Twists and turns over PAC and JPC
BY BISHESHWAR MISHRA Political parties have been conveniently shifting their stand over how to get to the bottom of multi crore 2G Spectrum scam, ever since it came to light.…
Cloud of corruption and UPA-II
BOSCO CELESTINENext month by this time, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) would complete two years of its second term. This period has been a turbulent tenure for the ruling…
HAZARE’S DOUBTFUL CRUSADE
BOSCO CELESTINE / ANDALIB AKHTERThe whipped up Euphoria created by the Jantar Mantar movement against corruption launched by Social Activist Anna Hazare has died down; it is time to go…
WILL CRICKET DIPLOMACY DELIVER?
ANDALIB AKHTERCRICKET diplomacy between India and Pakistan has always surprised the world community. Whenever the relations between the two neighbours get estranged, surprisingly the game of cricket comes to harmonize…
INDIA-PAK & CRICKET DIPLOMACY
ASHOK B SHARMACricket lovers and people on either side of the border are eagerly awaiting how the cricket diplomacy would shape the future relationship between the two countries
B’desh in AMU may raise Eyebrows
ANDALIB AKHTER Bangladesh’s direct involvement in the new Murshidabad centre of Aligarh Muslim University is likely to do more harm to the Indian Muslim community than the good indented.
GUJARAT MUSLIMS SWING TO BJP
AHMEDABAD: Close on heel with Deoband rector Maulana Ghualm Vastanvi reported praise for Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, a recent study has revealed that Muslims in the state are slowly…
THE POLITICS OF TAMIL NADU
BY TN ASHOKMore than seven years old Congress – DMK alliance likely to survive, after Saturday night brisk political developments threatened to collapse a fairly well structured understanding...
BUDGET: TRICKLE FOR MINORITIES
ANDALIB AKHTER NEW DELHI: Minorities have got a little more share in the Union Budget for the year 2011-12 presented by finance minister Pranab Mukhrjee on Monday. However the enhancement…
ANOTHER MUSLIMS’ PARTY GETS READY
BY ANDALIB AKHTER Even as the existing Muslims’ parties in the country are facing worst ever crisis of their existence, a new Muslim dominated party is all set to hit…