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Quota could lead to zero SC, ST, OBC faculty Numbers: Government to SC
Data cited by HRD ministry shows professor-level posts for reserved candidates will cease to exist in 21 central universities.
NEW DELHI: The Centre, faced with political pressure on the university quota row, has filed a review…
Pak briefed P5 countries on fallout of possible terror attack in India
New Delhi: Pakistan’s Foreign Office, last month in Islamabad, briefed the ambassadors of the P5 countries—the United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom and France—on a possible terror incident in Kashmir and its likely fallout,…
Iran to promote Chabahar as curbs will hit main port
Global meet on February 26 to project potential
With U.S. sanctions threatening Iran’s main port of Bandar Abbas, the Iranian government is planning to promote the Chabahar port being developed by India in a major conference on…
Backstory: Reporting an Act of Terrorist Violence in Ways to Defeat It
A fortnightly column from The Wire’s public editor.
The heartbreaking sobs of the children of the CRPF men killed in Pulwama echo through newsrooms but rarely do they prompt a shift in their central focus: the war cry of avengement.…
India moves to quickly mount diplomatic campaign against Pakistan at UN, FATF
India is seeking support of P-5 countries to ban JeM chief Masood Azhar & is looking to keep Pakistan on FATF's 'grey list'.
New Delhi: With pressure rising on the Modi government to take visible action after the Pulwama attack,…
Tathagata Satpathy interview: ‘Naveen Patnaik will try to maintain equidistance… But will ensure…
We supported the Union government on issues that were pro-India. We opposed wrong policies like the Land Acquisition Bill, violence by cow vigilante groups, the JNU issue and many more, says Tathagata Satpathy.
How would you…
Pulwama attack: BJP cautious, party leaders asked to meet families of victims, avoid calls for war
Party sources said the leadership was upset with Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik’s statement that there was intelligence failure from the Indian side.
Conscious of the public anger over the Pulwama attack, the ruling BJP …
How Modi speaks a different language with Pakistan than what Vajpayee did
PM Modi’s ‘munh tod jawab’ stance over Pulwama attack is more abrasive than Vajpayee’s vow of ‘pratikar’ post-Kaluchak in 2002.
In his book ‘A Call to Honour’, former external affairs minister Jaswant Singh wrote that the May 2002…
News analysis: Keeping Masood Azhar in the crosshairs
For those in China and Pakistan who will call for more evidence, the writing, like the signature of the group, is on the wall.
Every February, security agencies put out heightened alert warnings in Jammu and Kashmir, as they expect…
J&K and the AfPak hyphen
US-Taliban engagement in Afghanistan has emboldened groups like Jaish and Lashkar-e-Taiba. The jihadist project has also been helped by the political vacuum in the Valley.
In 2008, candidate Barack Obama angered India by suggesting…