Election 2009 : Alienation, angst and the feeling of betrayal will decide the Muslim vote Election 2009
April 2009
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The government and the police have mishandled the fight
Rakhi Chakrabarty Azamgarh/ Delhi
Mayawati's promise to end goonda raj has turned out to be hollow rhetoric
Pradeep Kapoor Lucknow
Since the days of en masse voting are over and the Muslim vote-bank is a misnomer..... Prabhat Sharan Mumbai
Upbeat after the BJP-BJD split, Naveen Patnaik is haunted by the ghosts of Kandhamal
Amit Sengupta Bhubaneswar
The revolution is still unfolding, despite the US blockade and relentless hounding of this small island nation. The Cuban ambassador’s critical response to Janette Habel’s article in Hardnews
The Congress is confident of breaking new ground, but going it alone might be a risky venture on the ground Akash Bisht Delhi
Chowdhury hints why this scam was allowed to perpetuate even when its nature and modus operandi were known at the top. Interestingly, he says that the rupee-rouble trade agreement was, at every stage, negotiated by Manmohan Singh in different capacities
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi
Moscow has worked to regain political will and military capability and its role in Syria has put it at centrestage alongside the US in the oil-rich region
Lt Gen Rameshwar Yadav Delhi

Hardnews met with Secretary Varghese to hear his views on Islamic State, gangster Chhota Rajan and the Adani Group’s investments in Australia. Excerpts
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi
More than 5,000 people with mental illness are currently imprisoned across India and despite the law’s corrective measures, little has been implemented
Madhurima Dhanuka
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The state's large Muslim population, so far loyal to the Left, is expressing discontent over a number of issues: like the Sachar Committee findings which showed the economic status of Muslim
The chemical hub at the young island of Nayachar, close to the delicate eco zone of Bay of Bengal and Sunderbans, might spell a disaster
In a pluralist democracy, as for instance in Germany and the UK, there is space for Rightwing political parties.
I love how connections sometimes just 'happen', criss-crossing the world, spanning generations, borders and continents. This particular stream traverses Pakistan's early progressive struggle to Chicago, an inspiring book by an American who recently received Pakistan's highest civilian honour, and a Bangladeshi photographer who came to Pakistan to document that moment.
Informed sources claim that he was forced to his death as he refused to submit to the unrelenting demands of some corporate houses for favours that they did not merit.
In a horrifying case of relentless rape and brutality, a perverse father and mother devastate their young daughters, along with a maniacal tantrik Gajanan Khergamker Mumbai
There are serious lacunae in the process of estimating poverty Sachin Kumar Jain Bhopal
Several myths, both cultural and social from the past, are effectively punctured. Yet, this skewered reading of history is not replaced with anything very noteworthy or remarkable. Ratna Raman Delhi