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Striving for Social Justice: How Would the Caste Census Be Effective? - Clarion India

1 week ago | clarionindia.net | Ram Puniyani

IN the run-up to the 2024 elections, Rahul Gandhi in particular talked of the need for a caste census. This was supported by many opposition leaders. Congress-ruled states and NDA-ruled Bihar also carried out the census. The issue was one of the major planks of the opposition’s slight revival in the polls after being in the dumps for long. Prime Minister Narendra Modi opposed the caste census tooth and nail, terming it part of the Urban Naxal philosophy.
The World Continues to Watch as Gazans are Starving to Death

1 week ago | clarionindia.net | Ramzy Baroud

THE situation in Gaza today starkly highlights Israeli exceptionalism. Israel is employing the starvation of two million Palestinians in the blockaded and devastated Gaza Strip as a tactic to extract political concessions from Palestinian groups operating there. On April 23, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) described the current humanitarian situation in Gaza as “the worst ever seen throughout the war”.
Pahalgam Tragedy: What is The Way Ahead for Peace?

2 weeks ago | clarionindia.net | Ram Puniyani

Prof Ram PuniyaniTHE killing of 26 tourists and injuries to many more in South Kashmir’s Pahalgam is a tragedy beyond words. The terrorists claimed to be part of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba’s offshoot, ‘The Resistance Front’. They reportedly identified people by religion and brutally fired upon them. One of those killed was Syed Adil Shah, the one who used to take the tourists on a pony.
Pahalgam Attack: Kashmir Completely Shuts Down; Security Under the Radar - Clarion India

3 weeks ago | clarionindia.net | Arjumand Shaheen

Locals, leaders, and activists condemn the killings; questions mount over security failure in one of Kashmir’s busiest tourist spotsSRINAGAR — The Kashmir Valley on Wednesday observed a complete shutdown in protest against the deadly attack on tourists at a prime tourist location in the Pahalgam area of Anantnag district a day earlier. Unidentified gunmen killed 27 tourists and a local in the attack. Several others were also injured.
India Finds Itself Toggling Between Two Irreconcilable Triangles

3 weeks ago | clarionindia.net | Jawed Naqvi

TO describe the Donald Trump phenomenon as a tectonic shift in world politics, as India’s foreign minister recently did, is akin to the inebriated Majaaz Lucknavi coming home late at night to find policemen darting their flashlights between the door of the house and the ransacked cupboards left ajar. The dazed poet stood in a corner and paused thoughtfully.
UP: 13-year-old Muslim Boy Stabbed for Refusing to Chant Jai Shri Ram in Kanpur

3 weeks ago | clarionindia.net | Arjumand Shaheen

LUCKNOW — A 13-year-old Muslim boy was allegedly assaulted by three minors from his locality in Kanpur’s Maharajpur area late Thursday night for refusing to chant Jai Shri Ram. According to the boy, the accused—accompanied by two others—intercepted him near his residence in Sarsaul, under the jurisdiction of the Maharajpur police station, while he was on his way to the bus stop.
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2 months ago | clarionindia.net

NEW DELHI — As the US plans to impose reciprocal tariffs across trading countries by April 2, the Indian government has formed a high-level committee which is tasked to review tariff relief on imports from the US. The panel, formed under the Union Commerce Ministry, is likely to submit its report by March 15. The […]
Hyderabadi Activist Zahack Tanvir, Imprisoned in Saudi Arabia, Released - Clarion India

Feb 5, 2025 | clarionindia.net | Arjumand Shaheen

Tanvir was detained in December 2023 on charges of posting anti-Pakistan content. HYDERABAD — Hyderabad-origin activist Zahack Tanvir has been released from custody in Saudi Arabia after nearly a year of detention. Tanvir, known for his outspoken views on international affairs and counter-extremism, was arrested in December 2023 on charges of posting anti-Pakistan content.
Maha Kumbh Stampede: Akhilesh Slams Govt, Demands Release of Real Death Toll - Clarion India

Feb 4, 2025 | clarionindia.net | Arjumand Shaheen

NEW DELHI — Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday accused the government of hiding the real death toll numbers in the Maha Kumbh stampede and demanded that punitive action be taken against those officials, whom he claimed conspired and colluded to conceal the real figures. The stampede that broke out on Mauni Amavasya, one of the biggest Amrit Snans, resulted in the death of about 30 devotees and injury to more than 60.
Jail Officials Committing Offenses Worse Than Those by Convicts: Madras HC

Jan 8, 2025 | clarionindia.net | Behzad Parvez

CHENNAI — The Madras High Court has observed that offenses committed by jail officials are far more serious than those by convicts who have been thrown into prison. A Division Bench comprising Justice S.M. Subramaniam and Justice Jothiraman made this remark while hearing a petition alleging misappropriation of funds by prison authorities. The petitioner, Gokila, submitted that her husband, Murugaiyan, a convict in Puzhal Central Prison, had not been paid his wages for four months.