Abhinandan Mishra, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

India ignores British MPs’ call for release of ‘Khalistan operative’

NEW DELHI: Since 4 November 2017, when Jagtar Singh Johal, a British citizen, was arrested by the Indian agencies for being an alleged operative...

UK MP questions ‘sinister timing’, ‘one-sided’ portrayal of PM Modi in BBC documentary

Lord Rami Ranger says the documentary was produced to show PM Modi in a bad light. Lord Rami Ranger, who is a prominent member of...

Pak terror threat persists as LeT, Jaish still active

NEW DELHI: The outlook of the Pakistan deep state towards its long-held objective of weakening India has not changed, with proscribed terror groups backed...

Influential lobby in UK resisting Mallya’s extradition to India

Vijay Mallya’s well-wishers are pushing his case with the offices of UK PM Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman. NEW DELHI: The extradition of...

Eight Indians in Qatar face uncertain fate as court hearing approaches

The case may come up for hearing on 29 January before the High Court in Qatar. NEW DELHI: A clarity regarding the fate of eight...

BJP under Nadda consolidated on Shah’s legacy, made inroads into new territories

‘Challenge for Shah and Nadda was to enter new challenging territories, make a space, then emerge as a strong entity’. NEW DELHI: Under the leadership...

Kabul-Beijing oil deal limits Pak’s options to tackle TTP

NEW DELHI: Last week’s signing of the oil deal between the Taliban government ruling Afghanistan and the Chinese government has added a new dimension...

‘Choksi bribing Antigua officials to escape extradition to India’

NEW DELHI: Fugitive billionaire and one of the prime accused in the Rs 12,500 crore Punjab National Bank scam, Mehul Choksi is allegedly indulging...

Pilot dials last BID to show his mettle in Rajasthan

Pilot has announced five venues where he will be meeting ‘people and workers’. NEW DELHI: The brief lull in hostility in Rajasthan Congress between Chief...

No action on corrupt officials, firms in IACCS tenders graft case

With the CBI now filing an FIR in the case, after intervention from the PMO, officials are hoping that the agency will now start...

‘Bribe was paid to get penalty waived in Delhi CCTV project’

‘Rs 7 crore was arranged to be paid to Satyendra Jain for waiving off the penalty of Rs 16 crore imposed on BEL’. NEW DELHI:...

Sanjay Bhandari’s extradition will expose ‘irregularities’ in air command scam

NEW DELHI: Arms deals involving defence government public sector undertakings that were brokered by arms dealer and middleman Sanjay Bhandari between 2009 and 2010,...

Agencies stuck in Agusta case, Michel may get bail

Probe agencies are still struggling to present a watertight case against him. NEW DELHI: On 4 December, Christian Michel, an alleged key accused in the...

Beijing to increase arms supply to Pak to hurt India

NEW DELHI: The transfer of military equipment to Islamabad by Beijing is going to increase in the coming months even as Indian troops are...

BEL officials, who exposed graft, struggle to remove termination taint

NEW DELHI: The corruption rampant in government offices, especially in matters related to defence pre-2014, did not even leave a matter of national and...

Pak Army is using TTP threat to get US aid

NEW DELHI: The cooperation between Islamabad and Washington in the field of tackling terrorism is now reaching a level, which was visible post the...

India looking at FTAs to achieve $5 trillion economy

‘There is a lot of focus on ensuring that agreements aren’t delayed by red tape; PMO is directly monitoring the work’. NEW DELHI: By early...

Indian veterans to spend New Year in Doha prison

‘The 8 men have likely become a collateral loss involving powerful local entities fighting each other for business issues’. NEW DELHI: The eight Indian navy...

Reddy faction is the real INTUC, decides Congress

NEW DELHI: The curtains on the two-decade-old internal fight between the two factions of Indian National Trade Union (INTUC) seems to have fallen on...

China desperate as window for salami slicing Indian territories closing fast

‘China now realises that in many places, it may find Indian domination in territories it believed by default was Chinese’. NEW DELHI: Indian army’s preparedness,...

Some officials and accomplices connived to damage India’s key strategic asset

NEW DELHI: On 7 December, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a First Information Report (FIR) against 12 named and one unnamed accused for...

PM-inspired domain specialists face internal bureaucratic hurdle

IAS officers treat the laterally recruited officers as ‘outsiders’ and ‘inferior’. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wish to make domain specialists a part of...

UP police in hyper mode, custodial deaths multiply

NEW DELHI: A 27-year-old businessman, who was taken into detention on the night of 12 December by police officers at Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur Dehat...

Party colleagues opposed to Nitish choosing Tejashwi as successor

NEW DELHI: In the last one week, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has twice stated that the de facto chief of the Rashtriya Janata...

Indian Army avenges Galwan martyrs at Tawang

The PLA had come prepared to encounter 50 Indian soldiers and had not factored in members of Indian Army’s Quick Response Team, who were...

