Trouble in Jharkhand
After Maharashtra, allies AJSU and LJP turn adamant on seats, show BJP why it needs them From the west to the east, BJP’s allies in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) are seeking to assert themselves and give the “big brother” a tough time in both pre and post-poll scenarios. That’s because...
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Let Rajpath be
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Guarantors vs enforcers
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Fee hike unjust
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This is no endgame
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False data mechanism
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Go for success
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Mahabharta of power
12 November 2019 | Pioneer
Historical reconstruction
The Supreme Court’s landmark judgment on the disputed site in Ayodhya rests on historical evidence; the gains of which are civilisational A learned member of the five-judge Bench (not Constitution Bench) wisely collated the evidence regarding Sri Ram’s birthplace and appended it to the Supreme Court’s verdict of November 9, granting...
Censorship of hate?
Following the suspension of a prominent lawyer’s account, liberals ask if Twitter is wrong There is a problem with both sides of the narrative in the media nowadays. They both are so extremely wedded to their views that they refuse to even concede a point to their opposition. And that becomes...
Return of maryada
That a multi-religious Bench could deliver a unanimous verdict is a tribute to our judicial system and political sagacity Revered variously as Maryada Purushottam Sri Ramchandra Raja of Ayodhya, the Imam-e-Hind as Allama Iqbal designated him, and a founding pillar of the Oriental civilisation, the status of Sri Ram as the...
Politics of influx
The mistrust of some Hindus towards Bangladesh is disturbing. If the migration issue festers, business communities on both sides will go into hibernation For more than 100 years, the ratio of Hindu population in the Indian subcontinent has been declining. The dip, from 75.1 per cent in 1881 to 72.9 per...
Airline blues
Proposals to sell Air India have been heard for over three decades now but this time the Govt is serious When it comes to Air India and the issue of privatisation, opinions are strongly divided. Some feel that the government has no business being in the airline business and Air India’s...
Why the pact soured
As Fadnavis resigns to head a caretaker Govt, the Sena cannot see the BJP bombarding its space of Marathi championship This has been a classic case of constitutional propriety being overridden by political impropriety. Maharashtra is staring at an unprecedented political crisis, where two pre-poll alliances have sought a mandate and...
The cross of valour
Three Victoria Crosses for Second Fifth Gorkhas are a reminder of unparalleled action that prevented the Japanese army from reaching India Three Victoria Cross-winning actions of a single unit along the Tiddim-Bishenpur-Imphal road and one unknown British Sergeant and seven soldiers in a trench along with others at Garrison Hill in...
