Opinion

  • Colonisation of Kashmir

    by Abbas Adil

    INDIA’S top court has validated the Narendra Modi government’s 2019 action of stripping India-occupied Kashmir of its semi-autonomous status. The unanimous court decision, sealing the annexation of the disputed territory,…

  • Impending Muslim genocide in Modi’s India

    by Abbas Adil

    On 2nd December, Pravin Togadia, the President of Antarashtriya Hindu Parishad, called for open genocide of Muslims across the world. Addressing a gathering of Bhakts at Haridwar, Togadia came up with…

  • Outwitting Modi’s psyops is key

    by Abbas Adil

    IT could get worse before it gets better, goes the sagacious saying. It was in the nature of its very being that the INDIA alliance needed to cross the hump…

  • Muslim personal law says women have share in inheritance: Scholars

    by Abbas Adil

    Islamic scholars have said that Muslim personal law mandates that women — mother, sister, wife, daughter, granddaughter, great-granddaughter, stepsister, grandmother, and great-grandmother — should get shares in inheritance as directed…

  • Time for Malaysia to recognize the ‘New’ Delhi

    by Abbas Adil

    The visit by Malaysian Foreign Affairs Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir to New Delhi from November 5-8 was a significant milestone in Malaysia-India relations. Zambry met with his counterpart, Indian External…

  • India’s NE concern over escalating Myanmar violence

    by Abbas Adil

    India’s two eastern neighbours continue to witness socio-political turmoil in recent days increasing security concern for the country’s north-eastern region (NE). While Bangladesh is going through political uncertainty over its…

  • India’s Muslim precariat

    by Abbas Adil

    RECENTLY, Prof Christophe Jaffrelot, an authority on India’s Muslims, spoke on ‘The Plight of Minorities under Modi’s India’ at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad. He painted a sombre picture.…

  • Nawab Malik issue rocks Maharashtra assembly

    by Abbas Adil

    Maharashtra assembly on Thursday witnessed ruckus on the first day of the winter session after former Maharashtra minister and NCP member Nawab Malik was seen sitting in the treasury bench.…

  • 10 BJP MPs-turned-MLAs quit Parliament

    by Abbas Adil

    Ten of the 12 BJP MPs who won the recent elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh resigned today with two more set to put in their papers soon to…

  • India to be third-largest economy by 2030: S&P

    by Abbas Adil

    India will remain the fastest-growing major economy for at least the next three years, setting it on course to become the world’s third-largest economy by 2030, S&P Global Ratings said…

  • US official in New Delhi for talks on Sikh plot

    by Abbas Adil

    White House deputy national security adviser Jon Finer led a US delegation to New Delhi on Monday where he noted the formation of an investigative panel by India to probe…

  • Revisiting the Bhopal tragedy

    by Abbas Adil

    The Bhopal tragedy, also known as the Bhopal disaster, was one of the worst industrial disasters in history. It occurred on the night of December 2-3, 1984, in Bhopal, a…

  • Modi will become PM for third time: Badruddin Ajmal

    by Abbas Adil

    All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief, Badruddin Ajmal said that the BJP’s victory in the three state Assembly elections have proved that Narendra Modi will become the Prime Minister…

  • Postpone probe into madrasas: UP madrasa board to Yogi govt

    by Abbas Adil

    Following the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to initiate a probe into the availability of basic facilities and competent teachers at state-funded madrasas, UP Madrasa Education Board Chairman Iftikhar Ahmad Javed…

  • Top leaders unavailable, INDIA bloc meet put off

    by Abbas Adil

    With top Opposition leaders unavailable for the anti-BJP INDIA bloc meeting scheduled for tomorrow, the Congress today decided to postpone the gathering until a date “convenient to all”. Congress president…

  • India’s drift into electoral autocracy

    by Abbas Adil

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his populist rhetoric have led his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party to decisive electoral triumphs in recent state elections. While many election watchers predicted…