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PM Modi’s visit to ISB raises expectations and controversy

The visit of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on Thursday to address the convocation of the Indian School of Business (ISB) and also commemorating its 20th year has raised both heightened interest and…
Ai Wadi e Kashmir

Syeda Saiyidain Hameed I was born in Kashmir many decades ago. As a child I used to hear from my buzurgs that one returns again and again to the place where ones…

Cat and mouse game begins in Telangana; KCR is avoiding to meet PM Modi

By C R Gowri Shanker Hyderabad: Before Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Hyderabad for the ISB function, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao flew out to Bengaluru! KCR went to Bangalore to…
“Umran Malik is our boy,” euphoric Jammu hails its cricketing hero

Arun Joshi “Umran Malik is our boy”, the streets of Jammu are reverberating with noisy acknowledgment of the city’s cricketer who has stunned everyone with his fastest bowling during the just-concluded IPL…
R N Agarwal, the developer of Agni missile living a quiet life in Hyderabad

In India’s missile circles he is fondly called as ‘Agni Agarwal’. An outstanding aerospace engineer, Ram Narain Agarwal should be credited with being the architect of Agni missiles. Agni V, the Intercontinental…
Chinese construction of bridges in eastern Ladakh – Strategic threat for India in future

Arun Joshi Within days after the Indian army chief Gen. Manoj Pande concluded his three-day-long visit to Ladakh, where he also visited the forward areas bordering China in eastern Ladakh, reports have…
Amit Shah’s renewed call to end terrorism in J&K, how it translates on ground

Arun Joshi Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s renewed call for coordinated counter-terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir clearly implies rather in explicit terms that terrorism is still thriving in the Union Territory.…

Striving for Peace in Strife Torn Kashmir

Killings by Pakistan trained; pro- Pakistan terrorists have been unrelenting in Kashmir. When Modi announced demonetization one of the arguments was that this is aimed at containing terrorism in Kashmir. Later even…
Azan no match for Hanuman Chalisa in terms of noise

By Dr. Javed Jamil If Hindutva Brigade had been preaching religious values enshrined in Hindu Dharma, there was nothing bad about it. If they had been fighting for the rights of Hindus,…
Kashmiri Pandits’ killing – acts of terror with wider ramifications

Arun Joshi The killing of a Kashmiri Pandit employee Rahul Bhat in the central Kashmir district of Budgam on Thursday has been condemned and condoled like all other such killings in the…
Opinion: The what and why of stock market crimes

By Prabhakar Kaza Fraud is never accidental. Much as most fraudsters have tried to convince the Press and the Judiciary, it is invariably pre-meditated. Above all, fraudsters know that it is their…
Bulldozer, Destruction and Beyond

Shafey Kidwai At a time when the indispensable gadget for development and the widely used equipment of peacetime, the Bulldozers eclipse the extermination trail of the tanks and machineguns while actualizing the…
Mehbooba stirs hornet’s nest in Kashmir politics, BJP is up in arms against her

Arun Joshi Mehbooba Mufti, once known for her rapid-fire rhetoric is now a figure of composure but she is determined to speak for the people in the Valley as also the Muslims…
Political philosophy of Imran Khan

In this article, I am going to make an attempt to look into Imran Khan’s mindset and try to explain the deep rooted political psychology of his so-called anti-colonial rhetoric. Khan’s politics…
Sonia Gandhi attempts to put Congress party in revival mode

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has once again taken upon herself the onerous task of putting the Congress in revival mode. Soon after taking a plunge in politics in 1998, when the Congress…