In ‘A Road Well Travelled’, former CBI chief R.K. Raghavan writes about investigating the 2002 Gujarat riots, Bofors scam and cricket match-fixing scandal.
On 21 October 1951, delegates from all over the country congregated for a convention in central Delhi to form the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Its later avatar is now ruling dozens of Indian states.
In 1999, the government allowed the world to see Pakistan’s Kargil invasion and the Indian army's resolve. But Narendra Modi has reversed gears on transparency.
Governor & former BJP MP Lalji Tandon, who joined the RSS at the age of 12 and had been in active politics since early 1960s, died Tuesday at the age of 85.
Modi has always found a way to achieve his political goals— Article 370 to Ram Mandir. Shekhar Gupta can’t blame the PM's bureaucrats for his economic failures.
Ajit Jogi liked telling tales about ‘Diggy raja’, whom he loved to hate, but couldn't achieve much in MP politics. Luck finally smiled on him with Chhattisgarh's creation in 2000.
Why do people who complain that our municipalities are incapable of offering proper shelter to dogs not worry about the pathetic shelter offered to refugees and victims of political persecution?
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
They should not be singing a different tune. I always said Advani and Vajpayee were communal Hindu fascists. It is now with Modi and Shah, that is with even more complete Hindu extremists, in power, people look back and think Vajpayee-Advani were moderate. Any moderation was due to not having a majority. Advani started Hindu mob politics in the 1990s, and India has progressively degenerated.
Idiotic comment by an idiot.Don’ compare vajpayee’s bjp with Modi’s BJP. It is like comparison between heaven and hell.
Better comparison with current bjp is with Communal Jinnah’s Muslim league.
One would not place PM ABV and Dr Swamy in the same orbit. For that matter, although Mr Advani made a contribution to building up the party, he was never in Vajpayeeji’s class. Such greatness is visited upon a party very rarely. Future historians, who have the luxury of telescoping time, might find a Jugalbandi between Pandit Nehru and Shri Vajpayee.
When Vajpayee and Advani were leaders, the appeasers were saying it was a communal party, why are they singing a different tune?
They should not be singing a different tune. I always said Advani and Vajpayee were communal Hindu fascists. It is now with Modi and Shah, that is with even more complete Hindu extremists, in power, people look back and think Vajpayee-Advani were moderate. Any moderation was due to not having a majority. Advani started Hindu mob politics in the 1990s, and India has progressively degenerated.
Idiotic comment by an idiot.Don’ compare vajpayee’s bjp with Modi’s BJP. It is like comparison between heaven and hell.
Better comparison with current bjp is with Communal Jinnah’s Muslim league.
One would not place PM ABV and Dr Swamy in the same orbit. For that matter, although Mr Advani made a contribution to building up the party, he was never in Vajpayeeji’s class. Such greatness is visited upon a party very rarely. Future historians, who have the luxury of telescoping time, might find a Jugalbandi between Pandit Nehru and Shri Vajpayee.