Muslim rally: Nitish's masterstroke, or miscalculation?

The Deen Bachao, Desh Bachao conference in Patna on April 15 was attended by lakhs of Muslims.Will the electoral dividends from this rally be reaped by Nitish Kumar, the BJP (through Hindu......

Raking up beef issue will hurt the BJP

  'By resorting to divisive issues, the BJP is giving the impression that even if it is voted to power it won't do anything new to give Bihar a facelift. It will repel voters with the belief......

Deoband and the machinations of the mullahs

For many mullahs, religion and religious institutions are simply tools to feather their own nests and to whip up the support of the credulous by projecting themselves as pious defenders of the......

Deoband head faces fellow mullahs' ire

Vastanvi's clarification, hurriedly issued no doubt in order to save himself from the fierce condemnation that his earlier statement supporting Narendra Modi had provoked, seems to have failed to......