French secularism and the growing threat of Islamic radicalization
A boy beheaded a 47-year old history teacher Samuel Paty when the latter showed a caricature of Prophet Mohammed in the class discussion. When the...
Lakhanpur chaos may not go easily, Govt needs to look through a new prism
Today the Union Minister in PMO Dr Jitendra Singh spoke to Lieutenant Governor of J&K Manoj Sinha over the mess at Lakhanpur. Lakhanpur is the...
The ‘myth’ of Uttar Pradesh being on bottom of law and order index
If Uttar Pradesh were a country then it would be world’s fifth most populated nation and it’s land area would be roughly around that of...
Why caste based discrimination against Dalit Sikhs is unending in Punjab?
Punjab is known for a high population of Sikh people but few know that caste based discrimination against Dalit Sikhs in the state has taken...
Gupkar Declaration has exposed the weakness of parties in Kashmir
The political relations between the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and the local parties of Jammu and Kashmir have never been in good terms. These relations...
BJP’s march to a win goes through delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir
The re-organisation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories after the abrogation of Article 370 that allowed separate constitutions for the...
The sudden SAD-BJP breakup is much more than just the farm bills
Aditya Chauhan Narendra Modi won Indian General Elections in 2014 because of two major reasons: soft-Hindutva element in his politics and people’s perception of him...
Why the foreign trips of Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi discussed so much?
Congress leader and former party president Rahul Gandhi has missed the Parliament’s monsoon session as he had taken leave from the Lok Sabha. The reason...
New Farmer Bills: Why SAD minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned?
Soon after the only Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Minister in the Union Cabinet Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned over the farm sector Bills, party president Sukhbir...
Sushant Singh death row: Will you attribute success of Shahrukh and Akshay to nepotism?
By S Sapehia ‘Nepotism’ is as ancient as human race itself and even traces its origins beyond that to as early as Mesozoic era (we...
China must not underestimate battle-hardened Indian army in Ladakh
After a clash in Galwan valley between India and China in June, tensions along the border have been rising sharply. India lost 20 of its...
Turkey’s new policy over Kashmir is damaging India to help Pakistan
After the Modi government abolished articles 370 and 35A that preserved special rights to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India has been receiving reactions...
India-China standoff in Ladakh does not seem to end anytime soon
Standoff between India-China has led to a tense situation in the arid desert of Ladakh. Indian army has taken all the precautionary measures in case...
Romanticizing the lives of terrorists brought Kashmir to this juncture
In most of the cases, the boundary between extremism and terrorism is a thin line. The instances of extremists transitioning from extremism into terrorism have...
The story of many upheavals of Kashmir witnessed by Lal Chowk
The Lal Chowk of Srinagar which gained international publicity on January 26, 1992, when the (then) BJP President, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi hoisted the national...
Maharaja Pratap Singh and controversies of Jammu’s royal court
The strong criticism in the British Parliament, exposures made by Sir William Digboy and the protests made by the nationalist press in India against the...
Maharaja Ranbir Singh gifted telegraph line between mountainous Srinagar and Gilgit
There have been many such days in the history of Jammu which deserve to be written in golden letters. The 9th Sawan Savat 1935 (1878...