Ahead of polls, Congress in disarray in Rajasthan

‘Anti-incumbency and deep rooted infighting may bring the BJP to power.’ NEW DELHI: Unless things improve drastically, the Congress is likely to repeat its recent...

Tiger deaths rampant in Madhya Pradesh, accountability goes missing

NEW DELHI: On 29 July 2019, a day marked as the “International Tiger Day”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared the result of Tiger Census...

Naqvi’s khichdi panchayat broke Azam’s stranglehold on Rampur

NEW DELHI: The huge surprise win by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Rampur Assembly byelection, the first time that the party won the...

China looking for naval bases near Diego Garcia

There is worry that Mauritius may give China a part of the Chagos islands to get its debt to that country written off. This...

Officer of Netflix fame faces corruption dent

FIR states that Amit Lodha acquired movable and immovable properties over and above his legal source of income. The First Information Report (FIR) filed by...

Resolution professional was trying to liquidate hospital, NCLAT orders probe

While setting aside the NCLT order, the NCLAT bench directed an inquiry against the Resolution Professional. NEW DELHI: Setting aside a liquidation order of the...

Poll results will impact BJP preparations in MP

‘Gujarat, Himachal results have made it clear that anti-incumbency can be turned into pro-incumbency by giving a new look to the team that works...

Ahead of Madhya Pradesh polls, anxious MLAs book surveys to gauge public mood

Such surveys have been commissioned by at least five BJP MLAs, including two top cabinet ministers. NEW DELHI: Political leaders in Madhya Pradesh, mostly from...

AIIMS medical records of VIPs unlikely to have been compromised by hackers

Unlike e-records of general patients, the medical records of VIPs are stored in a physical form. NEW DELHI: The perpetrators behind the cyberattack on the computer...

Former CIA top official surfaces as key Imran advisor

NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is apparently taking advice from a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) number two on how to...

VP Dhankhar questions judiciary on stepping into legislative territory

Vice President’s remark likely to add more fuel to the ongoing heated debate on ‘judiciary-legislature’ supremacy. New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday questioned...

ISI planners of Mumbai terror attacks yet to be brought to justice

NEW DELHI: Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Nadeem Taj and Ahmad Shuja Pasha, the three Pakistan Army officers, who headed Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), when...

The Tatas and Mistrys try to resolve long-standing issues

NEW DELHI: The almost six-year-long dispute between two of India’s biggest business groups—Tata Sons and Shapoorji Pallonji group—might be on the path to be...

Chinese spy ships increase ‘research’ activity in Indian seas

India decided to postpone testing a long-range ballistic missile after it emerged that two Chinese ‘research’ ships were sailing in the region. NEW DEHI: India’s...

Qatar continues to snub India on Navy veterans’ illegal detention

New Delhi: The eight Indian nationals, all navy veterans, will be entering their four months of illegal detention at the hands of the Qatar...

New Pak army chief Munir an old India-hand, faces multiple internal challenges

Asim Munir, who was written off by his colleagues and watchers, was earlier last week appointed as Pakistan Army chief, succeeding General Qamar Javed...

‘BJP will buck the trend in Himachal this time’

BJP Himachal in-charge and senior party leader, Avinash Rai Khanna says there is no anti-incumbency against the state government. NEW DELHI: BJP Himachal in-charge and...

Internal surveys predict a narrow win for BJP in Himachal

‘Congress MLAs have opened channels of talks with BJP and have offered their support in case the party falls short of the majority mark’. NEW...

BJP faces infighting in Delhi unit ahead of MCD elections

NEW DELHI: The infighting among the BJP state leaders in Delhi is likely to significantly impact the chance of the party in the Municipal...

Private Indian hackers launched over a thousand cyberattacks on Pak military

SideWinder, aka Rattlesnake, has hijacked, stolen or modified content in the intended computer systems of Pakistan government, military and business cyber assets. Earlier, only...

‘Intellectuals allow aversion to Modi to colour their views on Indian democracy’

Salvatore Babones, a sociologist, says ranking bodies reflect the biased views of the India experts who form their panels. NEW DELHI: Professor Salvatore Babones, a...

Jatiya advocates tickets for MP dynasts

Jatiya, 76, is seeking a ticket for his son Rajkumar for the Assembly polls. NEW DELHI: On Tuesday, during a meeting of the core group...

8 Navy veterans, illegally detained in Doha, rely on PM for release

NEW DELHI: Being forced to speak to his 83-year-old mother in English, who does not understand the language, stuck in solitary confinement for 70...

Nirav’s intricate web of lies finds no takers

NEW DELHI: “Pulling these various strands together and weighing them in the balance to reach an overall evaluative judgment on the question raised, we...

With China, U.S. backing, Pak army readies all-out assault against TTP

Operation needed with China seeking ‘answers’ from Pakistan for failing to protect Chinese investments, citizens in Pakistan. New Delhi: The Pakistan army is going to...

Congress gears up for Delhi elections, focuses on cadre building

Mamata administration’s targeting of YouTubers backfires

Vedanta announces investments of Rs 1 lakh crore

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