A range of BJP leaders have welcomed the announcement that the government has decided to include caste enumeration in the census, which is to take…
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The suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty could have far-reaching consequences for India, not only opening the door for Pakistan to challenge the Shimla Agreement but also impacting Indian aviation and regional geopolitics. With Pakistan’s potential disregard for bilateral agreements, the path forward for India could lead to costly infrastructure projects and further escalation in an already tense region.
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The bloodbath at Pehalgam has once again raised heated questions on who should take responsibility whenever terror gets a boost in Kashmir. I have raised…
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NEW DELHI: A recently published autobiography sheds new light on how key Congress leaders have for decades refused to play the part expected of them…
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A disparaging reference to municipalities in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly last week brought to mind how deeply hierarchical contempt is embedded in the psyche…
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The debate over 13 July 1931 and Maharaja Hari Singh in the J&K Assembly risks polarizing Jammu and Kashmir, echoing past unrest like the Amarnath land row (2008) and Burhan Wani’s killing (2016). With opposing narratives from PDP’s Waheed Para and BJP’s Sunil Sharma, tensions could escalate into another summer of agitations.
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So he said it again! This time, in his formal speech to a joint sitting of the US Congress and Senate on Tuesday, US President…
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The globally televised spat between Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy and President Trump (along with vice-president Vance) of the US was a public negotiation, from which the…
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NEW DELHI: With Ukrainian President Zelenskyy buckling on Tuesday, President Trump has crushed the Cold War perspective which Zelenskyy brought to the Oval Office last…
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The humiliating way in which Indian migrants have returned from the US demonstrates the extent to which India has lost respect, especially in the world’s…
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An extremely unhappy situation has developed in the US in the run-up to the transfer of power to President Trump, due in three weeks. A…
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Jammu and Kashmir took shape thanks to the great Dogra General Zorawar Singh. He marched his army north from Jammu to Batote, turned east to…
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