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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has urged the central government not to build a border between Punjab and India. He made this appeal during a rally after inaugurating the Guru Amar Das Ji power plant at Goindwal Sahib on Sunday. The Punjab government acquired a functional power plant from ...

All is not well with the central armed police forces. The Government of India has been increasing their manpower (women power also now), giving them better equipment and resources and augmenting their annual budgets, but certain vital aspects of their functioning have not received the government’s adequate attention, and ...

Does a free nation have the right to shape its present and determine its future, unhindered by some “universal” values of external provenance, and unshackle itself from the “mind-forged manacles” of received ideas? The debate, which had raised great passions in 1951 during the discussaion on the First Amendment ...

The grisly violence that continues unabated in Manipur since May 3 has generated widespread concern and animated debates. Taking a cue from Paul Brass, I maintained in my last article (‘Fault lines in Imphal’, IE, May 5) that Manipur’s violence follows an established pattern of “institutionalised riot system” (IRS) ...

Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon believes the ‘Bazball’ style of play only works if the opposition panics and has urged his team mates to remain calm in the face of England’s aggressive batting in the upcoming Ashes series. England have won 10 of their last 12 Tests since captain Ben ...

As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday once again brought up the Centre’s decision to extend the BSF’s jurisdiction in border states, asking state police to not allow BSF personnel to enter villages without their permission, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar in a letter to the CM said that ...

The advocates of extending RTE’s EWS reservations upwards point to how private schools have forced students enrolled under the quota to withdraw after completion of Class VIII, effectively ending their access to quality school education.The Delhi High Court has pulled up the Centre for having delayed implementation of its ...

Amit Shah attacked the opposition party saying that those who did not bring the account of their work of 70 years is now asking for the account of the last 17 months in Kashmir.Home Minister Amit Shah today responded to Congress in Lok Sabha over the Jammu & Kashmir ...

In order to give fillip to pace of work on various mega projects, LG Sinha took a comprehensive review of the progress on important development projects of the Jammu division in the meeting.Taking strong note of delays in the completion of some works, Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj ...