A neutral Election Commission (EC) is to a democracy what a violin is to a symphony orchestra or a vertebra is to the backbone. The EC, in the words of a former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), is like a neutral umpire in a cricket match -- he officiates from beginning to end without participating in the game....
The newly sworn-in Vijay Rupani government has hardly has it begun its tenure but already become embroiled in a controversy with Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Saturday remaining closeted in his home sulking over portfolios allocated to him....
Palestine on Saturday recalled its envoy to Pakistan for sharing the stage with 26/11 terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, with President Mahmoud Abbas directly intervening to order the recall after India strongly protested the envoy's action as "unacceptable"....
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has decided to give a U/A certificate "along with some modifications" to Sanjay Leela Bhansali's controversial film "Padmavati" and has asked the filmmaker to "likely" change the movie's title to "Padmavat". However, the suggestions have been slammed by a Mewar royal and ...
This past year was expected to be crucial for moving ahead with the corruption charges involving the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB), popularly known as Vyapam. The CBI did file two charge-sheets naming a staggering 1,082 accused -- but it is yet to name the mastermind of the entire scam....
Only the naive will believe that deep concern for the welfare of Muslim "sisters" and for the maintenance of the "dignity of women" and "gender equality" persuaded the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to introduce the bill in parliament to ban the practice of triple talaq. ...
With India describing the Palestinian envoy in Pakistan sharing a stage with Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, as "unacceptable", Palestine on Saturday expressed "deep regrets" about the incident....
Even as Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Saturday continued to sulk over not being given key portfolios in the new Council of Ministers, Patidar quota leader Hardik Patel asserted that he should leave the BJP and join the Congress party. "I and my supporters are prepared to talk to the Congress leadership to welcome Nitin P...
The India-Palestine Solidarity Front (IPSF) on Saturday strongly condemned the Palestinian Ambassador to Pakistan, Waleed Abu Ali, for sharing the dais with JuD chief and mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks Hafiz Saeed. "We demand that the government of President Mahmoud Abbas condemn and sack the env...
The Trump administration may withhold $225 million in government aid to Pakistan over frustration with the country's handling of terror groups within its borders. Administration officials met this month to decide whether to cancel the aid, officials told The New York Times in a report published on Friday. The aid package was already delayed in Augus...
