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Tablighi Jamaat : 1000 years of revenge

Written by Vivek Mukherji and Sadia Rehman Two contradictions are evident. Through April and May this year, the government vilified Tablighi Jamat, a social organization that claims to be apolitical but...

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Is it treacherous to fly with Indian Aircraft?

Written by Captain S. Panesar Safety is aviation’s main priority. The Indian aviation regulator DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) has approved 25007 weekly flights, translating to 3572 daily departures on...

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Among the first of the doyens

Written by Team AS we mark the 95th birthday of a man who made exemplary contribution during his service and subsequently to the society,...

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Black thunder, silver lightning

Written by Vivek Mukherji I was the first one in the family to join the Indian Army. Both my father and grandfather were in...

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Perennial Reformist

Written by Narendra Kaushik NARENDRA Kumar was born on July 10, 1957, in Delhi’s Karol Bagh, in a family deep into poverty. His father...

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Babri Masjid Demolition: Narasimha Rao had clandestine pact with VHP?

Written by Manoj Raghuvanshi Honouring a secret deal, Congress Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao was a front foot participant in the building of...

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Will BJP be able to retain back 23 out of 48 Maharashtra Lok Sabha Seats?

Written by Team There are 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra. This time Lok Sabha elections are going to be held in four phases...

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Yadav V/S Jats : Fierce fight in Bhiwani

Written by Special Correspondent Can you imagine that Bhiwani of Bansilal, the so-called ‘Vikas Purush’ of Haryana, can be a terrible and reeking city....

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Environmental Governance in India ISSUES, CONCERNS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Written by Prabhat Kumar Environmental governance is one of the emerging challenges facing the contemporary world. It is the means by which society determines...

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A Kafkaesque trial in our times

Written by Prabhat Kumar IN March 2013, a concerned group of ex-bureaucrats, including some former cabinet secretaries, met then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to...

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Unwelcome Change

Written by Prabhat Kumar Strange are the ways of the government at times. For instance, in the beginning of the twentieth century, the government...

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A tale of two handkerchiefs

Written by MK Kaw Narendra Modi is a leader of the grandiloquent gesture. Prime Ministers of the past, when they won unprecedented victories in...

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Silly Point : A new slogan on Kashmir

Written by MK Kaw IT was with a sense of déjà vu that one heard the new slogan coined by Narendra Modi to delineate...

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Silly Point : Blessed are the poor

Written by MK Kaw THE cognoscenti who keep a sharp lookout on national events must have noticed with suppressed smiles the BJP’s deliberate effort...

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Kingmaker needs flesh

Written by Team It is quite intriguing to observe how politicians become Cabinet Ministers and Chief Minister. They travel hazardous roads to reach this...

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Dharavi Goldmine

Written by Team Dharavi. The moment one hears the name, a picture of ghastly slums and the den of some dreaded criminals appears in...

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CPM : Let Mamta be defeated first !

Written by Team West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in a fix as only 10 months are left for the state assembly elections...

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Finally, BJP needs media

Written by Team NDA 3 or Modi 2.0 has completed one year but the BJP leadership feels it has not created the desired impact...

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PMO overhaul

Written by Team Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reshuffled his office during the Covid-19 crisis. His Private Secretary Rajeev Topno, the 1996-batch IAS officer...

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Hole in Pocket

Written by Team Covid-19 has without doubt created havoc in India. It has impacted even those government servants, MPs, and MLAs who normally steer...

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KAS : Murmu’s Challenge

Written by Team Girish Chand Murmu, a 1985-batch IAS (retd) officer of the Gujarat cadre, the first Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of...

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Red tapism prevails

Written by Team Prime Minister Narendra Modi had sought details about movement of files, particularly those files pending in the offices of Cabinet Ministers...