Opinion

Shafaqna India: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said ties between the BJP and the then-undivided Shiv Sena broke for the first time in 2014 as the latter insisted on contesting …

And we are here as on a darkling plain / Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,/ Where ignorant armies clash by night. —Matthew Arnold, Dover Beach The preceding …

Shafaqna India: Justice Yashwant Varma of the Delhi High Court, who has been in the eye of the storm over the alleged recovery of unaccounted cash from his residence during a …

WHAT else was happening in the world when Mughals ruled India from 1526 till Aurangzeb’s death in 1707? The strange question flows from stranger demands by Hindu nationalists to raze …

Shafaqna India: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is to hold nationwide protests against Waqf Amendment Bill, following a successful demonstration in Delhi on March 17. The board has …

Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana was rather critical of our justice delivery system in his speech on a public platform last week. He is reported to have …

Shafaqna India: Haryna’s amendments to the Seeds Act, 1966, and the Insecticides Act, 1968, mark a critical intervention in curbing the menace of fake and substandard agricultural inputs. The move comes …

Shafaqna India: The police have discreetly shifted fasting leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal to a private hospital in Patiala. The move to shift the leader back from Jalandhar has surprised many as …

THE well-planned action of the Bhagwant Singh Mann government against protesting farmers has surprised everyone. Farm union leaders were detained by the police when they were going back to Punjab …

The elephant has missed a golden opportunity to get the better of the dragon. An ambitious $23-billion programme, launched four years ago to incentivise domestic manufacturing and woo firms away …

Shafaqna India: India and the US are set to strengthen their diplomatic and strategic partnership, with multiple high-level American officials scheduled to visit India in the coming months. Ahead of the …

Shafaqna India: The Punjab Assembly’s Budget session began on a tense note with the Congress staging a walkout during the Governor’s address in protest against the government’s crackdown on farmers …

Shafaqna India: At least 14 more persons have been arrested in connection with the violence in Nagpur earlier this week, taking the total number of arrests to 105, a senior police …

In a recent long conversation with American podcaster Lex Fridman, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi repeated oft-heard allegations against Pakistan, accusing it of exporting terrorism and waging a proxy war …

  In Ramadan 1974, sectarian tensions flared in Lucknow, India’s Shia hub, just months after Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna became Uttar Pradesh’s chief minister. To ease Shia-Sunni clashes, Bahuguna invited Shia …

INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent comments to an American podcaster regarding the Pakistan-India relationship are detached from reality and reflect a highly selective reading of the history of the …

Shafaqna India:  The Gulf Cooperation Council which includes countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar UAE, Oman and Bahrain account for 38% of the total remittances sent to India in the year …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Mauritius and the unveiling of the Mahasagar initiative represent a pivotal moment in India’s foreign policy, specifically its efforts to assert itself as …

Bail is the rule, jail is the exception — the Supreme Court has to say it over and over again because lower courts repeatedly ignore this fundamental legal principle. Expressing …

THE extended stay of astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore in space has finally ended. The two have returned to the earth after staying on the International Space Station (ISS) …

Shafaqna India: US President Donald Trump told Breitbart News in an interview on Wednesday that he believes India will probably be lowering the tariffs it imposes on American goods. “I believe …

Refer to ‘AAP’s report card’; despite setbacks, AAP remains Punjab’s best bet, as the Congress and the SAD have repeatedly failed the people of the state. Unlike its predecessors, AAP …

Amidst the myriad issues raised by a section of the political class in Tamil Nadu, the time has perhaps come to once again revisit the question of regional aspirations and …

Shafaqna India: Some of India’s cities most vulnerable to future heat waves focus mainly on immediate responses while long-term measures remain rare, according to a study published on Wednesday. The analysis …

Shafaqna India: Residents of NASA astronaut Sunita Willaims’ ancestral village in Gujarat’s Mehsana district broke into celebrations on Wednesday morning as a SpaceX capsule carrying her and her colleague Butch Wilmore …

The Punjab Government’s newly launched war against drug suppliers and peddlers is an appreciative move. It is also an acceptance of the deep-rooted drug menace in the state. However, the …

The Tamil Nadu Government’s use of the Tamil letter ‘Roo’ instead of the Indian currency symbol in the promotional logo of the state Budget has caused a nationwide stir. Finance …

Shafaqna India: New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon on Monday expressed strong support for India’s bid to become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Luxon emphasised India’s significant …

Shafaqna India: India has raised concerns over Khalistan-related activities in discussions with top US and New Zealand officials. During a meeting with US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Defence …

Shafaqna India:The Bombay High Court on Monday discharged Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani and Managing Director Rajesh Adani from a case involving alleged market regulation violations worth nearly Rs 388 …