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Shikha Mukerjee | Faith & ‘purity’ won’t help BJP to deliver governance

Shikha Mukerjee | Faith & ‘purity’ won’t help BJP to deliver...

“Purity”, in terms of religious practice, is rapidly evolving into yet another instrument in the apparently...

2 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST

Former chief ministers Prithviraj Chavan

Congress wants Shiv Sena to shun Hinduvta for alliance govt

The two parties have formed a 10-member committee to discuss the points before they agree to support the Sena-led...

14 Nov 2019 2:47 AM IST

Culinary politics and battles over what one can eat, what one cant and where are likely to continue in the coming months as Assembly elections in various states draw closer. Representational Image. (DC File Image)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Veg or non-veg? In India's food wars, free...

The town planning committee of the AMC has just decided to make the city's public spaces free of street carts selling...

18 Nov 2021 2:09 AM IST

Bajrang Dal members stage a protest against the recent killings of Hindus and vandalism of a Durga idol by miscreants in Bangladesh. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | In mobocracy called India, art & rule of law...

The first myth that needs to be buried then is that there is a difference between the BJP and the so-called fringe

14 Nov 2021 2:19 AM IST

Salman Khurshid (Photo: PTI)

Oppn slams Khurshid for remarks against Hindus

A Delhi-based lawyer has filed a complaint against him, accusing the Mr Khurshid of comparing Hindutva with radical...

12 Nov 2021 2:46 AM IST

BJP National President J.P. Nadda with former union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal speaks during BJPs Vijay Sankalp Yatra in Haridwar, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Time to teach a lesson to Haridwar's hatemongers

Such a dangerous and revolting display of religious hatred cannot be passed off as a one-off incident

26 Dec 2021 10:33 AM IST

The court, after hearing the submissions, granted bail to the accused, saying his detention will serve no purpose as the probe into the matter is completed and nothing has to be recovered from him. (Representational image)

Aakar Patel | New law likely to spell trouble for Christians in...

In the first two weeks of December 2021 alone, attacks against Christians were reported in Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and...

21 Dec 2021 2:02 AM IST

Devotees gather to attend the Bhoomi Pujan for the construction of Ram Temple, at Ram Janambhoomi site in Ayodhya, Wednesday, Aug 5, 2020. (PTI)

AA Edit | Kashi, Ayodhya: Religion's role in politics gets bigger

The fact is religion can never be separated from politics in India and has never been

16 Dec 2021 1:48 AM IST

Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows a hologram of the statue of Indian nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose that was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi. (AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | RSS and freedom struggle: Still in search of...

One now has to see the move to instal the statue of Subhas Chandra Bose in the vacant canopy on Rajpath as another act...

27 Jan 2022 3:03 AM IST

The young men in saffron scarves who yelled Jai Shri Ram! at girl students in hijabs were deliberately trying to foment serious political and religious conflict. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Of prejudice and religion: Free choice is...

There is no alternative to social evolution in a free society that respects everyone's right to choose his or her...

16 Feb 2022 3:35 AM IST

If people disturb communal harmony, they must be punished as per the law; if they destroy public property, they must be compelled to pay compensation as per the law; and if they occupy illegal structures, they must be made to vacate, again, as per the law. (Representational Image/PTI)

AA Edit | SC faces tough challenge over rule of law in Delhi

The directive of the highest court of the land, however, was apparently not enough to halt the bulldozers

21 April 2022 12:30 AM IST

Hindus want a government that does not discriminate between religious communities, does not pursue minority appeasement, and recognises some of the remarkable and verifiable achievements of Hindu civilisation. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Do marching saints truly care what Hindus want?

The attempt to convert this great Sanatana Dharma into some kind of Wahabi faith is doomed to failure

17 April 2022 12:32 AM IST