My Opinion

This has been the most horrific crime…a crime sparked off by a rumour that forced an innocent man to lose his life and left his son battling for his life. And all this in the name of religion? The State Government will have to investigate this thoroughly, the perpetrators must be dealt with in the strictest manner…we cannot allow such incidents to happen. Otherwise it would not only vitiate the air but it will also mean a death knell for our country’s image.

While they have lost him forever, Iqlakh’s brother does not want this incident to trigger off any communal disharmony in the area. He does not want his brother’s death to be exploited by the politicians. He says he has full faith in the UP Chief Minister and hopes that the culprits would soon be punished.

Every mother has a special place in our lives and it is only but natural that Prime Minister Narendra Modi choked during a Q&A session at the Facebook Townhall with Mark Zuckerberg when the latter asked him about the importance of his mother in his life. To have been dubbed as faking emotions by senior Congress leader Anand Sharma is certainly not going to go down well with Party President Sonia Gandhi. As a mother herself, she is well aware of the special relationship that Rahul shares with her or for that matter the bond that Rahul and his grandmother Indira Gandhi shared. In fact it was at the AICC convention 2 years back in Jaipur, Rahul had similarly got emotional while recalling an incident with his mother. Would Anand Sharma even dare to question the Congress Vice President’s emotional outbreak?

Perhaps a biggest breakthrough by NASA. If indeed there is water on Mars, this definitely raises the hope that there could be a possibility of life beyond Earth.

It is true that Rahul Gandhi is in the US attending a conference at Aspen. He does not need to take permission from anybody for that matter. And it is his prerogative whether he goes on a holiday or not…however questions are bound to arise when there is a veil of secrecy over such visits. But at a time when social media is so powerful, it is difficult to keep such visits under wraps for long!

Modi’s reference to the corrupt land deals made by Robert Vadra without naming him has got the Congress seething. Each time Modi refers to rampant corruption being prevalent before he came to power, the Congress sees it as an insult to the country in foreign soil. But the spate of scams that have rocked the nation in recent years is no secret. The Congress’ accusations of the PM’s foreign trips costing the exchequer is also without basis. Whether it is Russia’s Vladimir Putin, or Japan’s Shinzo Abe or China’s Xi Jingping – all have travelled much more than what Modi has travelled. After all for a robust foreign policy, the Prime Minister would have to engage with other nations.

The manner is which Somnath Bharti has been absconding and playing hide and seek with the police gives rise to a suspicion that there might be something more to it than what meets the eye!

Lottery is big business in some of North Eastern states in India.Some may be legitimate but a sizeable amount of black money is also generated from this business. Perhaps what needs to be probed is where this huge amount of money that was seized in Kolkata, was heading to.

Religious beliefs and rituals are today so deep rooted that it is difficult to raise questions about them. It would take time, people would have to be educated to be able to see with reason or to be able to question beliefs.For that matter both Indresh Kumar and Azam Khan seem to exhibit an error of judgement.

Central telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has been repeatedly hitting out at Nitish and Lalu on various issues. Whether it is about the special status for Bihar, or the low business investment in the state or the rise in crime. Nitish and Lalu instead in their reply have been mockingly asking him when he would succeed in resolving the one issue of massive call drops

The Bihar assembly election is an acid fire test for Lalu this time. Both his sons are in the fray and have been pitched against sitting MLAs in their respective constituencies. Lalu has to go all out to ensure they win otherwise it will be a death knell for their political careers. It would put a further dent to Lalu’s image especially with his wife and daughter having suffered defeat in the Lok Sabha polls

By accusing India of building a wall, Pakistan has put its own foot in its mouth. Pakistan has always tried to raise the issue of Kashmir on international forums thereby trying to deflect attention towards its home grown terrorism. But the very fact that Pakistan’s accusations are based on allegations made by Salahuddin, a global terrorist, proves that it is openly harbouring terrorists in its own soil.