Opinion

PM MODI SETS THE STAGE FOR DEEPER TIES WITH EUROPE

06 May 2022 02:07 AM IST

Convergence of opinions and interests beyond ‘differences’ over the Russian invasion of Ukraine was what conspicuously marked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-nation visit to Europe which came to an end after the Indian Premier’s much-awaited meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron late Wednesday night. In over two dozen engagements that

Uniform Civil Code strengthens India’s secularism

06 May 2022 02:04 AM IST

India needs to encourage a progressive and broadminded outlook among the people to make them understand the spirit of the UCC.

SOME SELF-STYLED LIBERALS SOW THE SEEDS OF HATRED AGAINST INDIA

05 May 2022 05:16 AM IST

India is our mother. It is through our motherland that we have an identity in this world. When we travel around the world, people do not recognize us by our religion or caste but by our ‘Indianness’. We are seen as the children of India. India will always be perfect,

‘Save water’ is not just a slogan, but need of the hour

05 May 2022 05:15 AM IST

A holistic approach toward sustainable water management across every element of the water cycle needs to be curated, implemented and monitored.

CAN THE UPA BE REINVENTED?

04 May 2022 05:29 AM IST

After Prashant Kishor’s failed talks with the Congress the focus is once again on what the Opposition can do to revive the UPA. For if the Modi juggernaut is to be countered then it cannot be left to the Congress alone. The entire UPA has to come together and fight

Long-awaited: Language of justice should get justice soon

04 May 2022 05:28 AM IST

The language of justice should be accessible, simple and easily understandable. If there is justice in favour of someone, but he cannot understand it, then that justice remains incomplete.

LOUDSPEAKERS ARE NOT ESSENTIAL TO ANY RELIGION

03 May 2022 01:02 AM IST

Given the way everything is political in India, the ban on loudspeakers too has gone into the realm of politics, with barely relevant politicians such as Raj Thackeray latching on to it in the hope of breathing life into a career that never really took off. On Sunday, Thackeray was

Pass the litmus test before you ask PM Modi

03 May 2022 01:00 AM IST

The bulldozers have been used in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and other BJP ruled states against mafias, dons, and illegal encroachers. Who are the people trying to defend them and why? It is a sad commentary on the country and its people that the state is being reprimanded for acting

A TEST FOR BHAGWANT MANN AS PATIALA CLASHES THREATEN PUNJAB PEACE

02 May 2022 05:36 AM IST

Friday’s clashes in Patiala, one of the most important cities of Punjab, between two groups owing allegiance to different political parties could become the first major test of the new Chief Minister, Bhagwant Singh Mann. Supporters of the Aam Aadmi Party have claimed that certain vested interests were attempting to

Uniform Civil Code: An idea whose time has come

02 May 2022 05:32 AM IST

Uniform Civil Code is only about ensuring uniformity and strengthening our social fabric, whereby personal laws are subservient to the general good in accordance with the time-tested democratic ethos of the Indian Constitution.

Is calling ‘climate change’ an environmental disaster ethical?

29 Apr 2022 03:54 AM IST

Whenever we transcend the limit of thinking of ourselves as being too logical, we become judgemental towards nature and we do not do justice to nature and natural phenomena.

USCIRF RUNS AMOK WITH ITS FAKE NARRATIVE ON INDIA

28 Apr 2022 09:09 AM IST

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has done it again—put India, the world’s largest democracy, on the list of countries that are actually committing genocide of their minority population. USCIRF’s annual report on religious freedom around the world, recommends to the US government designating India as a