Editorial

The 44 Congress legislators from Gujarat who have taken refuge at a resort owned by a Karnataka Congress Minister may be an attempt for the party to salvage whatever leftover strength it has for not only exposing BJP's 'corruption-free…
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Priya Satia As India and Pakistan begin celebrating the 70th anniversary of their Independence as nation-states, it is worthwhile recalling the internationalist ideas that also exercised great influence in that moment. In 1947, as the…
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Devinder Sharma Identity groups, as its name suggests, are made up of members of certain social groups based on a certain identity like ethnicity, caste, gender, position, language, region etc. In almost every democracy, freedom to form…
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Sudhirendar Sharma Mini-mountains of accumulated untreated urban waste are common sights in most big and medium cities and towns in the country. Waste dumps greet visitors to any city, reflecting the rapidly rising prosperity in each bit of…
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The World Bank decision to allow India construct hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of Jhelum and Chenab rivers with certain restrictions under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) has reiterated India's right to tap the potentials…
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Manmohan Dhar World is changing at a very fast speed. So is our country, our neighborhood, our society and our culture. And it is very hard to put brakes on the changing life style, food habits, social instincts, alarmingly damaging…
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Shiv Kumar Padha There was a short moral story 'Vain Stag' in our sixth class English text book which read, a stag saw its image in the clear water while it was drinking water in the steam. The stag felt proud when it saw crown like…
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The elimination of top Lashkar terrorist Abu Dujana on Tuesday has been one of the biggest catches in recent times for security forces. The last year disclosure of Pakistan's former top sleuth, who has uncovered a raft of evidence linking…
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Subsidies have become synonym with governments' people appeasing policies. We can attribute it mainly to Congress Govt. as it has ruled for a longer period. There is subsidy on domestic petroleum products, on food grains (recent Food…
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The rise in the number of illegal immigrants shows a rise of around 67 per cent over the 1.2 crore estimate given out by the UPA Government in 2004 but withdrawn soon after. At that time there were reports of Bangladeshi nationals having…
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