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By Bhushan Parimoo State is reeling under enormous solid waste. Causing serious environ Scenario. It has emerged one of the worst kinds of pollution in the State. Use and toss approach has

By Shekhar Gupta In the years I used to travel frequently to Pakistan to report, one of its illustrious high commissioners to New Delhi asked me in jest — and some exasperation

By Aakar Patel How educated does a leader have to be and what is the consequence of a lack of intellectual exposure? The Congress is making fun of the fact that Smriti

By Radhika Oberoi The poet’s Kashmir is a broken promise; it is the Jhelum that carries a dismembered body, Zero Bridge and Zero Taxi Stand, the songs of HabbaKhatun, Gupkar Road and

By Dr ZooviaHamiduddin “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life” — Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde’s essay ‘The Decay of Lying’ cheekily sets out that life follows the plots and aesthetics

By Ammar Ali Qureshi India, after independence, has produced many renowned public figures who belong to Punjab. Barring celebrities, Inder Kumar Gujral and Manmohan Singh, both ex-Prime Ministers, along with Khushwant Singh

By Burhan Majid Ever since the BhartiyaJanta Party came to power in 2014 at the Centre, there have been calls by party ideologues to scrap Article 35A of the constitution of India.

By Sanjay Kumar For a marathon runner, a good start is crucial to the outcome. So, too, all political parties need a good start for the marathon that is the 17th Lok

By A.G. Noorani THE massacre at JallianwalaBagh in Amritsar was executed on April 13, 1919 — a hundred years ago today. Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah sent his telegram of protest to the

By Rana Ayyub The world’s largest democracy with a population of 1.3 billion is heading to the polls on April 11 in a marathon election that will continue for six weeks. Indian