If witnesses had the benefit of Witness Protection Scheme, the result may have been different – read the cry from the judge’s heart as he acquitted gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and 6 others. It’s about time the scheme is implemented in letter and spirit to end the scourge of witnesses turning hostile.

Sonia-Raj meeting display of acute ideological crisis

Sonia Gandhi’s meeting with Raj Thackeray shows an acute ideological crisis in the Congress. Rattled by its sliding fortune, the party is now ready to court even nativist, regional chauvinist leaders while simultaneously pursuing Communism, socialism, and soft Hindutva. An ideological potpourri is a recipe for disaster in Modi era.

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