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Akhilesh breaks ‘strategic silence’; thanks minority for supporting SP
Kulsum Mustafa Three months after the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections results were announced, and two years before the Lok Sabha elections are to begin, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav has finally…
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Mandir-Masjid issue needs renewed approach
By Dr. Javed Jamil RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s latest statement on Mandir-Masjid issue is welcome. He stated that RSS will not take part in any such movement after Babri-Ram Mandir issue. Whether…
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Remembering Telangana’s Ravi Narayan Reddy, the 1st to enter India’s Parliament
By Vijay Burgula Hyderabad: The first Lok Sabha was constituted on the April 17, 1952 ,after India’s first General Election and as historian Ramachandra Guha notes in his book ‘India After Gandhi’:…
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Is it fair to blame Deve Gowda, Gujral & Indrajit Gupta for today’s mess in Naga talks?
New Delhi: Is it possible to say that ‘mistakes’ by former Prime Minister I.K. Gujral and Communist leader Indrajit Gupta, incidentally both deceased , have created today’s ‘mess’ in Naga peace parleys? Around…
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A nuanced narrative and beyond
By Dayem Mohammad Ansari The acumen of Shafey Kidwai doesn’t let him stay where the road ends. The seeker inside him not only jumps over the ditch but also succeeds in finding…
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Who will save Delhi’s Jama Masjid?
The middle dome and some minarets of Delhi’s historic Jama Masjid suffered damages in the recent hailstorm. Shahi Imam Ahmed Bukhari told media persons that Archeological Survey of India (ASI) stopped taking…
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Why Telangana and Andhra were never meant to be merged in 1956
Hyderabad: After years of struggle, Telangana was bifurcated from Andhra Pradesh and it finally came into existence as a new state of the Indian union on June 2, 2014. Today, in popular…
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Revisit Indus Water Treaty in light of worsening climate change worries
Arun Joshi The recent Indo-Pak talks on the Indus Water Treaty can become a big source of opening a new chapter of better understanding on the water issues in the larger context…
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Telangana celebrates 8 years of statehood; future of TRS as ruling party is shaky
C R Gowri Shanker Hyderabad: India’s youngest State Telangana turns eight years old today, and so is chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, with eight years in office. Like Telugu Ugadi pachadi, these…
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An element of revenge in Guna ‘fake’ encounter by MP Police: NCHRO report
By Pervez Bari BHOPAL – An element of revenge was there in the fake encounter conducted by Madhya Pradesh Police when three Muslim youth, who had allegedly shot dead their three police…
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Biden fighting a losing battle in US mass shootings
Satyen Mohapatra Biden Administration seems to be fighting a losing battle against the surge of gun violence in the US since the beginning of the pandemic despite spending millions to bring about…
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Clash of Shariah and Common Law: Freedom of religion is not an absolute right: Faizan Mustafa
Hyderabad: The controversy over the umbrage taken by Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, Secretary, All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), at the remarks of Faizan Mustafa, Vice Chancellor, NALSAR University, that the…
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A new book chronicles Institute of Public Enterprise’s history
The ‘New Education Policy’ and ‘The Atmanirbhar Bharat’ initiatives have been launched for the sustainable development of India by the Government of India. For this to happen, India needs robust institutions. In this…
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Targeted killings continue in Kashmir, no easy answers come to fore
Arun Joshi One more targeted killing in Kashmir on Tuesday has yet again opened a host of questions why there is no end to such coldblooded murders in the Valley where extraordinary normalcy…
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Piya Haji Ali…Piya Haji Ali… Piya Ho
Few Pirs or Sufi saints in South Asia can match the popularity of the 14th century Pir Haji Ali Shah Bukhari, or simply Haji Ali. I have been to the doors of…
