‘passed’ him with distinction while the Congress still had to give an account of itself, have driven the … Read More
As the beleaguered Chief Minister Oommen Chandy seems unable to extricate himself from the solar and other scandals dogging his regime, Union Defence Minister AK Anthony is reportedly positioning himself to return to the State amidst growing indications that the Congress may not be able to lead another coalition at … Read More
As the Bakr Id festival this year (October 16) comes close on the heels of Dussehra (October 14), Hindus in West Bengal are feeling somewhat peeved and slighted by the State Government’s diktat to accommodate the visarjan ceremonies around the convenience of the Muslims community. All over the country, after … Read More
The Supreme Court should, in its wisdom, examine the validity and relevance of Article 370 of the Constitution of India in view of the fact that the impugned Article is being increasingly invoked by the Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir to challenge the unity and territorial integrity of the … Read More
On the morning of July 16, 2001, NDTV telecast a breakfast meeting between some senior editors with then Pakistan president Mr Pervez Musharraf, at Agra. In this sunrise era of the electronic medium, when television genuinely broke the news (as opposed to screeched the views), one learnt that the visiting … Read More
Wikileaks exposed in 2011 what drives Valley politics: The controversy and outrage over General VK Singh’s claim that the Indian Army used slush funds to pay some Jammu and Kashmir ministers and politicians to maintain stability in the State is totally contrived, and was exposed by Wikileaks during its mega-leaks … Read More
The Supreme Court, which has taken charge of all cases pertaining to the Muzaffarnagar riots, can arrive at the truth behind the violence by directing television channels, namely, Aaj Tak, Headlines Today, and Times Now, which exposed the role played by the Uttar Pradesh administration and political leaders, to provide … Read More
There is consternation in the 16 Cavalry at Samba at the media projection that the officers and men who died in the terrorist attack in the early morning of September 26 were sitting ducks, when in reality they died heroically, putting up a protracted fight in the Officer’s Mess where … Read More
Narendra Modi today blew the Ananta Vijaya, conch shell of Prince Yudhisthira, to announce his march on Delhi as future ruler, though he promised, with Caesar-like modesty, that he would not be king (main nath nahin hoon, das hoon). Castigating the Prime Minister for weakness in projecting India’s power and … Read More
