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There were valid and credible reasons for releasing Masood Azhar in 1999. Masood was released on humanitarian ground, to save life of many Indians.Those who are now questioning the decision of the then BJP government headed by Atal Behari Vajpayee forget the fact that there were 176 passengers on board the flight IC 814 of the Indian Airlines when it was hijacked soon after taking off from Kaathmandu for Delhi on December 24, 1999. Life of passengers including children and women were at risk. If the then government was to be faulted it was its indecision to block the runway in Amritsar when the hijacked plane landed here for refueling. It was there for 45 minutes. It was easy for the administration to prevent the aircraft from taking off from India by blocking the runway. This would have ...

There would be no question of using the type of heavy weapons, helicopter gunships and aircraft in the province without tearing Pakistan apart. That would appear to be the case because attempts to bring them under control have been taking place at least from the beginning of this century if not earlier. General Pervez Musharraf who took over Pakistan in a coup against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif used the full force of all the entities of the state that he controlled to put an end to them for once and for all. At that time as well as fearing an attack from India after the several outrages, the pressure to come down hard on tanzeems came from the US and its allies to the extent that the general had no choice but to capitulate. He was afraid of more dire consequences were he ...

                  Every time I sit down at my computer to put down my thoughts on the present scenario of India I feel so dejected and disgusted- rather confused also that I give it up. For one I am at a loss on where to begin and where to end. It seems a continuous deception of the people by the Congress led by Mrs Sonia Gandhi.I think she must not think that she can fool the people of this country all the time. Her great renunciation was a big farce because she knew that she would not be able to manage. The sad part is she also wanted someone who would not change the abysmal state of the country. She hence very cunning and cleverly picked at Man Mohan Singh whom she knew had no guts and was incapable of governing. He was and would be good perhaps in a classroom. She also detected one his...

बिगुल बज चुका है I चुनावी समर का शंखनाद हो चुका है I लोकसभा चुनावों कीतारीखों की घोषणा हो चुकी है। अब देश में चुनावी रैलियों, भाषणों, आरोपों-प्रत्यारोपों, दावों-प्रतिवादों वगैरह का दौर प्रारंभ हो जाएगा। चुनाव अभियान के दौरान कसकर कीचड़ उछलेगा, इसका अंदाजा तो मोटा-मोटी लग गया है।कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी और भारतीय कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी के बिहार से संभावित उम्मीदवार कन्हैया कुमार ने चुनावी दंगल की तस्वीर साफ कर दी है कि इस बार  चुनावी कैंपेन में भाषाई मर्यादाएं हर रोज तार-तार होती रहेंगी। कुछ नेता बदजुबानी करने से बाज नहीं आएंगे। वे अपने विरोधियों पर निशाना साधते वक्त गटर वाली सड़ी भाषा का इस्तेमाल करने से पीछे नहीं रहेंगे। पहले बात कर लें श्रीमान कन्हैया कुमार की। जिस शख्स को जवाहरलाल नेहरु यूनिवर्सिटी ने हाल में पी.एचडी की डिग्री से नवाजा है, वो प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी के लिए अपने भाषणों...