INDUS TREATY TO PUNISH PAKISTAN?
NEW DELHI: From around the early 1990s, when Pakistan was unabashedly exporting terrorism into India, a few realists in the Indian establishment advanced the argument that India needed to use the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) to punish Pakistan, writes noted Pakistan watcher journalist Sushant Sareen. He writes that the successive governments in New Delhi balked […]
SAVARKAR’S MERCY PLEAS: HIS GRAND SON VS RAHUL GANDHI
(Photo) Curtesy : Deccan Chronicle NEW DELHI: Satyaki Savarkar, the grandson of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, told a Pune court on Wednesday that Savarkar’s release from British imprisonment was not the result of mercy petitions he had filed, but the outcome of political efforts. Satyaki Savarkar has filed a criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul […]
The Birth of a Republic; USA at 250: The American Revolution and the Burden of Global Power
From Discovery to Colonisation The story of American independence did not begin on 4 July 1776. Its roots lie in the great maritime explorations of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, when advances in navigation enabled European powers to venture beyond familiar seas. Portuguese explorers opened the sea route around Africa to India, while […]
The Grand Old Man Who Taught India to Count Its Losses
On Dadabhai Naoroji’s death anniversary, we remember the economist‑politician who turned numbers into a national argument On 30 June 1917, Bombay (now Mumbai) lost a son who had taught a colony how to measure its own subjugation. Dadabhai Naoroji—teacher, parliamentarian, president of the Indian National Congress, and the first Asian to sit in the British […]
Opposition gets Bofors moment attacking BJP over alleged Ram Temple donation embezzlement
New Delhi, 02 July—Irrespective of who is responsible for the alleged embezzlement of donations from the coffers of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya, this seems to be a ‘Bofors moment’ for the opposition as it today stepped up their attack on the BJP and the RSS demanding a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the alleged “Chanda Chori […]
DIGVIJAYA SINGH DRAWS RARE BJP PRAISE
NEW DELHI: Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh, for decades one of the BJP’s favourite targets, is suddenly being praised by ruling party leaders. The compliments, however, have come at a cost. Singh now finds himself under fire from leaders within his own party. The latest twist came when BJP MLA Pritam Lodhi openly offered Singh a […]
MANISH TEWARI LEFT OUT OF CONG PUNJAB TEAM
NEW DELHI: The Congress has announced its core team for Punjab ahead of next year’s Assembly election. While the party has retained its state president and Leader of Opposition, a host of new appointments have been made to election-related committees. But an old hand is missing – Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari. Tewari noted that he […]
SC ALARM OVER AI MISUSE IN LEGAL PROCESS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday sounded an alarm over the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in legal proceedings as it flagged a National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) judgment that relied on fake precedents and cases generated using AI. Calling for a “zero-tolerance” approach against the use of AI in legal process, the top […]
The Legend of Asal Uttar: Honouring Veer Abdul Hamid, India’s Tank Destroyer
On July 1st, India pauses to honor one of its finest sons, a soldier whose unmatched bravery redefined the capabilities of foot soldiers against heavy armor. Today marks the birth anniversary of Company Quartermaster Havildar (CQMH) Abdul Hamid, a man who transformed from a humble tailor’s son into an immortal symbol of Indian military lore. […]
Iran invites BJP and congress chiefs Nabin and Kharge to Khamenei’s funeral
New Delhi, 01 July– Iran has extended formal invitations to senior figures from both India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress party to attend the multi-day state funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes on 28 February. Invitations have been sent to BJP National President Nitin Nabin, Congress President […]
