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Demolitions in Uttarakhand this month, after which six were killed in violence, follows a pattern we can see in BJP states. The pattern is of course that the government is used to go after citizens, especially Muslims. The demolitions are carried out as a form...

Guess who’s wearing a new hat? Anil Kumar Lahoti, the ex-bigwig at the Railway Board, has just become the head honcho at the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). A seasoned railway official with an illustrious career, his appointment showcases the versatility and transferability of...

The arrest on 31 January evening and subsequent remand of now former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody had come at a time when BJP had already succeeded in its “tod jore” (break and join) politics in the adjacent state of...

The Bard famously wrote, “If music be the food of love, play on.” Music, we were told, transcends geographical borders, narrowness, and bigotry. At a time when fanaticism, anti-poor ideologies, and hatred are stoking passions and blinding people across the globe, the Grammy Awards announced...

BJP-ruled Uttarakhand may soon become the second state in India and the first after Independence to have a Uniform Civil Code (UCC). Goa has a UCC since the Portuguese rule. The final draft of the UCC was approved by the Uttarakhand Cabinet Sunday, paving the...

On its website, the BJP says, “The philosophy of Integral Humanism looks at the individual not merely as a material object but one who has a spiritual dimension. It talks of integral approach to economic development that has individual at its core that is linked...

As the Lok Sabha elections approach, speculation is rife about the Enforcement Directorate (ED) appointing a regular director. The interim chief, Rahul Navin may be regularised, or a new incumbent might be brought in. Recent weeks have seen Rahul Navin’s name circulating as the potential...

As the country is fast gearing towards the Lok Sabha election mode to elect a new government at the Centre, there are tell-tale signs of the electoral strategies the two main contenders – the BJP and the Congress – seem to be getting ready to...

The interim judgement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) validating South Africa’s charge of genocide against Israel marks a watershed moment in the Israel-Hamas strife. The Court confirmed there is substance in the complaint that under the Genocide Convention “Israel has engaged in, is...

Nitish Kumar has done it yet again. The JD(U) leader took oath for a record ninth time as the Chief Minister of Bihar along with the BJP’s Samrat Chowdhury and Vijay Sinha as ministers, Sunday. This is the fourth time in the last eleven years...