Prime minister mourns Andhra truck mishap victims
2017-04-21
The truck first hit an electric poleContinue Reading
Hindutva politics: From womb destruction to Muslim women liberation
2017-04-20
Irfan Engineer Heightened media coverage on the issue of triple talaq along with the statement of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Minister of UP Yogi Adityanath is causing harm to the struggle for gender justice within the Muslim community. Media coverage is making a public spectacle ofContinue Reading
Modi committed to Gorkhaland statehood process: Party
2017-03-25
While addressing an election rally in Siliguri on April 10, 2014, Modi had said the “dream of Gorkhas is my dream”Continue Reading
A Hindu vote-bank consecrated
2017-03-13
The Modi magic involved making Hindus feel aggrieved over Muslim pandering by the SP and the BSP.Continue Reading
Good governance as maximum government?
2017-03-11
Beyond a point propaganda is a balloon that cannot withstand the pinprick of realityContinue Reading
Children plead Modi to intervene for kidnapped priest
2017-02-13
Fr Uzhunnalil was abducted in Yemen on March 4, 2016Continue Reading
In its third month, India’s cash shortage begins to bite
2017-01-25
By GEETA ANAND and HARI KUMAR NEW DELHI — First, Yashpal Singh Rathore’s marriage was delayed by his future in-laws, who, like most Indians, ran short of cash after Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned the country’s largest currency notes in November. Then the 29-year-old lost his job when the ensuingContinue Reading
Kudankulam unit 2 reaches 100% capacity
2017-01-24
Unit 2 of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu has for the first time reached 100% of its operating capacity. ASE Group said yesterday the milestone had been achieved during the night of 22 January, following the successful completion of physical tests at theContinue Reading
39 killed in Hirakhand express derailment in Andhra Pradesh
2017-01-22
KUNERU: At least 39 people were killed and 69 injured when engine and nine coaches of Jagdalpur -Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express jumped the tracks in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district with the railways suspecting sabotage behind the derailment, the third in as many months. The engine and nine coaches of the Bhubaneswar-boundContinue Reading
In India, tension over traditions perilous to animals and humans alike
2017-01-21
By NIDA NAJAR NEW DELHI — Streets throughout the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India were brought to a standstill on Thursday as protests over a ban on a traditional bull wrestling festival entered their third day. Protesters say the rite, Jallikattu, is part of their cultural identity, andContinue Reading