Shams Ur Rehman Alavi
Maharashtra, MP farmers' protest: How overconfident BJP failed to see farmers' discontent, mishandled agitation
Madhya Pradesh may have bagged ‘Krishi Karman’ awards year after year but the situation on the ground is entirely different. Farmers are in distress.
Yogi Adityanath as UP CM: From anxiety to guarded optimism, here's how Urdu media reacted
Yogi Adityanath’s anointment as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh has been the biggest story in Indian media over the last two days.
UP Election 2017: Samajwadi Party promises to Muslim voters remain unfulfilled
Over the years, the SP didn’t bother to fulfill the promises it had made to the Muslims. Why? Perhaps, because the party was confident that it would get the Muslim vote, even if didn’t keep its word.
UP Election 2017: Why hasn't Mayawati's BSP tapped on the winnable Dalit-plus-Muslim votebank?
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has the single biggest block — majority of Dalits behind her. If Muslim electorate gets enthusiastic towards BSP, Dalit-plus-Muslim votebank could be a unbeatable.
Bhopal gas disaster: 32 years later, wounds still fester in Bhopal
Thirty two years after Bhopal gas tragedy — one of the worst industrial disaster mankind has known and which resulted in death of 15,278 persons (official figure), people are still suffering due to the after-effects of the tragedy.
SIMI activists' encounter: Shivraj Singh Chouhan govt's offer money to eyewitnesses
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced a distribution of cash reward of Rs 40 lakh among many residents of Acharpura, the hamlet near the site of operatives’ encounter — a statement that has drawn criticism.
SIMI operatives' jailbreak: MP human rights commission to probe into security lapses
The Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) will conduct a probe into the circumstances surrounding the jailbreak, the lapses that led to the escape of prisoners which also caused the death of a jail security guard.
SIMI operatives' encounter in Bhopal raises many questions, but cops, ATS have no answers
Just a few hours after killing the eight SIMI members in an encounter, police officials in Bhopal were finding it difficult to face the media and evaded questions about the circumstances surrounding the encounter.
Why tribals need a Mayawati: Atrocities on adiwasis don’t bother urban India
What is needed is for tribals to have their own strong leaders and politicians-activists to ensure that they are heard and justice is done to them too.
Mandsaur incident: Terror of 'gau raksha' commandos is not new in Madhya Pradesh
Self-proclaimed cow vigilante groups like Gau Raksha Commando Force have been actively perpetrating crimes in the name of cow protection in Madhya Pradesh for several years.