Saffron-Green nexus: India's Muslims must be wary

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar at an all-party meeting, ahead of the Budget Session, at Parliament House in New Delhi on Sunday. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo The government on Sunday said it would 'leave no stone unturned' to ensure that the triple talaq bill was passed in Parliament's Budget session which starts on Monday, and said it would talk to various parties for a ...

The Deen Bachao, Desh Bachao conference in Patna on April 15 was attended by lakhs of Muslims.Will the electoral dividends from this rally be reaped by Nitish Kumar, the BJP (through Hindu consolidation), by both Nitish and the BJP or will it be reaped more by the anti-BJP forces, asks Mohammad Sajjad. IMAGE: The Deen Bachao, Desh Bachao rally held in Patna's Gandhi Maidan, April 15, 2018. Photograph: PTI Photo One of the most appropriate definitions of communalism in modern India is given to ...

The students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas and other United States schools, Tim Cook, India’s Indira Jaising and Mukesh Ambani. The names mentioned above have nothing in common… until now. They have all been named as Fortune’s World’s 50 Greatest Leaders. Here are some of the prominent names mentioned in the list. >> The Students Marjory Stoneman Douglas and other schools  IMAGE: Tears roll down the face of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student ...

'In the name of pluralism-secularism, the kind of politics that was pursued revealed to many that it was basically a favour to Muslim conservatism and communalism -- a politics of minority-ism, rather than of secularism.''This is how significant sections of Hindus have been made to loathe the very idea of Indian secularism by now,' says Mohammad Sajjad.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Muslim Personal Law Board and the Imarat-e-Shariah (Patna) have organised a political rally, 'Deen ...

'They must take the bull of conservatism within their own ranks by its horns as much as they need to speak out against the fallacies of the non-Hindutva (or 'Muslim-friendly') political forces as well,' argues Mohammad Sajjad. IMAGE: Maulana Rabe Hasani Nadvi, president, All India Muslim Personal Law Board; Wali Rahmani, general secretary; Khalid Saifullaha Rahmani, assistant general secretary; Fazlurrahman, secretary; and senior member Zafaryab Jjilani, Asaduddin Owaisi, MP, and other Muslim ...

When Narendra Modi came to power some four years ago, there were both apprehensions and hopes. Modi was in the limelight for over a decade as a divisive leader who tried to present himself as the foremost leader of the Hindu right while serving as the chief ...

The Yogi Adityanath government is likely to present what many claim to be the biggest ever budget worth for Uttar Pradesh. Sources say Rs 4 lakh crore is the amount allotted during the budget session beginning Thursday. It would be the second budget presented ...

After Gujarat, the Rajasthan bypoll results show the BJP needs a Plan B The Rajasthan bypoll results carry an unerring message -- that the BJP's claims for pushing an aggressive development agenda cannot proceed simultaneously with an unambiguous message of ...