Nagarjuna Rao

Media joins the frontline in India-Pakistan stand-off

In the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, the battlefield has expanded beyond traditional military engagements to include media and social media platforms, transforming the nature of confrontation in the subcontinent. Nuclear threats Pakistani officials have issued statements highlighting their nuclear capabilities, suggesting potential use if a full-scale war ensues. These declarations have been amplified…

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Pakistan’s dirty confession – A terror state in denial no more

India has long charged Pakistan with cultivating terrorism as an instrument of statecraft. These allegations were met with denials – until Pakistan’s Defence Minister, Khwaja Asif, delivered a blunt admission on Sky News: ‘We have been doing this dirty work for the United States for about three decades… and the West, including Britain.’ Institutionalised terror…

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Tread softly, strike hard

Has Pakistan set a trap for Indian commandos? In the wake of the horrific Pahalgam massacre, where Hindu tourists were cold-bloodedly targeted after their religion was ascertained – a savage act that reeked of premeditation and sectarian hate – it is time to ask hard questions. Not just of those who carried out the carnage,…

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The great Indian vendetta fest

‘Political vendetta’ has become the go-to excuse for the politically cornered. So overused now, it might as well be part of every party’s standard template. Every knock is a conspiracy Every time the law takes a step in the direction of a Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader, K Chandrashekar Rao and K Taraka Rama Rao…

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Shariat before Constitution?

How a Jharkhand minister’s casual communalism mirrors a deeper and dangerous mindset When Jharkhand minister Hafizul Ansari declared with unsettling ease that for Muslims, ‘Shariat comes first, Constitution later’, he wasn’t merely expressing a personal belief. He was, in essence, renouncing the very oath he took when he assumed public office. A minister in a…

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Why President’s Rule beckons in Bengal

As Mamataland simmers again under the heat of street protests, stone-pelting, and spontaneous burning of state property, the question arises, almost with a sense of weary inevitability: Has the time come to impose President’s Rule? This week’s eruption in Murshidabad over the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which left at least three dead and many more…

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