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Yogi Deserves Praise for Restoring Rule of Law
One often wonders and marvels at the will and commitment of UP Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath to maintaining a peaceful atmosphere in the state. Some forces at the instance of their masters sitting inside and outside the country were hell-bent on creating disturbances and communal tensions in Uttar Pradesh at the time of Ram Navami…
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Phoney Allegiance to the Constitution is Like Devil Quoting Scripture
I have heard ad nauseam that Asaduddin Owaisi is a Barrister by profession as he studied at the prestigious Lincoln’s Inn of London. However, I must confess that I have neither seen him arguing any case nor read any reported judgments argued by Shri Owaisi, yet he is praised for his very sharp forensic knowledge.…
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Working Journalist Act must be Amended to Instil Trust in the Profession
Some people, who have neither any understanding of media nor its constitutional position, have been making thoughtless and stupid demands for the Journalist Protection Act. Some bluff masters have even been circulating the rough draft of the Act, which they are proposing in their delusion to be introduced in Parliament. These self-styled leaders or champions…
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Resolve Kashi, Mathura Mandir-Masjid Tangle Through Conciliation, not Courts
Looking at the photographs and videos of Shivling found in the Gyan Vapi of Varanasi, anybody can say without any doubt, that it could not be a fountain as it is being made out by some Muslim leaders. I have seen this place scores of times during my student days at BHU and always felt…
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Not Sedition Law but its Misuse be Stopped
It is an oft-repeated statement that the Supreme Court of India is Supreme, not because it is infallible but because it is final. While hearing the constitutionality of section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code, which relates to the offence of sedition, the Supreme Court has put its operation in abeyance till it is…
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Rename the Jauhar Ali University after Revolutionary Asfaqullah Khan
Allahabad High Court has castigated and made some caustic comments against the Samajwadi leader and the former UP minister Md Azam Khan for adopting the foulest means to grab the land for the Maulana Jauhar Ali University of Rampur. It is the pet and dream project of Md Azam Khan. He got full support from…
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Remove Encroachments to Make a Place Liveable
There is nothing to be surprised at in the way anti-encroachment drives at Jahangirpuri and Shaheen Bagh of Delhi were stiffly opposed and ultimately stopped. Encroachments of public lands have been a very common and profitable business for politicians, police, and other civic authorities. It is done with the complicity of all. At the outset,…