National Investigation Agencys (NIA) chargesheet against Kashmiri separatists has made a massive allegation against Pakistani embassy officials. In the chargesheet, NIA has said that senior Pakistani embassy officials provided money to Kashmiri separatists to foment trouble in the Kashmir valley. The NIA charge-sheet claims to have blown the cover of separatist leaders. Sources in the NIA confirm that, Pakistani officials have been not only openly inviting separatist leaders but also providing funds to the them for spreading terror in the valley. ... Read More

Armed with instructions from Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government has charted out a strategy to promote the ‘Karnataka Development Model. According to sources, Rahul Gandhi has asked senior Karnataka Congress leaders to focus on their own strengths and promote work done by them in the poll-bound state. The Karnataka Congress plans to showcase the work done by them in the poll-bound state vis-a-vis the work done by BJP in Gujarat. ... Read More

Criminal writ petition asking for an FIR against Prakash Ambedkar, Rahul Gandhi, Umar Khalid and JIgnesh Mevani for violence during Maharashtra bandh has been filed in Bombay High Court. The petitioner Abdul Malik Chaudhary holds all of these leaders responsible for tense situation and violence during Maharashtra Bandh observed post Bhima-Koregaon violence. Chaudhary also seeks heavy compensation from the leaders who he says were behind the deteriorated law and order situation for three days in Maharashtra. ... Read More

KChandrashekhar Rao, the media-shy Telangana Chief Minister, does not shy away from demanding the removal of the Supreme Court-imposed 50-per cent cap on reservation for SCs or STs and OBCs or special categories in government jobs and education. In an exclusive interview,KCR said that the cap is an injustice to the weaker and poor sections of society. Ninety per cent of people living in Telangana belong to SCs, STs and Backward Castes. It is high time for the Centre to raise the reservation percentage,the CM said dismissing that his demand is neither controversial nor contentious. ... Read More

amesh Chand, member of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) aayog, said loan waiver is not an effective solution on farmers suicide. He said that the loan waiver itself can not bring finacial stability to the farmers. Loan waiver is not an effective solution on farmers suicides. The loan waiver does not yield an expected result even after spending big amount on it. Loan waiver can not bring financial stability to the farmers. If schemes like paying subsidy to fill a gap between the production cost and the MSP are implemented in the amount of loan waiver that will be beneficial ... Read More

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its World Report 2018 yesterday and the 28th edition of the report has some scathing observations against the state of human rights in India. In its annual report, HRW comes with analysis of human rights practices in 90 countries. The report says that even after five years of the Nirbhaya rape incident of 2012, that outraged the conscious of the nation and attracted global attention resulting in a landmark law on sexual violence against women, girls and women continue to face barriers in reporting crimes of sexual nature. They are still humiliated at police ... Read More