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For RSS and BJP leaders, Sikhs are just Khalistanis. The reason is very simple: the Sikhs do not fit in their design. For being acceptable to RSS and BJP, it is imperative that the person should listen to Mohan Bhagwat and Narendra Modi and embrace Hindutva. But regrettably, RSS and BJP have failed in their mission to make Sikhs accept their wishes and co-opt the community into the majoritarian Hindu fold.

It is election eve and the prime minister while speaking in the parliament on the interim budget session ended with forecasts of election results for the ruling combine. It was not an expression of encouragement for his colleagues for the ensuing election but a prediction of number of seats that the BJP and the NDA would be winning. What it transpired perhaps for the mainstream media and the subservient executives is a sense of responsibility to legitimise the expectations of Modi and actualise the figures as expected.

Demand for a law guaranteeing MSPs for crops in markets has once again surfaced with renewed farmers’ agitation. Of late, several articles in news media and TV debate about the dangers of providing a legal sanctity to the Minimum Support Price (MSP).Economists like Dr Ashok Gulati and Dr Ramesh Chand are major proponents of this argument. They argue that the purchase of all crops(23 of them) at guaranteed MSP would drive the government to bankruptcy and leave little money left in the budget for infrastructure and development.

New Delhi: Indian riders showcased their prowess to win four medals including two golds on the second day of the Asian Track Cycling Championships here on Thursday.

Greater Noida: Former Sri Lanka cricketer Angelo Perera will captain Rajasthan Legends while World Cup winning pacer Munaf Patel will lead Chhattisgarh Warriors in the inaugural edition of the Indian Veteran Premier League (IVPL), set to kick off at Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex here on Friday.

New Delhi: As part of its endeavour to bring in uniformity in grassroots coaching the Badminton Association of India in association with REC Limited and Sports Authority of India (SAI) will conduct its first-ever Coaches Development Program (Grassroot Level) for over 100 aspiring coaches in March at four venues across the country.

Rourkela: India has so far performed well in the Men's Hockey Pro League with two wins in regulation time, two wins in shootout, one loss in regulation time and a loss to the Netherlands in shootout that took place on 21st February.

Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance in Uttar Pradesh is the beginning of BJP’s nightmare before the Lok Sabha elections in April/May this year. The hope hitherto generated after the January 22 Ram Temple inauguration in Ayodhya, and a prospect of falling off allies of INDIA bloc as leaves from a tree, of BJP and PM Narendra Modi’s returning to power for their third term has somewhat dimmed in a fast-changing political scenario on the eve of 2024 polls.

Nutritional security is essential for all-round development of an individual and the society. Only a physically and mentally healthy person can contribute for growth of the nation. Therefore it is imperative that various factors which contribute to nutrition security must be fulfilled. These include good living conditions, healthy working environment, sufficient remuneration to ensure purchasing capacity, diversified crop pattern, trading system based on justice and equality. The government is duty bound to ensure nutritional security of the citizens.

Is the tide turning? Suddenly, all of the pieces are falling in their right places for the still fighting INDI-Alliance. How else will the Congress and Samajwadi Party announce a deal in the two cowbelt states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh? It can’t be because of rumours that Congress stalwart Kamal Nath has gone soft on Hindutva and was thinking of shifting with son, and sons of soil, to the Bharatiya Janata Party?