By IANS,

Undergraduate admissions in Delhi University and the soaring cut-offs this year seem to be a mirror image of the inflationary conditions in the economy. Only students who have scored above 93 percent could find their names in first lists. Of course, the easiest thing to do is to blame the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), but it is the truth of the ratio of Delhi to outsider admissions that brings the moot point about justice to its own flock.

The nuclear deal and other questions of foreign policy should be opposed or defended on their own merits. Sadly, both the government and its opponents have played fast and loose with the ‘Muslim’ card, to the detriment of the community’s larger interest.

By K.Datta, IANS,

You may not agree with all that coach Bob Houghton has got to say, but you can't agree more when he cries that the pace at which Indian football is moving is painfully slow. In fact, what is true of Indian football is also true of other sports and indeed most facets of life and endeavour in the country, including its march on the road to economic progress.

By Harold A. Gould, IANS,

A recent Washington Post article speaks of the surge in Al Qaeda media propaganda emanating from an online web network known as as-Sahab (translation: "the clouds") and produced in their "in-house propaganda studio", located, not surprisingly in "a secure base in the ungoverned tribal areas of western Pakistan". According to this article, over the past year, as-Sahab has released 97 original videos, some of them "documentary-quality films, iPod files and cellphone videos". This allegedly represents a six-fold increase over 2005!

By Gurmeet Kanwal, IANS,

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmud Qureshi said after a visit to New Delhi last month that most of the outstanding differences on the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline had been resolved and that the three countries were now in a position to reach final agreement at the next round of joint talks. In order to allay India's apprehensions, Qureshi also conveyed Pakistan's offer to guarantee the physical security of the gas pipeline.

By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi,

The Amarnath shrine is claimed to be some thousand years old and forms an important part of Hindu pilgrimages. The Hindu legend has it that Shiva recounted to Parvati the secret of creation in a cave in Amarnath, situated at an altitude of 12,760 ft, about 141 km from Srinagar and 44 km from the town of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir.

By Amulya Ganguli, IANS,

The nuclear deal controversy seems to have brought out some of the worst aspects of Indian politics. As much is evident from the cynical manner in which several parties are trying to communalise the issue by suggesting, without a shred of factual evidence, that Muslims will be antagonised by the pact with the US.

By Dr. Javaid Rahi

This is narration of 5th day of the strike in Kashmir Valley. I was busy in reading a local newspaper while my five years old son (Ali Gujjar) called my attention towards television and said "See Papa-Gujjar Gujjar Hai Hai" !!. I increased the volume of my television and with all inquisitiveness watched the television.

By Asghar Ali Engineer,

By Ceem Haidar, CGNews,

As I walked into the traditional living room of our Baalbek home in rural Lebanon, the television was on full blast. My family was gathered around and watching intently. I turned my gaze to find Eva Longoria acting in Desperate Housewives, the Emmy-award winning, prime time soap opera.