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Will Parliament expel Pawan Kumar Bansal?

By admin | 12 May, 2013 - 2:33 am |12 May, 2013 Articles
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As he fed a goat to ward off karmic retribution on Friday, May 10, moments before being asked to resign as Union Minister for Railways, Pawan Kumar Bansal may have rued the high moral ground he seized as Chairman, Parliamentary Committee of Privileges, when he ordered expulsion of 11 Members … Read More →

BJP needs to look within

By admin | 9 May, 2013 - 10:42 am |9 May, 2013 Articles
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There’s maths and there’s chemistry; fusion brings victory. This is what makes the whole greater than the sum of its parts. When you break up the whole, it does not split back to its original parts. Fragmentation creates a new math, a new chemistry, a whole new sum. This is … Read More →

Pentagon upgrading facilities at Karachi Airport

By admin | 8 May, 2013 - 7:25 am |16 September, 2013 Articles
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Just as it preferred to ignore the recent Chinese intrusion in Ladakh until forced by public opinion, the ruling UPA Government has taken zero cognisance of the dangerous implications of the US Pentagon building – a Tactical Control and Operations Centre at Karachi airport. Ostensibly to monitor and counter drug … Read More →

Hit the enemy where it hurts the most

By admin | 7 May, 2013 - 1:58 am |11 January, 2018 Articles
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A Defence Minister who cannot read a hospital register recording the date of birth of his Chief of Army Staff can hardly be expected to read a map and discern Chinese inroads to the extent of an admitted 19-kms (some say 30-kms). So it was no surprise that Mr. AK … Read More →

Our China policy is a saga of failures

By admin | 5 May, 2013 - 7:41 am |5 May, 2013 Articles
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The current imbroglio over the Chinese incursion in Ladakh has given citizens an uneasy sense of déjà vu. Now officially admitted as a 19-kilometre ingress, Lt Gen Prakash Katoch says it is actually 30-kilometres. This evokes memories of veteran parliamentarian Mahavir Tyagi’s famed face-off with Jawaharlal Nehru when China was … Read More →

National Conference wants Muslims in temple management committees

By admin | 5 May, 2013 - 7:05 am |30 April, 2013 Articles
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The postponement of the long pending J&K Hindu Shrines and Religious Places (Management and Regulation) Bill for the better management and preservation of Hindu temples and shrines in Kashmir province, promised to be passed in the budget session by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, has deeply disappointed the Kashmiri Hindu community … Read More →

We deserve closure on Sarabjit

By admin | 3 May, 2013 - 10:27 am |3 May, 2013 Articles
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For a leader who could not sleep when the Australian Government accused Indian doctor Muhamed Haneef of complicity in the June 2007 terrorist attack at Glasgow international airport (he was exonerated later), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh slept extraordinarily well throughout his nine years in office, during which period Sarabjit Singh’s … Read More →

Whose land is it anyway?

By admin | 2 May, 2013 - 10:13 am |2 May, 2013 Articles
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As the land acquisition bill comes under a fresh cloud, experts point out that a little noticed clause has been introduced in the amended draft legislation to ostensibly protect land under Scheduled Areas, yet does not protect either the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes who are most vulnerable to … Read More →

Sam Pitroda’s many interests

By admin | 30 April, 2013 - 7:05 am |30 April, 2013 Articles
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The appointment of Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda (Sam) as adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation, and chairman, National Innovation Council, has come under a cloud with Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy alleging conflict of interest and breach of national security. Pitroda is a close friend of … Read More →

Congress back with Communal Violence Bill

By admin | 27 April, 2013 - 12:21 pm |27 April, 2013 Articles
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The Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill, 2011, shelved nearly two years after an unexpected multi-party resistance in Parliament, seems likely to resurface as part of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s desperate bid to sew up minority support in the event of unexpected elections. Should … Read More →

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