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It’s been a day since Sushma Swaraj outed her vicious online trolls, and still no one in the Modi government has risen to defend her. This is shocking. PM Modi must order an immediate end to this online abuse. Or the trolls will come back to hurt the BJP.

Congress is being petty and paranoid over Kashmir

By preventing senior leaders from attending the launch of Saifuddin Soz’s book on Kashmir, the Congress party, like Pakistan’s Liaquat Ali Khan, has shown it understands neither history nor geography. At this critical moment, a Congress presence would have reaffirmed Nehru’s faith in Kashmir. The party
picked paranoia over reassurance.

Nitish Kumar sobers up, finally

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has indicated that there may be changes to the state’s prohibition law. The liquor ban was a bad idea, more so as it pushed people to look for other options. Nitish’s rethink shows he’s waking up to his folly. Better late than never.