Time flies faster than fighter jets and faulty helicopters F S Aijazuddin ON December 9, Shahnaz and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. ‘Celebrated’ may be too strong a word. The Indo-Pak hostilities in 1971 which had begun the week earlier had reduced our...
Asad Mirza Recently, the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit was held in Istanbul from 16 to 19 December. The first Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit was held in Istanbul, the second in Malabo. Over 100 government ministers and 16 presidents from Africa attended the...
By Frank F Islam Social cohesion within countries has been slowly eroding for some time; social media has accelerated that erosion. In a few days, the curtain will fall on one of the most tragic years in the history of independent India. Not since the dark days of...
It is time that we should work on the lines of Bhakti-Sufi traditions; and the path of Mahatma Gandhi-Maulana Azad to keep the society and country in peace and harmony. PROF RAM PUNIYANI After Suraj Pal Amu made derogatory and hate speech, he was made the spokesman...
Mamata Banerjee’s approach to expand the horizon of the party beyond the corridors of Bengal is threatening the traditional vote base of the Left and the Congress. Saibal Gupta KOLKATA — The West Bengal poll results on May 2, 2021 might become a game-changer not only...
Humra Quraishi Call it a mere formality or an ongoing dastoor, as the year ends and the new year takes off, one is supposed to take note of the positive highlights. Well, for the last several hours, I have been thinking, mind you thinking very hard, on any of...
RAMZY BAROUD HAARETZ’S investigative report – ‘Classified Docs Reveal Massacres of Palestinians in ’48 – and What Israeli Leaders Knew’ – is a must-read. It should be particularly read by any person who considers himself a ‘Zionist’ and also by people who, for...
By Yaqoob Murtaza Recently, the Centre has decided to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years to reduce maternal mortality and undernutrition as well as to provide better opportunities for them to educate and to empower themselves. Various...
Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court has sought 100% compliance on all inadequacies pointed out by the Supreme Court-appointed Monitoring Committee. Pervez Bari BHOPAL – Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court reprimanded the Central Government for filing...
The BJP government has proposed this without doing any homework. Perhaps the ruling party thinks that the move will suit it politically Soroor Ahmed IN this era when the age of becoming mother can be delayed by various methods how wise it is to raise the marriage age...