One of my friends got an Urdu booklet entitled “Ruhullah” in a mosque in Andheri, Maharashtra. The booklet has been printed by some Christian missionary but an impression has been given that it was printed in Saudi Arabia. The unknown author has dared to make certain modifications in some verses of the Qur’ān quoted therein. For example, in Verse No. 94 of Surah Yunus (in the booklet it is referred to as Verse No. 91 of the Surah) written on the back title of the booklet th...

More than 500 people have been killed in various incidents of terrorist and Naxal violence in the country this year, informs the latest report presented in the Rajya Sabha. The majority of the these causalities was reported from the Naxal based areas, wherein around 275 innocent civilians and 93 security forces personnel were killed till October this year, confirms the Minister of State for Home Jitendra Singh. When you compare these figures with the terror and insurgency hit places like Jamm...

It refers to shocking RTI response from Delhi Police where a senior officer of rank of Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police has claimed that there is no system of taking cognizance of news-reports at Delhi Police!

The officer in response to another query seeking action-taken report on complaint filed by Doordarshan team about its having been manhandled by some persons for shooting of an unauthorised cremation at Delhi’s most popular cremation ground Nigambodh Ghat that &lsqu...

There is no gainsaying that the division of U.P. into four smaller states has become an administrative necessity.  But, it is unfortunate that the BSP is eyeing the issue through the prism of electoral benefits.  Chief Minister Mayawati’s pre-poll gamble is clearly intended to obfuscate her government’s failure during the five-year term, in all spheres of administration.  Especially, the way crores of rupees were spent for raising statues and building parks when a m...