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UP & Bihar: Tranches of arms & explosives recovered over the Diwali weekend

The seizure of 19,250 live cartridges from Koilawar police thane near the Kulhadiya Toll Plaza, Bihar over the weekend (Lokmat News, November 5) was connected to another serious incident...

‘If there is anything truly secular in India it is the violence against women’

  Brinda Karat General secretary, All India Democratic Women’s Association   There are...

Triple talaq: counter–perspective

  The recent meeting of the All India Muslim Personal...

Laws relating to divorce in Muslim majority countries

  Algeria: Islam is the religion of the State and...

‘Us’ or ‘the enemy’

In their attitude towards notions of freedom of conscience,...

Face the facts

  Heated reactions and debates on reservations for Muslims, conjuring...

Article 16(4) was orginally meant for minorities’

It is generally not taken into consideration that special...

‘Muslim leaders don’t think, are ill-informed’

I think the Congress is not serious about helping...

‘Christians will support under-represented Muslims’

Principally, I am personally opposed to religion-based reservations and...

‘Stop pandering to the elite Mussalmaan’

The move of the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh...

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