Politics

Editor's Desk: Padma Vibhushan sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra's ambitious proposal to construct a second Konark Temple on a 17-acre land at the cost of Rs 2,000 crore, has surprised many in Odisha, which is struggling to find its rhythm in…

Editor's Desk: On February 11, 1984, a dreaded terrorist and co-founder of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Maqbool Butt was secretly hanged inside Tihar Jail in New Delhi on charges of killing an Indian intelligence officer.…

Editor's Desk: Thanks to President Pranab Mukherjee and Congress-led UPA Government for sending 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab and 2001 Parliament Attack convict Afzal Guru to gallows without mercy. But, what about others who are still…

Editor's Desk: Often people wonder why we are dubbed as a soft nation. The reason is loud and clear. We have a party at the helm that lacks power and will to hit back at the enemy hard, be it terrorists, naxals or a rogue neighbour. The…

Editor's Desk: As media professionals, we may not use the terms like "shameless" and "moron" for a visiting Interior Minister of a neighbouring country, but the nation of 1.2 billion would definitely demand answers from Rehman Malik and the…

Editor's Desk: The Norwegian laws are strict and formidable in child abuse cases and the law of the land prevails. The two recent examples of Indian couple’s living in Norway can be cited. The cases depict Norway as an unsafe destination…

Editorial Desk: The BJP was aiming at putting the government in a tight spot by pressing for a vote on FDI in Retail in Parliament. But the strategy back-fired, as the new Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath managed the floor…

Editor's Desk: “You fight on your own” were the words Anna Hazare used for the Kejriwal led group when they parted ways earlier in September, and since then Arvind Kejriwal has been doing the same. The people have witnessed it all, the…

By Sagar Satapathy: Last two months came as double whammy for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), arguably the world’s greatest broadcast news organization.  In early October, it was discovered that a Newsnight investigation to…

TNI Bureau: The nation celebrated with joy and relief when 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab was hanged to death at 7:30 AM on November 21 at Pune's Yerawada Jail. It was a fitting tribute to the martyrs five days before the 4th anniversary of…