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Maulana Kable Sadiq, who was awarded posthumously third highest civilian award- Padma Bhushan—was conservative yet liberal Muslim. He was recognized world-wide for his liberal image. He and his followers fought a life-long battle to eliminate orthodox tradition from Muslim society. He not only opposed the conservatism, but also made efforts to advance education, particularly among girls.

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is waging a war on several fronts. The fronts include controlling the spread of Covid-19, contesting a prestigious bye-election in the state and also visiting various states to support the BJP candidates.

Deploying a huge contingent of the central security forces, the Home Minister Amit Shah has assured the people of Bengal that it would ensure peaceful, fair and free election. But his high sounding promises have turned out to be delusion.

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals Captain Rishabh Pant says his aim is to lead his side to win the IPL title this season.

Having achieved middle income country status, Bangladesh currently faces complex issues of economic adjustments relating to its export sector. Ironically, the progress made by Bangladesh has been taken note by its allies as also by international organisations. The UN recently confirmed that Bangladesh has in concrete terms made its long awaited transition already, years ahead of the scheduled date in 2026! There has been some welcome reaction from unexpected quarters including Indian garments exporters and a few Pakistan –based observers, for contrasting reasons.

The army in Myanmar took over power two months ago, ousting the elected government and throwing its leader behind bars. There has been mass resistance to army rule which shows no signs of abating. The army continues to shoot down civil resisters demanding restoration of democracy. Even children are not being spared. The trigger-happy soldiers kill children without any qualm of conscience. More than five hundred people have been killed. According to a report of Save the Children, an international humanitarian group, as many as 43 children have so far been reported killed. The group described the situation as “a nightmare scenario unfolding.”

The Bombay High Court is right. There cannot be an independent probe if the Maharashtra Police or the Mumbai Police were to investigate the charge against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. Hidden in that observation was the hint to Deshmukh to resign. Now, the CBI will conduct a ‘preliminary inquiry’ and Deshmukh, taking the hint, has resigned.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Who will win the Final - the mother of all battles for the Kerala Assembly? That is the question uppermost in the minds of Keralites as the State went to the polls on Tuesday amid a big surge in covid cases. The fear is real as all the parties have thrown caution to winds, and failed to adhere to the covid protocol.

Is there an x-factor that could play in the on-going five states assembly polls? X factors are always unexpected and might play sometimes positive and other times a negative role in polls. In a few weeks’ time, we will know which way it has played in the Assembly polls to Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu Kerala, and Puducherry where the incumbent chief ministers are defending their five- year rule. As has been in the past, the x-factor could knock them out or retain them.

Following three phases of polling in Bengal for the state assembly, I got a number of messages from my friends in Kolkata and others of Bengal expressing their dilemma as a supporter of the Left in choosing candidates in the ensuing poll. The problem is the concerned candidate of the Left including the CPI(M) is so hopelessly positioned, that the voting for him means wasting the vote. My friends are very much against the BJP, but at the same time, they are angry with Trinamool Congress for many of its activities including corruption of the TMC members and their highhandedness in dealing with the other opposition parties, especially the Left and the Congress.