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US ‘snooping’ outrages young Indians
New Delhi: Reports that India is the fifth most tracked nation by the US intelligence system has invited strong reactions from youth, who consider it an intrusion into their privacy.…
Modi’s elevation tipping point for Indian politics
Ravi M. Khanna The controversial BJP decision to elevate hardliner Narendra Modi to run the party’s campaign in 2014 elections and ruthlessly sideline a leader such as L.K. Advani is…
V.C. Shukla: Emergency era’s hatchet man (Obituary)
Vidya Charan Shukla, who died Tuesday, will be remembered for imposing censorship on the media and putting journalists, including top editors, behind bars. He was former prime minister Indira Gandhi’s…
Rahul has what it takes to be PM: Sachin Pilot
Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Sachin Pilot Sunday said he would support Rahul Gandhi as prime minister, but added that it was likely the Congress might not project him…
IPL saga: India’s gladiator games
Biswajit Choudhury The nature and scale of the crisis engulfing Indian cricket, the country’s passion and also described as its only secular religion, makes one cast the mind back to…
Rituparno Ghosh: Ek Ritu aaye. ek Ritu jaaye…. (Tribute)
By Subhash K. Jha Rituparno Ghosh was paranoid about his sexuality. Through experience he had learnt to be cautious about sending out the wrong signals to actors. He was often…
IPL a Frankenstein’s monster: Pakistani daily
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is fast turning into “a Frankenstein’s monster”, said a Pakistani daily which demanded that corrupt elements be rooted out before IPL 7 is allowed to…
For exiled Sharif, returning home was ‘matter of time’
Prashant Sood Those were his days of forced political wilderness and an uncertain future but Nawaz Sharif was confident of his moves and his return to Pakistan. Sharif appeared relaxed…
India to have five rocket launches, including Mars mission, in 2013
Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai: India’s space agency is planning to have a total of five rocket launches in 2013 from its rocket launch pad at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, around 80…
Now a Shariah Index for financial inclusion of Indian Muslims
Rohit Bansal Followers of Islam, the second largest faith in the world with an estimated 1.7 billion believers, can now be surer when an Indian firm stands the pre-requisites for…
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