The voters in Uttar Pradesh have demonstrated abundant maturity in the recent assembly elections.  The Congress citadels in Amethi and Rai Bareli have crumbled due to unbridled corruption coupled with rampant anti-people policies pursued by the UPA-II government.  The Rahul charisma has failed to convince the Muslim voters as the Congress has taken them for granted time and again.  The Muslim community has become prudent enough to understand the gimmicks like reservations for m...

Now when the electorates have cast their votes in five assembly elections and results are out, the government is indicating a price rise on some goods and commodities of daily use. This shows as if the government is saying, ‘you have been talking much about 2G spectrum and CWG scams; you must be boring, so now change your taste and talk about CNG, LPG, onion, potato, and tomato.’

Shafaque Alam

New Delhi

On Mar 7 the TV channel TIMES NOW carried a heading saying ‘ISREAL TORROR PROBE’ while the international channel RT (Russia Today) carried the news that Iran has welcomed IAEA inspectors to visit its military locations where its nuclear activities are being carried out and that the UN and countries all over the world are happy at this with the Israeli prime minister still insisting on attacks on Iran. How far this itching for a war and destruction of human life justifies the polic...

Madhya Pradesh government and its police are both under suspicion on gruesome murder of IPS officer Narender Singh by mining-mafia in district Morena. Any enquiry, including even a ‘judicial’ one, will be an eye-wash because it is usual practice that political rulers generally appoint retired judges of their own liking and ideology in such judicial commissions.

With allegations coming from father of the victim against political rulers of the state, Union government should ...