Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed has agreed to oblige India once again by finalizing the extradition of ULFA general secretary Anup Chetia (alias Golap Baruah). The extradition has been scheduled to take place by December, notwithstanding the UPA Government’s inability to deliver on the exchange of land enclaves to … Read More
A clinical look at the sequence of rioting in Kishtwar since the targetted violence against the miniscule Pandit community and its forced exodus from the Kashmir valley in 1990 reveals a five-year cycle of aggression, viz., 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, and now 2013, which can hardly be coincidental. The implication … Read More
Even before it is officially signed into law by President Pranab Mukherjee, Sonia Gandhi’s pet project, the Land Acquisition Bill, is set to yield unprecedented windfall gains to the corporates, industrialists, and big builders who had the ‘vision’ and deep pockets to invest in huge land banks in the guise … Read More
If the hyper secretive Congress party president Sonia Gandhi indeed flew to the United States for a medical check up on September 2, after triumphantly securing passage of the disastrous Food Security Bill in both Houses of Parliament, the US federal court that summoned her on charges of shielding party … Read More
Amidst disturbing reports that illegal Bangladeshi immigrants are managing to secure the Aadhar card for a modest price, the Mumbai High Court’s order refusing to recognise a birth certificate, passport or even an Aadhaar card as proof of citizenship in the absence of other evidences, comes as a ray of … Read More
http://www.niticentral.com/2013/08/30/hindus-provoked-in-assams-barak-valley-126356.html Tensions are rising in Assam’s border district of Karimganj amidst reports of pieces of beef being recovered from the Sitarist Mata Mandir in the Badarpur area on the night of August 28. Coming close on the heels of similar troubles in the Cachar district, it appears that the entire … Read More
The Jammu and Kashmir Government is discriminating between victims of the Kishtwar riots of August 9, 2013 in matters of relief, on grounds of being ‘State Subject’ and ‘Non-State Subject’. While the exact compensation to be disbursed to the victims is still undecided, the Government Order cited by Chief Secretary … Read More
Egypt may be poised for fresh turmoil after the army-controlled Supreme Court ruled on August 19 that ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak was not guilty of misusing State funds to finance construction of his presidential palaces and ordered his release in another corruption case, even as the Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme guide … Read More
Should India go to the 2014 general elections with the old paper ballots, or should it trust its luck with the new age voting machines? The question assumes urgency in the wake of serious lacunas that have come to light vis-à-vis the electronic voting machines (EVMs) that were supposed to … Read More
Each time an election takes place in Pakistan or a new leader comes to power in that country, and each time a few weeks pass without a major incident in Jammu and Kashmir, the professional peaceniks start clamouring for a ‘solution’ to the problem of the State, beginning with removal … Read More
