Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
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.
This is a two-pronged strategy on AAP’s part – – so I guess. They know that the accusation is so foolish that no harm will come to Kanhaiya Kumar anyways, but the rant will be settled once and for all. Yet, the permission to prosecute may put AAP in the good books of Narendra Modi, at least for some time, to draw some tiny bit of advantage for Delhi.
For once, the judiciary isn’t responsible for the delay. The AAP delayed the entire process by almost 4 years. By the time a case is heard, the witnesses are gone or have been paid off; the investigators have been transferred and the original files have to be discovered and understood. Of course, now it is the turn of judges to delay the case by another 5-10 years. Why can’t we let the cases proceed and be decided?
One would respectfully disagree with Raghav Chadha. Sanction for prosecution should be granted after judicious application of mind. It would become a ritual / formality if the authority took the view that innocence or guilt would be established in a Court of law. The slogans, however hurtful, do not constitute the crime of sedition. No act of armed insurrection resulted from those speeches, quite different from the very drastic outcome of Kapil Sharma’s speech. Something ebony black in the lentils …
This is a two-pronged strategy on AAP’s part – – so I guess. They know that the accusation is so foolish that no harm will come to Kanhaiya Kumar anyways, but the rant will be settled once and for all. Yet, the permission to prosecute may put AAP in the good books of Narendra Modi, at least for some time, to draw some tiny bit of advantage for Delhi.
For once, the judiciary isn’t responsible for the delay. The AAP delayed the entire process by almost 4 years. By the time a case is heard, the witnesses are gone or have been paid off; the investigators have been transferred and the original files have to be discovered and understood. Of course, now it is the turn of judges to delay the case by another 5-10 years. Why can’t we let the cases proceed and be decided?
Sure. Survival next term depends on such act of kindness
Sure. Survival next term depends on such act of kind
One would respectfully disagree with Raghav Chadha. Sanction for prosecution should be granted after judicious application of mind. It would become a ritual / formality if the authority took the view that innocence or guilt would be established in a Court of law. The slogans, however hurtful, do not constitute the crime of sedition. No act of armed insurrection resulted from those speeches, quite different from the very drastic outcome of Kapil Sharma’s speech. Something ebony black in the lentils …