By Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd), Independent India and I are both septuagenarians, but since I am a trifle older, I take the liberty of indulging in some reminiscences on the nation’s 71st birthday. My recollections are focused on Kashmir where ...
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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday reminded people on the occasion of Independence Day that no religion teaches animosity. As he and his deputy greeted the people on the occasion, Manish Sisodia told them to aspire ...
Read More »Sonowal reiterates commitment to make Assam corruption, terror free
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday reiterated his commitment to making the state free of corruption, terrorism and illegal immigrants. He made the remarks after he unfurled the national flag marking the nation’s 72nd Independence Day at ...
Read More »I-Day musing: Does not the law and its protection apply to all?
By C. Uday Bhaskar, August 15 this year marks the 71st anniversary of Indian independence. As the Prime Minister unfurls the national flag at the Red Fort, it is a celebratory moment; yet, a certain sense of bleakness and despondency ...
Read More »Guarantee no attack on critics of government: Umar Khalid to Modi
New Delhi : A day after he survived an attack on his life in the heart of the capital, JNU scholar Umar Khalid on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to assure in his Independence Day speech that critics of ...
Read More »JNU scholar Umar Khalid shot at, escapes
New Delhi : JNU scholar Umar Khalid, accused of raising anti-national slogans in 2016, on Monday survived an attempt to kill him in the heart of the capital, saying he escaped only because of his friends. Police, however, said it ...
Read More »Will RSS, BJP condemn radical Hindu outfits who plan terror attacks: Chidambaram
New Delhi : A day after the Maharashtra ATS arrested three men affiliated to radical Hindu outfits for plotting terror attacks, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Saturday asked if the RSS and BJP would condemn those outfits. “Maharashtra ATS ...
Read More »Government slams Congress on triple talaq bill, appeals to women groups to fight
New Delhi : The government on Saturday accused the Congress, its President Rahul Gandhi and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi of betraying Muslim women by thwarting the passage of the triple talaq bill in the Rajya Sabha, and appealed to women ...
Read More »Congress MP apologises for his triple talaq remark
New Delhi : Congress member of Parliament Hussain Dalwai on Friday sparked a controversy by defending triple talaq, saying that even Lord Ram doubted Sita and abandoned her, but he later apologised for his remark. The Congress party has, however, ...
Read More »Rosy picture of a raging fire (Book Review)
By Saket Suman, Book: The RSS – A View to the Inside; Authors: Walter K. Andersen and Shridhar D. Damle; Publisher: Penguin; Pages: 405; Price: Rs 699 In a book released this week, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has been ...
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