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  Opinion | Agnipath: Key to younger armed forces

  India | Jun 15, 2022, 04:42 PM

  At present, the average age of an Indian soldiers is 32 years, but after the ‘Agnipath’ scheme is implemented, the average age will drop to 26 years.

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  OPINION | National Herald case: Money laundering or political vendetta?

  India | Jun 14, 2022, 03:44 PM

  The Congress wants to convey the message that the Modi government is trying to harass senior party leaders by issuing summons and subjecting them to questioning. Rahul Gandhi has been trying to portray that neither he nor his party is afraid of Modi and the investigating agencies.

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  OPINION | Friday violence: Identify perpetrators and bring them to book

  India | Jun 11, 2022, 01:14 PM

  In Karnataka, Muslim women in burqa came out to march in protests. In most places, the protesters were demanding the immediate arrest of former BJP spokespersons Nupur Sharma and Navin Kumar Jindal for making objectionable remarks against the Prophet.

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  OPINION | Will filing of FIRs by Police put a brake on hate spreaders?

  India | Jun 10, 2022, 03:58 PM

  Delhi Police on Thursday registered FIR against 31 persons, including AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, hate preacher Yati Narsinghanand, while a separate FIR was filed against suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled BJP spokesperson Navin Kumar Jindal.

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  Opinion | Preparing for a modern day Army, Navy and Air Force

  India | Jun 09, 2022, 03:32 PM

  The new policy ‘Tour of Duty’ stipulates that a soldier recruited in the armed forces will not have to serve for 20 years, before retirement. In the new policy, Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR) will be inducted for short service for a period of four years, which will include six months of training.

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  Opinion | Clerics like Kanpur Qazi must refrain from making provocative remarks

  India | Jun 08, 2022, 06:13 PM

  By alleging that only Muslims are being targeted by police, the Qazi is himself becoming prosecutor and judge. The violence that took place in Kanpur on June 3 was not an isolated incident. The President and Prime Minister were in the city, and a conspiracy was hatched to foment violence.

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  OPINION | Why Pakistan is shedding crocodile tears about Indian Muslims

  India | Jun 07, 2022, 05:08 PM

  Most of the Pakistani leaders vied with one another in condemning the Indian government for the remarks made about Prophet Mohammed by two spokespersons of India’s ruling party. 

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  OPINION | Targeted killings: Why terrorists in Kashmir are desperate

  India | Jun 04, 2022, 12:46 PM

  There have been protests in Jammu demanding that Kashmiri Pandits be moved to the Jammu division immediately. One must realize that this is what the terrorists and their masterminds want. They are choosing soft targets to save themselves from security forces.

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  Opinion | Why Mohan Bhagwat said: “Don't look for Shivling in every mosque”

  India | Jun 03, 2022, 03:51 PM

  Whatever the RSS chief has said can change the course of domestic politics. This is a strong reply to those who are trying to strike fear among minorities by saying that the day is not far off when every mosque will be converted into temples, and that nearly 30,000 mosques will be taken away by Hindus. 

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  Opinion | Moose Wala murder: Stop this gang war in Punjab

  India | Jun 02, 2022, 05:14 PM

  The Moose Wala murder case has become a big headache for the incumbent AAP Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann. Not a single attacker has been arrested four days after the murder took place.

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  OPINION | Aryan Khan: Who will compensate him for spending 26 days in jail?

  India | May 28, 2022, 04:46 PM

  In the chargesheet filed in the court of special judge for NDPS cases, Greater Mumbai, two days before the 60-day extension was due to expire, the NCB did not name Aryan and five others as accused. Fourteen others were made accused in the chargesheet.

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  OPINION | Does KCR actually believe in superstition and dynastic politics?

  India | May 27, 2022, 04:56 PM

  There have been media reports on how K. Chandrashekhar Rao, after becoming CM, did not go to the secretariat, because he thought it was not Vaastu-compliant, and in 2016, built a Rs 50 crore home-cum-office which he claimed to be Vaastu-compliant. 

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  OPINION | Why did Yasin Malik get life imprisonment?

  India | May 26, 2022, 05:08 PM

  This is the first big case in which the Centre has taken a strong stand against terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir. This is also the first case of terror funding in which a verdict has been given. Yasin Malik has also been sentenced for 10-years rigorous imprisonment under five different sections, and 20-year imprisonments under two other sections, apart from paying Rs 10 lakh fine.

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  OPINION | Centre must open up all ASI-protected temples for prayers

  India | May 25, 2022, 07:48 PM

  At present, no prayers are allowed in any religious shrine located in ASI-protected monuments under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.

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  OPINION | Modi in Quad: Knows the way, shows the way

  India | May 24, 2022, 07:19 PM

  US President Joe Biden said that he was pleased to have India and the US reached an agreement for US Development Finance Corporation to collaborate in vaccine production and clean energy initiatives.

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  OPINION | Gyanvapi: Let the court decide now

  India | May 21, 2022, 03:48 PM

  The apex court has said that whether Hindu devotees can be allowed to perform prayers inside Gyanvapi involved complex and sensitive issues that are needed to be dealt with by a seasoned judicial hand, and because of this, the case has now been transferred to the district judge. 

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  OPINION | Was there a temple before Gyanvapi Mosque?

  India | May 20, 2022, 05:23 PM

  The apex court directed the district magistrate to make arrangements for ‘wazu’(ablution) for devotees and allow ‘namaaz’ to continue. while also asking the district court to hear the pleas of the Muslim side speedily.

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  OPINION | Gyanvapi is an issue of faith, settle it amicably through love

  India | May 19, 2022, 07:24 PM

  Senior Advocate Huzefa Ahmadi told the bench that several applications have been filed across the country to seal various mosques, and in the Gyanvapi case, an application has been filed to demolish the wall around the ‘wazukhana’ (ablution pond)

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  OPINION | Gyanvapi discovery: Is it a Shivling or fountain?

  India | May 18, 2022, 07:20 PM

  The bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud P S Narasimha, refused to stay the proceedings on the Gyanvapi controversy going on before the court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) in Varanasi.

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  OPINION | Gyanvapi Mosque: How Shivling was found inside wazukhana (ablution pond)

  India | May 17, 2022, 04:15 PM

  The District Magistrate of Varanasi, Kaushal Raj Sharma, said, since the ablution pond (wazu khana) already had a fence made of steel angles and netting with three entry points, the local administration had no problems in putting extra efforts while sealing the area.