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Results will be ‘inclusive’ only if pregnant EVMs allowed normal deliveries

Kulsum Mustafa In just a few hours from now, the UP assembly poll results will start trickling in. By noon tomorrow, it will be clear who will inherit the crown of the…
Who will rule over Uttar Pradesh?

Kulsum Mustafa Victory or defeat, for the secular voter in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections it is Samajwadi Party chief, Akhilesh Yadav who stands out as the undisputed winner. This young politician overcame…

Silent revolution via tactical voting

By D Surender Naik The last phase of polling for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections 2022, one of the country’s politically relevant elections, has been completed on 7 March. Now all eyes…
Women’s Day Special- Crafting the future of Muslim Women Entrepreneur

Syed Ali Mujtaba The Frank and Debbie Islam incubation center of the Department of Business Administration at Aligarh Muslim University is crafting the future of Muslim Women Entrepreneurs in Uttar Pradesh and…
Modi ground-testing Kaashi for 2024?

Kulsum Mustafa Has Prime Minister Narendra Modi already given up on Yogi? Is he now only concerned about his own fate and is wisely taking all measures, like nurturing his own constituency…
Ukraine Muslims are awry of Russian invasion

Syed Ali Mujtaba The Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb 24, 2022, has brought uncertainties to about 400,000 Muslims, the majority being Crimean Tatar. According to an estimate 100,000 Muslims are living…
Evincing change, UP bureaucracy starts changing gears

Kulsum Mustafa Even before the seven-phase assembly elections draws to a close on 7th March, there is a visible change in the mood shift of the state bureaucracy in Uttar Pradesh. With…

Mamata attacks Yogi, Modi at final phase poll address at Kashi

Kulsum Mustafa Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal chief minister, and star campaigner for Samajwadi Party and Alliance in 2022 UP assembly polls added the requisite gravity to the last phase campaign at Varanasi…
Gujarat Riots 2002: Lessons to learn

Zafarul-Islam Khan After a lull in the wake of Partition riots (1947), India has consistently seen communal, meaning anti-Muslim, riots since early 1960s. Governments and political leaders have been complicit or complacent…
A multi-purpose security mechanism for J&K villages is back with renewed vigour

Arun Joshi Union Home Minister Amit Shah has lifted all the shadows of uncertainty in the villages vulnerable to the terror assaults with his decision to revive the Village Defence Committees as village…
Imperfect times consume much-hyped white paper on Article 370

Arun Joshi Perhaps the leaders of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration who are in race with time to highlight what happened to the people of Kashmir on August 5, 2019, when their…
Ukrainian refugee crisis could become Europe’s largest this century

By Satyen Mohapatra The devastation and fast deteriorating situation in Ukraine has led to a large section of population fleeing from the country. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi has…
Opinion: In realm of diplomacy, Congress always proactive

In the Post-War period, when India had attained Independence, the fledgling nation was put to test, as the country had to face eversomany crises on the global scene. At the height of…
Safety of cultural artefacts in war torn Ukraine

By Satyen Mohapatra The Russian military marching into Ukraine has created serious apprehensions about a large number of priceless art heritage of Ukraine. Protecting the art treasures in view of the continuing…
Opinion: Truth behind the veil

J.S. Ifthekhar Hyderabad: As the hijab row rages on, views for and against it are being aired freely. Like any other issue, people across the spectrum have jumped into the debate and…