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43rd anniversary of the victory of Iran’s Islamic Revolution

Mahdi Shahrokhi By Mahdi Shahrokhi Frothy-three years have passed since the glorious victory of the Iranian Islamic Revolution. Freedom and independence are very valuable blessings gained by the great Iranian people through…
Hijab row: Muskan’s defiance draws praise from far and near

J.S. Ifthekhar Hyderabad: Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women. Muskan, the hijabi student of Mandya’s pre-University college in Karnataka, has done just that when she bravely…

India’s space quest for 2022 to begin on Valentine’s Day

Hyderabad: A new year, a new Chairman and an aggressive ‘Plan of Action’, is what is scheduled for India’s space odyssey in 2022. February 14, popular as Valentine’s Day will see the…
Dr P M Lentin—A dedicated teacher and doctor passes away

Hyderabad: In the passing away of Dr Putla M Lentin at the ripe old age of 94 on Monday, Hyderabad has lost one more ‘Gem’ of a medical teacher and practitioner of…
Opinion: Unbecoming of PM to stoop so low in Parliament

Venkat Parsa Rahul Gandhi’s speech in the Lok Sabha on the Motion of Thanks on the Presidential Address to the joint sitting of Parliament, has had its desired impact. It provoked Prime…
Mamta injects elixir in Akhilesh’s poll campaign

Kulsum Mustafa Mamta Banerjee proved every inch a star campaigner and helped inject instant adrenal into Akhilesh Yadav’s election campaign. Addressing a joint press conference today afternoon at the Samajwadi Party office…
Delimitation report throws Kashmiri parties in a quandary, struggling for survival

Arun Joshi The second draft report of the Delimitation Commission on J&K had disturbed the political and geographical calculus of the Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the Union Territory in which…

Lata Mangeshkar Unbeaten, because she was Unbeatable

“This girl brought tears in my eyes,” was the instant reaction of Free India’s First Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to a private song, penned by poet-lyricist Pradeep, Aie mere watan ke…
Asaduddin Owaisi a lion in the path of BJP

Syed Qamar Hasan By Syed Qamar Hasan A FOUR-TIME sitting member of Parliament escapes a deadly attack on his life in broad daylight. And hours have gone past and not a word…
Beyond the language of hate and revenge

M. Shafey Kidwai Seldom could any Indian city vie with Bhagalpur as far as the use of multifarious adjectives is concerned. It is the city where the chopped off organ of Kamdev…
Udupi Hijab Row: Hopefully, sanity will prevail

Dr. Javed Jamil Thanks for the designs of the communal forces; the Hijab issue of Udupi (Karnatka) schools has become an international issue now. The welcome part is that most of the…
Is The Hindu changing its policy towards minorities?

On Friday (February 4, 2022) when I searched for the story of gun shots that were fired at the vehicle of Asaduddin Owaisi in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh I did not find…
J&K coming to terms with reality – economic self-sufficiency is the only way out

Arun Joshi A new thought process is gaining traction in Jammu and Kashmir, shift from being the basket case to taking baby steps towards economic self-sufficiency. This is both a wish and…
Telangana: Suicides by unemployed youth

M. Kodanda Ram By M. Kodanda Ram Mohammed Shabbir a 26-year-old graduate from Jammikunta town, Karimnagar district has committed suicide on 1st August 2021, leaving behind his wife and a child. In…
Dr Kafeel Khan: Braveheart Viking in the making

Syed Qamar Hasan By Syed Qamar Hasan It is said the North Sea made the Vikings. The metaphor aptly fits doctor Kafeel Khan, scandalized in the Gorakhpur Hospital tragedy, incarcerated for months…