-The Hindu Manoharpur (Jharkhand): Deep inside the Saranda sal forest, Thalkobad lies at the core of what was a CPI (Maoist) "liberated zone" in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district along the Odisha border. Thalkobad, along with 24 other villages, was reclaimed by the Indian state after a massive military operation - Operation Anaconda-I in August 2011 to destroy the CPI (Maoist) Eastern Regional Bureau and several training camps inside Saranda. The village...
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I&B ministry’s plan to have separate social Media cell faces hurdle -Mahendra Singh
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The plan to give tablets, laptops and smart phones to babus as part of the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry's proposal to set up a social Media cell has hit a major hurdle with Planning Commission objecting to the scheme. While the plan to buy costly gadgets has raised eyebrows, the proposal to have a separate social Media wing, independent of the existing Press Information Bureau...
More »Modi's tribal scheme shows he is pro-poor as well (Comment)-Vivian Fernandes
-IANS Those who cherish India's constitutional values will find Gujarat Chief Minister Narenda Modi's boast to build a state of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (India's first home minister and deputy prime minister) taller than the Statue of Liberty rather chilling. By prizing nationalism over individual freedom, Modi may have once again revealed his illiberal nature. People who dislike this aspect of him, Leftists mainly, give vent to their disapproval by dismissing Modi's development...
More »Torture a common probe tactic, activists say -Aniruddha Ghosal
-The Times of India GHAZIABAD: Shaqueel's body was sent for postmortem by Ghaziabad police to ascertain the cause of death. A murder case has also been registered. Police sources say a preliminary examination of the autopsy suggests he was suffering from a chronic illness, which combined with the stress he was under after the arrest, had led to his death. Police say they will come down heavily on any official found...
More »The exploding reality-Ashutosh Sharma
-The Hindu Kitne hi raaste hain mere dil mein jo Poonch ko jaate hai Mein jidhar se chalta hun Poonch pohonch jaata hun. Engraved on a granite plate under the bust of noted Urdu writer Krishan Chander at a public garden in Jammu & Kashmir's Poonch, these intense lines reflect the writer's love for this beautiful border district. But even as he penned these lines, little could he have known that the inspiring...
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