Hardnews Bureau

Kashmir: 10 Million Dead Phones and No One to Say ‘Hello’
Post date: Thursday, September 19, 2019 - 17:50

How does a place look like when 10 million mobile phones and their talkative owners are shut down forcibly for a month and more? How does the place look like when concertina wires are used to block the movement of people to their schools, colleges, offices, courts, hospitals and to playgrounds? When the markets are shut endlessly and the economy has been totally destroyed? When 8 million people stay indoors from fear of arbitrary detention and the stares of impersonal, armed paramilitary forces? 

Then, truly speaking, can this place be called normal? 



Tina And The Politics Of Blackmail
Post date: Friday, May 10, 2019 - 18:11

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A Natural Leader
Post date: Friday, May 10, 2019 - 16:54

Can she change the fortune of the Congress party in UP in the days to come?



Bloodbath on Easter Sunday
Post date: Monday, April 22, 2019 - 17:34

Even as the Easter blasts have shocked the country and the world, the Sri Lankan government has been caught napping even while they ignored a intelligence tip-off



Priyanka Gandhi goes on a long march to revive Congress in Uttar Pradesh
Post date: Monday, February 11, 2019 - 01:17

Her entry into politics delayed by demonetisation and surgical strikes, Priyanka Gandhi is in active politics to transform Congress’s fortunes in coming elections. Can she do it?



Will India’s purchase of S-400 from Russia provoke US sanctions?
Post date: Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 17:23

After buying anti-missile system, S-400s from Russia, Indian government’s hope for a waiver from US President Donald Trump may just not materialize



Will Vladimir Putin be celebrating his birthday in India?
Post date: Thursday, August 30, 2018 - 14:06

In a fast-changing global scenario, Narendra Modi wants to use Vladimir Putin's birthday party as a way to re-commit India to its age-old ally, Russia



Gazing into the crystal ball of India’s job crisis
Post date: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 - 15:08

Four years after coming to power, the BJP-led government is struggling to fulfil its promise of creating 1 crore jobs. With the next elections a year away, the crisis has the potential to change the politics of the country in a far deeper way than understood

Three hours away from national capital Delhi, where the dust never seems to settle down, is the majestic Tijara Fort. Overlooking the hot plains of the Mewat region that straddles the states of Rajasthan and Haryana, Tijara is more about its glorious past than about its dismal present and uncertain future.



BJP walks out of alliance with PDP in J&K
Post date: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 17:24

Pulling out of the alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP on Tuesday blamed PDP supremo and outgoing Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for the deteriorating law and order situation and “rise in radicalism” in the state but said once ‘normalcy’ returns, the political process can be again taken forward.

“Continuance of the BJP in the state government (in Jammu and Kashmir) has become untenable, the responsibility for this kind of scenario lies with the other side,” BJP general secretary Ram Madhav told reporters here.



India rejects UN’s first-ever report on human rights abuses in Kashmir
Post date: Thursday, June 14, 2018 - 18:29

While lambasting both India and Pakistan for rights abuses in Kahsmir and LoC, the UN called for the formation of a commission of inquiry to conduct a comprehensive independent international investigation into the matter.



PM, Lee review progress in India-Singapore bilateral relations, discuss future roadmap
Post date: Friday, June 1, 2018 - 17:14

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong on Friday, reviewed the progress in bilateral relations and discused the future roadmap.In a statement released to the media after his meeting with Lee, Modi said, “Prime Minister Lee and I together reviewed progress in our bilateral relations, and discussed the future roadmap.”



Trial ‘by-elections’ put stamp of trust on Opposition’s grand alliance
Post date: Thursday, May 31, 2018 - 18:47

The fact that the result follows the drub meted out to the BJP in Gorakhpur and Phulpur earlier this year means that the grand alliance stitched against the BJP by the Opposition has found takers