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It refers to media-reports about The Dadar Athornan Institute set up about a century ago to train persons from fast-eliminating Parsi community as Parsi priests by admitting students at an early childhood age from class I to class X, on verge of closure because of shortage of funds. Since population of most-talented Parsi community of the world having sharply declined, funds from the community are not enough to run the Institute. Concern on fast declining Parsi population have been raised again and again including even by the then President Pranab Mukerji. Apart from other steps taken to increase Parsi population, it is time that Maharashtra government takes over responsibility for funds to run the only institute to train students as Parsi priests namely The Dadar Athornan Institute als...

Process for elections for Delhi University Union (DUSU) has begun with elections to be held in the month of September. Reforms are necessary to DUSU polls. A simple practical approach to place groups fielding contestants for all the posts of DUSU in the beginning of ballot-papers in alphabetical order of name of the group will make the process simple by doing with unethical tricks to field candidates with identical names or to pre-fix A, AA etc to place names first in ballot-papers for confusing voters. DUSU polls should be conducted through EVMs equipped with VVPAT system. DUSU polls in future should be made more realistic and with widest representation by making it compulsory for all colleges affiliated to Delhi University to get their students automatically enrolled as members of DUS...

With only 22 transgenders apply for under-graduate courses in thee universities in Delhi, Central Government should take steps to bring transgenders in main streamline It refers to media-reports about just 22 transgenders applying for under-graduate courses combinedly in thee universities in Delhi namely Delhi University, Jamia University and Ambedkar University, thus establishing that much more is desired from Central Government to bring transgenders in main streamline. Union government should constitute National Transgender Commission. Unrestricted admission to any educational institution (private or public) for free education to transgenders should be made compulsory without needing any reserved quota. Government should be duty-bound to make transgenders join mainstream with paren...

entral government deserves all appreciation for a free run to government-agencies for swift action against corrupt deeds of former political rulers. It is hoped that government-agencies will soon expose their corrupt deeds so that even their patrons in opposition may move away from them. But it is noteworthy that many from opposition including also those who used to be bitterly criticised by ruling BJP for corrupt and unethical practices, joined ruling BJP most probably out of fear of being probed by investigating agencies. BJP-ruled central government should also book these opportunist politicians. Such a step will give doubled-edged advantage to ruling BJP because of avoiding criticism of targeting only opposition leaders and secondly clean BJP from such undesired elements. Such a ...

The announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the rampart of Lal Quila on our 73rd Independence Day to appoint Chief of Defence Staff is a decision in the right direction to further strengthen our Forces, a decision which was pending for since many decades. From the defence point of view this decision is important in many ways. Once it comes into effect India will come in the category of major military powers such as United States of America, China, Britain, Japan and France where this hierarchy in Defence Forces is already there. Many member nations of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) also have the same system in their Defence Forces. Although the recommendation to have a Chief of Defence Staff was made after the Kargil war when the necessity to have better coordination ...

Pakistan violated the 1948 UNSC resolution early on when it unilaterally ceded a portion of the Northern Areas, a disputed territory claimed by India, to China. China did not have a case for taking the Kashmir matter to the United Nations Security Council. Articles 370 and 35A became applicable to Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) by a sovereign decision of Indian Parliament several years after a cease fire as also the UN Security Council Resolution in 1948 (following the first India-Pakistan war). There was no external pressure on India to do so. Its revocation by the government in August 2019 was equally a sovereign decision of both houses of Indian Parliament approved by an overwhelming two-thirds majority. As it happens, Pakistan violated the 1948 UNSC resolution early on when it ...

By अतुल मोहन सिंह समाजवादी पार्टी के सांसद आजम खां को रामपुर में भू माफिया घोषित किया गया है। जौहर यूनिवर्सिटी के लिए किसानों की जमीनें कब्जाने के आरोप में फंसे समाजवादी पार्टी के सांसद आजम खां को प्रशासन ने भूमाफिया घोषित कर दिया है। उपजिलाधिकारी की ओर से उनका नाम उत्तर प्रदेश एंटी भू माफिया पोर्टल पर दर्ज कराया गया है। आजम खां के खिलाफ एक सप्ताह के दौरान जमीन कब्जाने के 13 मुकदमे दर्ज हो चुके हैं। इनमें एक मुकदमा 12 जुलाई को प्रशासन की ओर से दर्ज कराया गया, जिसमें कहा गया है कि आलिया गंज के 26 किसानों ने जमीन कब्जाने का आरोप लगाया है। इन सभी किसानों ने जिला अधिकारी को शपथ पत्र के साथ शिकायत दर्ज कराई थी कि आजम खां ने उनकी जमीन जबरन जौहर यूनिवर्सिटी में मिला ली है। तत्कालीन सीओ सिटी आले हसन खान ने उन्हें डराया धमकाया। हवालात में बंद किया और चरस व स्मैक में जेल भेजने की धमकी दी। इसी कारण ...

By राजेश कुमार आर्य उत्तर प्रदेश के सोनभद्र में हालही में ज़मीन पर कब्ज़े की कोशिश के दौरान हुए खूनी संघर्ष में 10 आदिवासी मारे गए। दरअसल यह घटना दो तरह के सवाल खड़े करती है, पहला उत्तर प्रदेश जैसे बड़े राज्य में कानून-व्यवस्था की स्थिति और दूसरा जंगल की ज़मीन को लेकर हुए फर्जीवाड़े। यह घटना उत्तर प्रदेश के प्राकृतिक संसाधनों से संपन्न सोनभद्र जि़ले में हुई। इस जि़ले में पहाडिय़ां और जंगल भूरपूर हैं। इस वजह से यहां कल-कारखाने और खदाने भी बहुतायत में हैं। आदिवासियों का विस्थापन राबट्र्सगंज के वरिष्ठ पत्रकार आवेश तिवारी बताते हैं कि सोनभद्र जिले का औद्योगिकीकरण यहां के आदिवासियों के लिए परेशानी का सबब भी बना है। हालात यह है कि यहां के आदिवासी परिवारों को कई-कई बार विस्थापित होना पड़ा है। वो बताते हैं कि आदिवासियों को पहले रिहंद बांध के लिए विस्थापित होना पड़ा। उसके बाद उन्हें यहां बने बिज...