SIR EXTENDED IN SIX STATES, NOT IN RAJASTHAN
NEW DELHI: The duration of the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise to clean up voter rolls has been extended in five states and a Union Territory, the Election Commission said today. They are Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The enumeration period for Goa, Gujarat, Lakshadweep, Rajasthan and […]
A Song, Not a Political Football: Vande Mataram, Parliament and the Politics of Memory
Vande Mataram: Echoes of History in Parliament’s Heated Debate Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay penned *Vande Mataram* in 1875 as a hymn evoking the motherland’s natural splendour, later expanded in his 1882 novel *Anandamath*, set amid the devastating Great Bengal Famine of the 1770s that claimed millions due to drought and East India Company exploitation. This war […]
TDP-BJP TENSION DEEPENS ON PM MODI’S SILENCE ON INDIGO CRISIS
NEW DELHI: Fresh tremors have been felt within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after reports of growing unease between the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the BJP, triggered by the handling of the recent IndiGo Airlines crisis. Senior leaders close to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu are said to be deeply upset over […]
