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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr

The national flag is seen in the foreground as Rapid Action force (RAF) and Karnataka police personnel patrol on the disputed Idgah Maidan, on the eve of 76th Independence Day, at Chamrajpet area in Bengaluru, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India@75 mood: Uneasy sense of triumphalism…

Both Atal Behari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh functioned as Prime Ministers and the country moved, and no one felt the need to idolise them

14 Aug 2022 11:50 PM

Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair comes out of Tihar Jail after being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in all FIRs lodged against him in UP, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Let SC act: End arbitrary arrests over flimsy FIRs

The BJP and other right-wing entities have taken up cudgels against Mr Zubair, and the secular elements are up in arms against Ms Sharma

21 Jul 2022 11:30 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Modi’s reaching out to minorities, not just Hindus

BJP did get the Muslim vote in the 2022 UP Assembly elections, as pointed out by Hilal Ahmed in his analysis of the result

16 Jul 2022 12:46 AM

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde along with rebel Shiv Sena MLAs flashes the victory sign as they arrive to attend a special session of Maharashtra Assembly, at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai, Sunday, July 3, 2022. After the House proceedings begin, Sunday election for the post of Speaker of the House will be held. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Many twists in Maha drama: Will Shinde be actual victor?

The ongoing political drama in Maharashtra, with its interesting twists and turns, may not have really ended with the swearing-in of Shinde

03 Jul 2022 11:56 PM

(L-2R) Chief of Indian Army staff General Manoj Pande, Chief of Air staff, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R. Hari Kumar pose for pictures during a press conference in New Delhi on June 14, 2022, to announce the new Agnipath scheme under which soldiers across the three military services will be recruited and will be called Agniveers. (Photo: AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt’s surprise moves: The lack of transparency visible

Agnipath announcement has all the elements of a surprise move without any serious thinking and planning behind it

21 Jun 2022 10:30 PM

Cover image of the book 'Why Do You Fear My Way So Much? Poems and Letters from Prison' by G.N. Saibaba. (Twitter)

Book Review | G.N. Saibaba’s testimony of agony and hope

This book is not a legal scrutiny of the unfair verdict

05 Jun 2022 10:46 AM

Political leaders, especially those in power at the Centre, want the Rajya Sabha to simply rubber-stamp all that the Lok Sabha passes without any scrutiny. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | RS polls: A chance to wean out old-timers, dissidents?

Politics of fairly high stakes are being played out by various parties in choosing candidates for the Upper House

04 Jun 2022 12:54 AM

The dangerous area of fake encounters arises from that extra-legal and dark territory called police custody, located usually inside police stations. (Representational Image/ DC)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | To deter fake encounters, change way police works

Disha’s rape and murder occurred on November 27 and there was huge public outrage over the heinous crime

23 May 2022 12:36 AM

It is most likely that Prime Minister Modi and home minister Shah will go into a self-congratulatory mode in the belief that they have handled the long-festering Kashmir problem well. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | In J&K, BJP continues to play political games

The Modi government was not satisfied with removing Article 370 for Jammu and Kashmir

09 May 2022 12:47 AM

Cover image of Crunch Time: Narendra Modi’s National Security Crises

Book Review | In praise of Modi’s calibrated risk-taking on the security front

The author sees PM Modi as the man of the hour, the man of destiny, who has completely altered India’s security and strategic perspective

08 May 2022 11:31 AM

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Separate visions: Modi, Europe & Ukraine war

The Europeans would not go beyond polite words to speak out against China in the context of the India-China conflict and confrontation

04 May 2022 4:01 AM

A Member of Youth Congress wear PM Modi mask during a protest against the central government for the hike in fuel,LPG price and the using bulldozer in jahangirpuri encroachment in Delhi, in Bengaluru. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | BJP a political beneficiary of Hindu-Muslim clashes

The BJP is not afraid or ashamed to target Muslims under the cover of the law because it is fetching the party rich electoral dividends

22 Apr 2022 11:55 PM

Supporter of ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) hold the national flag during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Pakistan’s Supreme Court an unlikely political hero

Imran's recommendation to President Alvi to dissolve the National Assembly also becomes invalid because he is facing a non-confidence motion

09 Apr 2022 7:17 AM

Students participate in a procession to protest against barring Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka. (AP file photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Don’t ‘weaponise’ hijab, time to be more flexible

The question about the hijab is a political issue. And we must get at the facts as to why and when the issue became a contentious one

17 Mar 2022 11:54 PM

BJP supporters celebrate after party's victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Varanasi. (ANI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | After its UP triumph, BJP must deliver governance

The Muslims in UP and the BJP must now come to terms with each other

11 Mar 2022 10:49 AM

Despite the apparent new alliances and new players like the AAP in the fray, the political scenario in the state remains clouded. (Representational Photo:PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Confusion in Punjab amid new alliances, old tensions

Why should we remember Punjab’s political past of nearly 60 years in the 2022 state Assembly election?

18 Feb 2022 12:29 AM

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Backward UP’s alarm bells for India’s divisive politics

The success of the BJP in UP reflects the crude politics of communalism and casteism of the party

10 Feb 2022 1:06 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to address the media, ahead of the Budget Session 2022, in New Delhi, (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Modi a political Pied Piper, sets 2024 agenda & a 2047 wish list

Mr Modi has a right to his own dreams and visions for the country, however much we may disagree with its dystopian dimension

02 Feb 2022 7:22 AM

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (DC File)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Opp. divide to make it easy for govt in Budget Session

Budget Session of Parliament begins on Monday, January 31, and the first phase will last till February 11

31 Jan 2022 1:38 AM

(Clockwise from L) Founder and Executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Klaus Schwab and WEF president Borge Brende listen India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking remotely during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos Agenda virtual sessions at the WEF's headquarters in Cologny near Geneva on January 17, 2022. (AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why it’s tough to invest in India: Fix the bottlenecks

The challenge on the economic front now seems to be to place India as a strategic part of the global supply chain, a position China occupies

21 Jan 2022 1:57 AM

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