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Top of the food chain in the Congress Party Rahul Gandhi sat next to the United States Ambassador at a lunch hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in July 2009 and in between bites allegedly told the American envoy, to a question on threat from the Laskar-e-Thoiba (LeT), that “homegrown terror from radicalized Hindus” was the bigger worry. The US ambassador dutifully telegraphed a gist of his chit-chat with Rahul to his masters in the US. Picked up by the infamous Wikileaks, the telegram, with “classified” written all over it, became global.

The allied attack on Syria was perceived to secure the political future of British Prime Minister Theresa May and boost nationalistic pride, but the results of the first opinion poll reveal that she was wrong to order strikes by the Royal Air Force Tornado without the consent of Parliament, while only 30 per cent backed her.

Since President Trump announced that he intended to bomb Syria, the stock values of some of the country’s top weapons manufacturers have soared, adding a collective $10 billion in market capitalization values over the course of just one week. With Trump delivering on his promise this weekend, the rally on Wall Street continues.

Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments

In the last one week, the country has been rocked by the reports of two horrific rapes, one in Kathua, Jammu & Kashmir, and the other one in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, which indicate the considerable complicity of the State/politician machinery with the accused persons, and the impunity with which law is violated. In Kathua, Jammu, an eight year old girl, from the Bakarwal (nomadic) community was kidnapped, sedated, gangraped, tortured for over eight days in a temple and eventually killed. The crime was apparently masterminded by the Sanji Ram, a retired government employee, as part of a larger communal conspiracy to ‘terrorise’ the Bakarwal community to force them out of the area. The other accused includes four police officers, including Special Police Officers, Deepak Khajuria, and Surinder Kumar, and police officials, Anand Datta and Tilak Raj. Sanji Ram’s son and nephew who is juvenile are said to be involved in the perpetration of the crime. The macabreness of the crime is highlighted by the fact Deepak Khajuria was apparently assisting the police to find the missing victim, while he himself continued to rape the girl in the temple.

It doesn’t gel that analysts say if ‘elections are held today’, the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will win hands down, repeat its 2014 performance – “need not go out on a limb to predict that” as one fellow endowed by Carnegie put it – but that if elections are held 12 months hence, the BJP will face an insurmountable terrain. It doesn’t agree because the BJP looks more vulnerable today than at any other time in the four years of Modi-rule so far. But the BJP is on a Hindu-vote consolidation drive and give the party 12 more months and it will peak right on time!

LUCKNOW: BJP MPs and MLAs are unnerved by the mishandling of Unnao gang rape and subsequent murder of victim's father in police custody. At a time when Lok Sabha elections are scheduled early next year, the BJP MPs are worried about the potential threat the public anger over the state government apathy towards the rape victim can pose to their prospects.

History is plagued by military blunders, from Napoleon's attempt to conquer Russia to American president George Bush’s brutal invasion of Iraq. Once again the US president, this time Donald Trump, has attacked Syria. If Bush assaulted Iraq seeking weapons of mass destruction, the Trump regime battered Syria for extracting chemical weapons.

People from around the globe come to Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh to see Kundi Bhandara. Kundi Bhandara is an structure which was built by Mughal Subedar Abdul Rahim Khan Khana in 1615 AD. Kundi Bhandara is a water management structure. At that time, there was a huge water crisis in Burhanpur and to overcome it water structure was built on the lines of the water distribution system that was used in Iran and Iraq. It is still in working condition. Burhanpur was a major military camp during the regime of Mughal Emperor Akbar. Burhanpur was considered as the gateway to the South. Therefore, it was constructed to provide water in this important town.

The 22nd Party Congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) begins its five day session on April 18 at Hyderabad amidst major convulsions in this biggest Left Party of the country over the issue of deciding its policy of understanding with the leading opposition party the Congress to fight the BJP in the coming Lok Sabha elections in 2019.