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For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now Churning the communal cauldron: Handlers in Italy, Canada, UK fan the Khalistan movement View Sample For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS For Daily Alerts #China VK Singh’s LAC remark ‘unwitting confession’ by India: China #China Be combat ready President Xi tells PLA ahead of Chinese New Year #China With a hot summer ahead, India ups surveillance capabilities along LAC #China White House says US engaged in strategic competition with China #China China downplays Biden's vow to confront it, says both countries can do 'big things' together #China Challenge posed by China will be taken on directly says Biden Just In 5 min ago AP Panchayat Elections 2021: Polling for Phase 1 underway 7 min ago Vikram Bhatt collaborates with Mahesh Bhatt for horror film 'Cold' 15 min ago Digvijaya Singh slams PM Modi over BJP's FDI of 'Divide and Rule' ideology Must Watch Don't Miss ... » Learn More about China gives Joe Biden’s dig at Xi lacking ‘D’ bone a pass; Calls for managing differences

Next Arthur J Pais Sugata Bose, author of freedom-fighter Subhas Chandra Bose's biography His Majesty's Opponent , talks to Arthur J Pais about his grand uncle, one of the freedom movement's most intriguing figures. The first of a four-part interview. Tomorrow: Emilie Shenkl's letters to Subhas Chandra Bose A few pages into His Majesty's Opponent, and you may forget that this book is written is by a renowned Harvard University academic Sugata Bose. For here is a biography of one of the most intriguing and powerful men in 20th century India, Subhas Chandra Bose, written with energy and without sacrificing the historical details. Netaji was an uncle of Sugata Bose 's father, Sisir Kumar Bose, a distinguished pediatrician and a freedom-fighter. The Harvard historian does not hesitate to execute his duty as a historian. For instance, he thoroughly examines Netaji's alliance with the military rulers of Japan and asks the question whether Netaji had ... » Learn More about Grand nephew turns Netaji’s biographer

Next P rime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday made a powerful call for early reform and expansion of the United Nations Security Council "to reflect contemporary reality" and asked nations not to allow the global economic slowdown to trigger protectionism through various barriers. READ: Full Text of PM's speech Participating in the high level segment of the world body after a gap of three years, Singh made an address to the General Assembly in which he also made it clear that the fight against terrorism cannot be selective and has to be fought on all fronts. After meetings of the G-4 countries including India, Brazil, Germany and Japan pushing for reform of the UNSC in which India wants to be a permanent member, the Prime Minister said the world needed a stronger and more effective UN. "We need a United Nations that is sensitive to the aspirations of everyone -- rich or poor, big or small. For this the United Nations and its principal organs, ... » Learn More about PHOTOS: PM calls for early expansion of UNSC

New Delhi : A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to climate activist Disha Ravi in the toolkit case , considering the "scanty and sketchy evidence on record". "Considering the scanty and sketchy evidence on record, I do not find any palpable reason to breach the rule of bail for a 22-year-old girl who has absolutely no criminal antecedents," Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana noted. Ravi has been directed to not leave the country, and cooperate with the ongoing investigation as a condition for grant of bail. Untitled Carousel Sanjay Raut targets Centre over arrest of Disha Ravi, says there is undeclared Emergency in India Raising questions over the arrest of Disha Ravi in toolkit case, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday asked, "if Centre feels a threat to the nation from the 21-year-old who is a social activist, is our nation so weak that these 10, 15, 20 year-olds have started becoming a threat to the country?" She faces charges of ... » Learn More about Toolkit case: Delhi court grants bail to Disha Ravi; calls evidence ‘scanty, sketchy’

New Delhi: In a major revelation, Delhi Police has claimed that climate activist Disha Ravi had shared the ‘toolkit’ document related to the farmers` protest to Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg on the Telegram app and also coaxed her to act on it. Addressing a press conference on Monday, Joint Commissioner of Police (Cyber Crime) Prem Nath said, " Disha Ravi who is associated with environmental movement call ‘Friday for Future’ sent the toolkit to Greta Thunberg on Telegram app and coaxed her to act on it. "Giving details on the investigation on "Twitter storm"  related to the farmers` protest and January 26 tractor rally, Nath said, "On February 4, while monitoring social media we came across a Google document titled toolkit on Twitter. Initial investigation of this toolkit document reveals that it was created by pro-Khalistani group name Poetic Justice Foundation and people associated with it." JCP Nath added, "One portion of the toolkit document mentions ... » Learn More about Greta Thunberg toolkit creators Disha Ravi, Shantanu, Nikita Jacob have Khalistani link, claims Delhi Police

