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Middle class gets a Budget that mirrors their aspirations. Modi knows the pulse

Union Budget 2025-26 has clear aims: accelerate growth, enhance the spending power of India’s rising middle class, invigorate private sector...

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RG Kar case falls in ‘rarest of rare’ doctrine. Sanjay Roy deserves death penalty

Post Nirbhaya case, the existing laws were altered and policy was made stringent. The facts of the case squarely fall under the prevailing norms and...

27.01.2025 9

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Trump comes with a buy-one-get-one-free Elon Musk this time. India needs creative strategies

Some view Elon Musk as a visionary entrepreneur, while others see him as a disruptive force with questionable influence. There's no doubt he holds...

20.01.2025 20

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AAP govt has no funds—after draining Delhi’s treasury

The decline was steady. From 1.56% in 2014-25, Delhi’s surplus fell to 0.85% in 2016-17, further dropping to 0.19% in 2020-21. This year, the...

13.01.2025 10

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Before criticising India’s CAA-NRC, see US H1B visa policy to UK Migration Act

Why is India, under the guise of humanitarianism, being coerced into accepting people with unknown antecedents from countries that don’t want their...

06.01.2025 10

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Satanic Verses and the liberal hypocrisy—Has the Congress learned its lesson

The Nehru dynasty was famous for scuttling Freedom of Expression—be it in the literary sense, historical sense or economic sense.

31.12.2024 2

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Opposition has the lost art of parliamentary etiquette & repartee. Remember Jaitley, Swaraj

Members of the present party in government were largely in the opposition post-Independence. Their conduct should be compared to that of today’s...

24.12.2024 20

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India can’t constantly be in campaign mode—simultaneous elections are good for voters & parties

Detractors of One Nation, One Election aren’t thinking of voter fatigue. When elections are multiple and frequent, even the educated voter views...

17.12.2024 4

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BJP has perfected the art of hacking hearts and minds—not EVMs

Instead of harping on the stale narrative of EVM tampering, the Congress should concentrate on finding a way to hack into the minds of the people—...

03.12.2024 7

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Maharashtra results send a clear message—people want prosperity, not papaji ki jaagir

It is apparent that years of Congress misrule and empty promises—hawa mein baatein, as it’s said in Hindi— have rendered the party a toothless...

26.11.2024 40

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Yunus leading Bangladesh to new crossroads—being a bankrupt Islamic Republic of East Pakistan

Bangladesh has spiralled into a vortex of instability and stands today as a banana republic led by a puppet government.

18.11.2024 1

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Kamala Harris’ defeat no loss for women’s movement. Wiles appointment as chief of staff a win

A statement conveying that war must end as it’s harming women and children and causing chaos would have projected Harris as an international leader...

11.11.2024 2

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Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his...

04.11.2024 4

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Priyanka Gandhi’s Wayanad story can take many turns–success, horror, entertainment for INDIA

It’s only now, when the Rahul formula seems to be failing, that Sonia Gandhi has allowed Priyanka to make her political debut.

28.10.2024 7

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RSS has remained relevant for 100 yrs despite challenges. World now embraces its ideologies

Being a nascent organisation and its membership composed primarily of middle-class Hindus, RSS never had the financial wherewithal to combat the...

21.10.2024 8

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BJP has changed the destiny of J&K. Abrogation of Article 370 led us here

While the NC will form govt in Jammu and Kashmir, it is the BJP that has claimed the largest share of the electorate pie. It got 25.5% of total...

14.10.2024 10

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