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Can the nation allow nurturing of an extra-constitutional authority?

Can the nation allow nurturing of an extra-constitutional authority?

Where is Pakistan headed?

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        Lalit Shastri Today when I asked a friend across the border, who is a top Pakistani journalist, to contribute an article focussing on what some leading personalities in his country have to say about the Kashmir issue, he brushed aside my request saying what to talk of Kashmir when they can’t keep their own house in order. The writ of the elected Pakistani Government, excluding some parts of the Punjab province, does not run in other parts of the country beleaguered and besieged by violence, terror and sectarian strife, he went on to observe. We have Baluchistan, which is endowed with huge natural wealth. Instead of using the massive deposits of copper, gold and coal for the growth and development of the country, what we are witnessing in Baluchistan is endless violence, my friend said. When reminded of Sher Shah, the medieval ruler, who has the credit of building the grand trunk road connecting Kolkata with Peshawar, and told that the situation of law and order during

Private person in North Block as OSD to MoS for Home Affairs

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Private person in North Block as OSD to MoS for Home Affairs

Justice Katju casts a pebble in the pond-time ripe for Judicial Accountability Commission

Justice Katju casts a pebble in the pond-time ripe for Judicial Accountability Commission

Congress-National Conference part ways

Congress-National Conference part ways

Congress-NC alliance-an uneasy coalition

Congress-NC alliance-an uneasy coalition

How a corrupt Judge continued in the Madras High Court: Justice Katju

How a corrupt Judge continued in the Madras High Court: Justice Katju

Villager killed by Tiger in buffer area of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve

Villager killed by Tiger in buffer area of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve

BJP’s book “Vyapam ka Sach”– A boomerang back at them

BJP’s book “Vyapam ka Sach”– A boomerang back at them

Seizure of illegal weapons in Delhi and the Madhya Pradesh connection

Seizure of illegal weapons in Delhi and the Madhya Pradesh connection

ICHR Today: Can we give professional history-writing a go-by?

ICHR Today: Can we give professional history-writing a go-by?

Bihar’s toothache: Only 13 dentists in govt hospitals

Bihar’s toothache: Only 13 dentists in govt hospitals

West Asian Governments keenly watching India’s policy landscape

West Asian Governments keenly watching India’s policy landscape

Leader of Opposition accuses CM of misusing office, demands resignation

Leader of Opposition accuses CM of misusing office, demands resignation

Budget 2014-15: Restoring economic Growth and curbing inflation will be Modi Government’s priority

Budget 2014-15: Restoring economic Growth and curbing inflation will be Modi Government’s priority

Former MP Minister Laxmikant Sharma arrested

Former MP Minister Laxmikant Sharma arrested

GOI takes steps to fill vacancies

GOI takes steps to fill vacancies

Ticketless men gang up with GRP team, loot train passengers

Ticketless men gang up with GRP team, loot train passengers

Chinese foreign minister meets Sushma Swaraj

Chinese foreign minister meets Sushma Swaraj

Indifference of Uttar Pradesh politicians is shameful

Indifference of Uttar Pradesh politicians is shameful

India offers attractive returns on investment in IDF

India offers attractive returns on investment in IDF

Traffic chaos worries Bhopal citizens

Traffic chaos worries Bhopal citizens

India’s external debt at the end of 2013 stood at US $ 426 billion

India’s external debt at the end of 2013 stood at US $ 426 billion

The World Bank –The Young Professionals Program

The World Bank –The Young Professionals Program

The World Bank –The Young Professionals Program

The World Bank –The Young Professionals Program

D-Day Anniversary: Glimmer of hope, Europeans and Americans may convince Putin not to play with fire

D-Day Anniversary: Glimmer of hope, Europeans and Americans may convince Putin not to play with fire

US looks forward to Modi visit

US looks forward to Modi visit

MP Minister rapped for statement on UP rapes

MP Minister rapped for statement on UP rapes