The whereabouts of India’s controversial Islamist preacher, Zakir Naik, have become a test case of the Muslim world’s commitment to anti-terrorism in deeds, not words. Wanted by a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai for his alleged role in a terror case, Naik, last spotted in Malaysia where … Read More
Has the Government of India looked at all the aspects of introducing GM Mustard? The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has put its organisational weight behind the protection of native seeds and protested attempts by vested interests for hasty introduction of GM Mustard, which has the potential to damage in perpetuity … Read More
Trump trains guns at Iran, terrorism and completely ignores Pakistan The sensational events of 11 September 2001 for the first time awakened the United States and the West to India’s lonely decades-long fight against Islamist terror, which menace has only grown since. India, however, found only a mention among victims … Read More
Critics are savaging the Pakistani defence strategy A new legal team is now being considered on priority basis Two successive Indian victories in the ‘Kulbhushan Jadhav’ case at the International Court of Justice have put immense pressure on Islamabad to disregard the verdict following domestic consternation over the defeat. Having … Read More
By signing CPEC, is Pakistan signing away its freedom to China? Will the elite of Pakistan take a cut and sign anything? Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may have received an exceptionally warm welcome when he arrived in Beijing on May 13, 2017 for the Border Road Initiative (BRI) summit, … Read More
The order of the seven judge bench of the Supreme Court, gagging media coverage of any comments by Justice C.S. Karnan of the Calcutta High Court is inadequate to spare the blushes of the august court which felt driven to sentence a sitting judge to six months imprisonment for contempt … Read More
Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi are in a blue funk, unable to explain their illegal takeover of the assets of the National Herald Group in 2012, by transferring its shares to a company, Young India, in which they control 76 per cent stake. Briefly, … Read More
Although Indian national Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav, tried and sentenced to death by a Pakistan military court on April 10, 2017 for allegedly being an Indian spy in Balochistan, has won a temporary reprieve with the intervention of the International Court of Justice, the road ahead is treacherous. Islamabad has … Read More
The fingerprints of US oil and multinational corporations seeking control of the strategic natural resources of Venezuela are reputedly behind the unrest on the streets of Caracas, which has claimed 35 lives since violence broke out on April 10 this year. Oil has always been considered a strategic resource … Read More
The Centre must give a fitting response to the shocking ambush and murder of 25 CRPF jawans at Burkapal in the Bastar forests of Sukma district by Maoist killer squads on April 24, 2017. This is Chhattisgarh’s second deadly ambush this year; 12 CRPF jawans having been gunned down … Read More
