A long awaited bill
The Union Cabinet approved the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Bill on June 5, 2013.
Don't politicise the song
As an Indian Muslim who caters to the voices of sanity and reason, I hung my head in shame when I heard tht Shafique-ur-Rehman Barq
Betting as science
Gambling in India has been prevalent from the early times. In the Ramayana, there are casual references to it which neither condemn or encourage.
Morality and precious stones
India, unlike their counterparts in USA or Europe, are ignorant of the origin of the stones that go into making the jewellery.
Public diplomacy vital
In a globally competitive world characterised by the dominant neo-realist perspective, nation-states, in their interactions with one another, have always sought to maximise their interest by increasing their power and influence.
What after Taliban?
India is one of the first countries to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Afghanistan. Its attention on Afghanistan is based in strategic reasoning – in the main with national security issues.
Travel became a travail
My honeymoon with Lahore - my dream city, a place of fun and frolic and home to world’s best institutions like Aitchison College and Punjab University, eateries like Salt’n Pepper Village, Food Street and Zaiqa and water parks like, Sozo Water Park, Joy Land Park and Starlet shoes - has ended. During my second — and perhaps last visit there - from June 4 to June 13, I found ourselves: me, wife and our three children at the Sarwar Road Police Station, Lahore Cantonment.
The Mamata factor
While Trinamool Congress might have unleashed a reign of terror in Bengal against CPM leaders, the April 9 Delhi incident where CPM cadres decided to heckle and insult chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her Finance Minister Amit Mitra, has brought the Left party’s influential West Bengal and Kerala units on a collision course.
Stop ill informed bashing
The kind of responses we see from the police are mainly flaws in their orientation and training. It is worth looking at some ground realities. Getting a regular case registered without outside help or pressure is a challenge.
Diplomatic Ransom
Recently the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was stupefied when old ally Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) asked its five ministers to resign from the Union government remonstrating the Indian government’s reluctance to admonish Sri Lanka over its alleged ‘genocide’ against its minority Tamil population.
SC verdict boon for poor
Gopal is affected by Cronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), a blood cancer. His annual treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will cost anywhere between Rs 10 to 40 lakhs and will certainly add to his life. Wonder drug Glivec will make it possible.
His madam's voice
Attacks by Trinamool Congress leaders on rivals and institutions in West Bengal has more to do with the diktats issued by Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata Bannerjee than any criticism of Marxist regimentation.
A 20,000 tonne dilemma
The government has recently announced an increase in the import duty on gold with a view to strengthen the external sector of the economy and shore up the value of the Indian currency.
The Indo-Uzbek tango
The Uzbek-Indo relations trace back many years. They were always based on mutual respect, appreciation of regional and global role, as well as a common cause to enhance bilateral ties in all fields of interest.
Deceitful Investments?
Evading tax has always been a common practice among the affluent.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
