Godman linked with Bhardwaj killers lived in Mandir Marg Ashra...

Lucknow, Mar 21 (UNI) The Lucknow police in Uttar Pradesh today arrested Kamlesh Tiwari, state president of Hindu Mahasabha, for attacking NDTV office and sending bulk SMSs which said the NDTV correspondent had terrorist links. Senior Superintendent ...

Author Image: B1.jpg Javed Anand By Jairus Banaji Rs 350 Rs 350 Fascism: Essays on Europe and India In the past two decades or so, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the sangh parivar as a whole and its ideological affiliates have frequently been dubbed ...

What do 1984 and 1948 have in common? Assassination, of course. But something else as well — the play of the Indian Evidence Act. If ours is a liberal state that is committed to the rule of law, our uncompromisingly fair judiciary relies on the ...

The sight of an MP slowly walking out of Parliament while the entire House stood in respect for Vande Mataram, will be difficult to forget. Yet, the BSP's Shafiqur Rahman Barq was simply exercising his rights. The fundamental duties added to the ...

falls the 70th anniversary of the martyrdom of one of the greatest freedom fighters of India, Allah Baksh. He lived and sacrificed his life for a free and all inclusive India. Allah Baksh was the Premier (those days chief minister was known by this ...

Khadims (priests) at the dargah (shrine) of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer have decided not to assist Pakistani pilgrims in offering prayers at the shrine. Several groups of khadims have decided to join the increasing protests against the ...

Faith and freedom: Gandhi in history By Mushirul Hasan, Niyogi, Rs 450 It is fortuitous that Mushirul Hasans book comes close on the heels of Joseph Lelyvelds book on Gandhi. Not much time has been wasted between the alleged slighting of Indias ...

Well into its fifth year, The Ankiya Bhaona Samaroh (March 15-20), organised by Sattriya Kendra Guwahati, a constituent unit of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, was one of the greatest celebrations of traditional Assamese dramas written in the 16th ...

Javed Jabbar in The Nation Is Made Of These (Outlook, 8th April 2013) appreciably makes a very strong case for defence of minority rights in Pakistan. At the same time he makes serious omissions in the list of minorities. He fails to mention the ...