A terror attack follows India-Pakistan peace moves, much as night follows day. This has been the pattern since Atal Bihari Vajpayee`s Lahore bus diplomacy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi must have factored this in when he embarked on the perilous peace process with Nawaz Sharif. |
Exactly a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s dramatic Christmas day visit to Lahore, his high-stakes bid to make peace with Pakistan is facing trial by fire. Today`s pre-dawn attack on the Pathankot air base, raises questions about just how serious Islamabad is, about reining-in anti-India terrorism-the cornerstone of the peace process. |
Friday, January 1 will signal the start of an unprecedented government intervention as an odd-even road rationing policy is rolled out to control air pollution amid mounting health concerns over air quality in the city. |
The murder of another engineer along with a grain trader and a supervisor with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) on Monday evening has prompted the Opposition to accuse the new JD(U)-RJD government of promoting jungle raj or lawlessness in Bihar. |