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New Delhi: The Madras High Court on Tuesday temporarily put on hold the central government notification that outlawed sale of cattle for slaughter at animal markets triggering a political storm while directing the state and the Government of India to reply in four weeks. The court observed that it wasContinue Reading

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Chhotebhai The morning after the election results were out was chilly, not just because of the chilling results. A chill wind was indeed blowing, one that could bode ill for the country. The BJP’s electoral sweep in U.P. had chilled me to the bone, so I was trying to catchContinue Reading

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NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept to power in 2014 projecting the image of a strong leader who could bring an end to terrorism and tame nuclear rival Pakistan. Just over two years later, Modi faces his first big foreign policy test: how to respond to theContinue Reading

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In April 2014, a most famous, significant and controversial ‘Clean Chit’ was retained by the Supreme Court on India. The august body refused to entertain a plea questioning the Special Investigation Team probe giving ‘Clean Chit’ to the then Gujarat Chief Minister in the 2002 riots case. Describing the pleaContinue Reading