November Month Articles

• Why confusion over status of Jammu & Kashmir?
  • by Hari Om
    In August 1947, almost all the 560-odd princely States, which were not part of the partition plan, acceded to the Indian Dominion as per the constitutional law on the subject........

• The “Man” who betrayed himself
  • by Sanjeev Ahluwalia
    We assume that knowledge, learning and professionalism is what makes the difference between an “extractive” policracy and a “developmental” one........

• Singh’s Sham Water Accord
  • by Brahma Chellaney
    A new agreement between China and India doesn’t require Beijing to institutionalize rules-based cooperation on shared resources.......

• Blasts at Modi’s Hunkaar rally meant to keep strong leader away
  • by The Economic Times
    Many hues of foreign interests have been attempting to control India's wealth, spiritual landscape and knowledge power.......

• Narendra Modi-phobia leads to channel censorship: BJP
  • by The Economic Times
    BJP has alleged that the government has violated the right to free speech and resorted to censorship due to Congress' "Modi-phobia". ......

• Nagas take to street to challenge taxes by rebels
  • by Rahul Karmakar
    Some 7,000 people took part in a ‘banned’ rally to protest collecting “taxes” by rebel groups in the name of “Naga nationalism”. ......

• Who let the Sardar out
  • by Sanjeev Ahluwalia
    Only in India, would a proposal to erect a statue. in memory of Sardar Patel, who oversaw the integration of princely splinters into India .......

• India needs alternative policies to prevent rise of communalism
  • by Sitaram Yechury
    The NaMo-RaGa cacophony is seriously eroding the foundations of Indian parliamentary democracy by threatening to replace it with some sort of a presidential form of democracy .......

• Week after Patna blasts, 9 bombs seized in Ranchi
  • by Express News Service, PTI
    Nine live pipe bombs were seized from a lodge in Hindpiri area of Ranchi by the state police on Monday evening. The police also found 19 detonators .......

• Farming goes hi-tech in Kerala
  • by T. Nandakumar
    Assistance t be provided to selected villages to set up rooftop solar panels, rainwater harvesting structures and waste management units .......

• Manipur terror money in real estate
  • by The Hindu
    In a massive haul by the National Investigation Agency, sleuths seized Rs.1. 14 crore from a Bangalore-based businessman .......

• Our Daughter From Nepal
  • by Twostandarddeviations.wordpress.com
    “And then I said ‘You may have danced in a hundred movies but here you are a passenger. Go back into the line. Welcome to Bombay Customs’ and pushed her trolley back.” .......

• How 'Modi magic' spiced up this Diwali in the US
  • by Namrata Brar
    In the midst of gulab jamuns and naan khatai this Diwali, a new flavour popped up in a food chain across America - 'Modi Magic', a namkeen mix inspired by Narendra Modi ........

• Fiftyh Column: Modi’s secret helper
  • by Tavleen Singh
    It was churlish of the BJP to report Rahul Gandhi to the Election Commission when he did them such a big favour. Such a big favour that in Delhi's gossipy corridors of power ........

• Don’t feed on the intolerance of Patna bombers
  • by Swapan Dasgupta
    Had the bomb planted just beyond the secure D-area of Patna’s Gandhi Maidan actually exploded last Sunday during Narendra Modi’s Hunkar rally ........

• Poverty falls fast for dalits and Muslims
  • by Neeraj Chauhan, TNN
    During the period of fast economic growth in the 2000s, how did poor minorities fare? Some heartening answers have been provided in a Columbia University paper by Panagariya and More ........

• Indian Mujahideen would be under al-Qaida: Riyaz told Yasin
  • by Neeraj Chauhan, TNN
    Indian Mujahideen's (IM) Pakistan-based leader Riyaz Bhatkal looked to tap an al-Qaida connection to access an arms manufacturing base in a remote area of Thailand and is closer to the Afghan Taliban........

• Nitish Kumar’s Bihar a crucible for Islamists
  • by Saswat Panigrahi
    A series of explosions rocked Bihar’s capital city Patna last Sunday, during BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s Hunkar Rally, killing six people and leaving 66 injured........

• Patna serial blasts: Terror attack suspected, cops say person held has IM links
  • by Rahul Tripathi, VijaitaSingh
    One of the persons arrested for the Patna serial blasts, Mohammed Imtiaz from Ranchi, is said to have links with Indian Mujahideen operative Tahseen Akhtar alias Monu........

• Dear Rahul Gandhi, if not history read some newspapers at least
  • by Niticentral.com
    Sunday was a very eventful day. Blasts in Patna before BJP’s big Hunkar rally killed more than five people and injured so many........

• Lata Mangeshkar endorses Narendra Modi
  • by The Times of India
    Gujarat chief minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Friday found an ardent supporter in melody queen Lata Mangeshkar who said she would like to see him taking the top job.......

• Mandi MP likely to get EC notice for breach of poll expense ceiling
  • by Bharti Jain & Pradeep Thakur
    The Election Commission (EC) is set to issue a notice to Mandi MP Pratibha Singh, wife of Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh.......

• GRP men wanted to see ‘bomb licence’
  • by Avinash Kumar
    Carrying and detonating a bomb is not a crime – as long as you have legal papers. Or so it appears, if one goes by the FIR filed by the GRP against Mohd Imtiaz Ansari.......

• I hope Modi becomes the Prime Minister, says Lata Mangeshkar
  • by IBNLive.com
    Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar has come out in support of Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. .......

• Narendra Modi counters Kapil Sibal, says 'arrogant' Congress does not answer media
  • by The Times of India
    Narendra Modi on Friday hit back at Union minister Kapil Sibal for saying that he does not address press conferences to avoid being questioned and said it is the "arrogant" Congress that does not answer media queries.......

• Nehru crippled Sardar Patel memorial plan
  • by Priyadarshi Dutta
    While speaking at the inauguration of the redesigned Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Musuem at Ahmedabad, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated that there were more areas.......