Pankaj Vohra

Shivraj Patil stokes needless controversy with his Gita remarks

October 22, 2022

Former Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil has needlessly created a controversy by bringing out some common elements in various religions regarding the interpretation of jihad. Patil who is known for his measured comments on various issues and acquitted himself extremely well as the Lok Sabha Speaker, apparently allowed his observations...

A close contest in Himachal likely

October 17, 2022

With the Election Commission finalizing the dates for the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, the State is likely to witness a keen contest between the Congress and the BJP, which at present is in power. The overall mood amongst the people is for a Change but intense infighting within the Congress...

BCCI to have a World Cup Winner for the first time as its President

October 15, 2022

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is likely to have Roger Binny, a member of the 1983 World Cup winning Squad as its next president. He shall succeed former India Skipper and Cricket icon Saurav Ganguly, who shall be completing his term shortly. When Binny assumes charge,...

Election Commission Freezes Shiv Sena name and Symbol in Interim Order

October 10, 2022

The Election Commission in a controversial interim order has frozen the name and symbol of the Shiv Sena thereby compelling both the factions to seek alternative symbol and name for the time being. Former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has described the order as “injustice’’ and many of his other followers...

The Police must uphold the Rule of Law

October 8, 2022

The recent incident in the Kheda district of Gujarat where the Police apparently took the law in their own hands and publicly flogged some young men accused of disturbing a Garba event, has led to country wide outrage. If the suspects were indeed guilty of such an act, they should...

At last, Asha Parekh, a woman actor conferred the Dada Saheb Phalke Award

October 3, 2022

The long wait has ended and the Centre after many years decided to honour a woman actor for her life-long achievements to the celluloid world. Asha Parekh, yesteryear’s heartthrob who made her debut as a teenager in Nasir Hussain’s Dil Deke Dekho’ was finally conferred the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke...

Unlike U.S., Indian Supreme Court upholds Women’s Rights for Abortion

October 1, 2022

In a landmark judgment on Thursday, the Supreme Court provided enormous relief to all women, upholding their right to medically terminate their pregnancy, if they so willed. This is in sharp contrast to what happened in the United States, a few months ago where the Supreme Court of that country...

Opposition attempts for a Federal Front to face BJP in 2024 continue

September 26, 2022

With top leaders from Bihar, Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav calling on Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, days before she is set to relinquish her post, speculation has begun in political circles regarding their visit. It is well known by now that Nitish Kumar could be the possible face...

Cinema on big screen back in Kashmir after 32 years

September 24, 2022

It is a well-known fact that both Bollywood and Cricket are perhaps the greatest unifying forces in the country. Therefore, the return of cinema on the big screen in Kashmir is perhaps a great breakthrough made by the present administration and could contribute in restoring some sort of normalcy in...

MMS Scandal Rocks Chandigarh University, Inquiry Ordered

September 19, 2022

Students of the Chandigarh University staged a midnight protest on Saturday night after reports of private videos of some women inmates of the hostel being uploaded on a social website platform went viral. The Punjab Government has ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident and one woman, a student of...

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