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LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH, 21/01/2018:RAJNATH AWARDS CITIZENSHIP TO PAKISTANI SINDHIS:: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh awarded Certificate of Citizenship to 56 Pakistani Sindhis at a function in Lucknow on January 21, 2018. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt.

Treading cautiously

Senior BJP leaders admit that deportation of illegal immigrants is near impossible though it has been on the party’s agenda in Assam.
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NEW DELHI: 19/11/2009: Farmers from North India staging a protest at Jantar Mantar against the anti farmers policies of the Central Government, organised by Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), in New Delhi, on November 19, 2009. Photo: V. Sudershan

Displacing dissent

With the National Green Tribunal banning all protests, dharnas and demonstrations at the historical Jantar Mantar, the already shrinking space for dem
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Notion of impurity

Should a natural and biological process be used to discriminate against women, all in the name of religion? The debate spearheaded by “happy to bleed”
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An earthmover is used to level the surface for traffic movement at the site of World Culture Festival organised by Indian guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art Of Living foundation on the flood plain of Yamuna River in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Against all norms

The World Culture Festival organised by the Art of Living Foundation on the floodplains of the Yamuna flouts environmental concerns and established ru
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BANGALORE, 27/05/2008: Ex-Servicemen, Retired Officers of the Army, Navy and Air Force and personnel below officer rank undertaking a fast for justice at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Bangalore on May 27, 2008 to express their solidarity with Military veterans all over the country to draw the attention of the Union Government for amelioration of thier problems relating to pension and resetlement. Photo: K. Gopinathan

Soldiers’ lament

Defence personnel, who voted for Narendra Modi in large numbers, are unhappy about the unkept promises.
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A supporter carries cut-outs of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during a ceremony to launch an anti-corruption helpline in New Delhi, India, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

The real Kejriwal

The Aam Aadmi Party is shorn of its tag of being a party with a difference because of the undemocratic tendencies that have developed in it.
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B.Line: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during Pre-Budget meeting representatives of Industry and Trade Groups in connection with the forthcoming Union Budget 2014-15 ( from L to R) Sunil B Mittal, Shashi Ruhia, Kiran Majumdar Shah,Rafeeq Ahmed,Vipul Shah,Sharad Jaipuria, Rana Kapoor, Sidharth Birla, Ajay S Shriram,in New Delhi ,on 06.06.14,PIC:Kamal Narang

Neoliberal spirit

The Independent Evaluation Office, set up by the previous government to evaluate key Central schemes, goes to the extent of examining the role of the
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Kupwara: Army soldiers, with heavy weapons, take positions during an encounter with militants at Tangdar area in Kupwara district on Saturday. PTI Photo (PTI8_31_2013_000152A)

A soldier’s worth

The government continues to deny both serving and retired soldiers their rightful pay and perks and has quietly buried a Fifth Pay Commission study wh
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Damaged houses are seen at a village in Rudraprayag in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand June 20, 2013. Early monsoon rains have swollen the Ganges, India's longest river, swept away houses, killed at least 138 people and left tens of thousands stranded, local newspapers reported. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

Himalayan tragedy

The havoc that followed torrential rains in Uttarakhand had been in the making for many years. Rampant construction and unmindful digging and blasting
PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in New Delhi

Partners' concern

The smaller constituents of the NDA, such as the Janata Dal (U), are pleased with Advani's statement and have expressed their discomfiture at the hard
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Commissions and omissions

The Planning Commission's decision to disband all the consultative groups, in response to the Left parties' opposition to the inclusion in them of mem
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Friction in the alliance

The United Progressive Alliance and the Left parties position themselves for a fight on the issue of the interest rate cut on Employees Provident Fund
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