Hamid Ansari being dragged into an imagined India-Pakistan espionage theory amounts to calumny
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Hamid Ansari being dragged into an imagined India-Pakistan espionage theory amounts to calumny

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It’s a crying shame that a public figure of Hamid Ansari’s stature is being mischievously dragged into an imagined India-Pakistan espionage theory. That too on the basis of a barely known Pakistani journalist’s unverified boasts on a Zoom session. None of his claims can be corroborated. It amounts to calumny.

Bhagwant Mann creating a parallel power centre should learn from Manmohan Singh’s experience

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s decision to appoint Raghav Chadha-led panel to advise his administration is intriguing. No CM willingly creates a parallel power centre. It amounts to political hara-kiri in Punjab that’s so sensitive about Dilli Darbar. Sonia Gandhi-led NAC paralysed Manmohan Singh government. Mann should learn from Singh’s experience.