The world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated shifts in the international landscape. The world has entered a period of turbulence and transformation. Meanwhile, peace and development remain the underlying trend of our times. People across the world have an even stronger desire for peace, development, cooperation and common progress. With the direction of global development and the future of humanity in mind, General Secretary Xi Jinping has put forward the vision to build a community with a shared future for mankind and foster a new type of international relations. This vision has broadened and deepened the concept and practice of multilateralism in the new era, and gained high acclaim and wide support from the international community. China is a staunch supporter of multilateralism. China is committed to the UN-centered international system and the international order underpinned by international law. While remaining strong in its ... » Learn More about Firmly Uphold and Practice Multilateralism and Build a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind

'Communalism and communal riots happened in India only during and due to colonialism. Pre-colonial India didn't have this problem of communal conflicts and religious strife.' 'So far as the destruction of Nalanda University by Bakhtiyar Khilji is concerned, there is no direct evidence of it. We don't have even archaeological evidence testifying Khilji's destruction,' Mohammad Sajjad tells Syed Firdaus Ashraf/ Rediff.com . D id Bakhtiyar Khilji destroy Nalanda University? How many Hindus converted to Islam in Bihar? What was the Muslim thinking in Bihar during Partition? If you need answers to all these questions -- Mohammad Sajjad has published Muslim Politics in Bihar and Contesting Colonialism and Separatism: Muslims of Muzzafarpur since 1857 . An assistant professor at the Centre of Advanced Study in History, Aligarh Muslim University, he spoke to Syed Firdaus Ashraf about issues concerning Muslims pre and post Partition. What made you write Muslim ... » Learn More about ‘Communal riots never happen in a political vacuum’

It is as much about farmer woes and the lack of job opportunities as about the mixing of religion and politics, reports Akshat Kaushal. A few metres from where he was shot dead, near the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale continues to live on T-shirts and posters. There are shops that sell printed copies of his speeches. It doesn't strike anyone here that in official records Bhindranwale was a terrorist. Instead, to these people, as to many others in Punjab, Bhindranwale is a saint who was undone by the political machinations of New Delhi. His posters can be seen in panchayat offices and on streets across Punjab. Outside Bhabal, the village in Faridkot where two men were killed and four injured after the police fired upon a restive crowd, the poster condemning the action has a Bhindranwale picture. Even Sardar Sucha Singh Chhotepur, the Aam Aadmi Party leader and Parliamentarian, chooses to call him a saint. This re-emergence of Bhindranwale has been ... » Learn More about Will Punjab slip back into militancy?

This year in Uttar Pradesh, thousands of farmers gathered on January 29, at the government inter-college ground, Muzaffarnagar, following a call by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) president, Naresh Tikait, for a ‘mahapanchayat’ to express solidarity with the protest at the Ghazipur border led by his brother, Rakesh Tikait. Among the key speakers was Ghulam Mohammad Jaula, the most influential Muslim leader of the BKU, and considered to be a close friend of the late Mahendra Singh Tikait. The presence of Mr. Jaula and Muslim farmers at the meet has been read as a sign of a re-emerging Jat-Muslim alliance under the kisan identity after the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots affected the social fabric in rural western U.P. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its regional leadership were behind a local caste dispute growing into a communal issue that polarised villages along religious lines. At the time, it seemed that Jat farmers had suddenly claimed the Hindutva identity. Also read | ... » Learn More about Amid fault lines, a revival of the farmers’ identity

'It is a national shame that the only country that enacted a food security act is now better known as the land of farmer suicides. Indian farming can change only if national irrigation policy is implemented in totality,' Dr M S Swaminathan tells Shobha Warrier/ Rediff.com A s the Narendra Modi government completes one year in office, Rediff.com speaks to eminent personalities to analyse the first 365 days of the government. In the third article in the series, Shobha Warrier / Rediff.com spoke to Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan ( bottom left ), the father of India's Green Revolution. Part I: ' Achche Din not here but we are moving in the right direction' Part II: '90 pc of Modi's achievements are due to decline in oil prices' For almost two decades you have been saying the Indian agricultural sector badly needs the attention of various governments. Though every finance minister lists out many measures to revive the agricultural sector and stop ... » Learn More about ‘Government’s first responsibility is to feed its people’