Mrs. Sita Jha, Mother of Veteran Journalist Shrinand Jha, Passes Away at 95
Mrs. Sita Jha, mother of Shrinand Jha, a senior member of the Rashtradoot Delhi Bureau, passed away on Thursday morning. She was 95. She breathed her last in the early hours at Fortis Hospital, Sector 62, Noida. According to family sources, she had been seriously ill for the past few months. Shrinand Jha is a […]
SC SETS UP PANEL TO PROBE COP ACTION DURING NEET PROTESTS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday constituted a five-member High-Powered Expert Committee (HPEC) to examine allegations of excessive and disproportionate use of force by the police, paramilitary forces, and other security personnel against peaceful protesters assembled at Jantar Mantar in Delhi and other states against the NEET paper leak. The committee is headed by […]
‘Who is true nationalist’ battle between BJP and Congress ‘Vande Mataram’ goes to people’s court
(Photo) Courtesy : The Week New Delhi, 20 August— A fierce battle about ‘Who is true nationalist’ between the ruling RSS- BJP and the principal opposition party the Congress is being currently fought in the people’s court as the ruling establishment is desperately trying to project its main political adversary in bad light over whether […]
Supreme Court forms panel to probe into Police excesses on protesters at Jantar Mantar on 20 July
New Delhi, 20 August—As promised earlier this week, the Supreme Court today announced a high-powered five-member panel headed by retired apex court judge R Subhash Reddy to probe the allegations of police excesses on protesters on July 20 at Jantar Mantar here. Besides Justice Reddy, the committee will comprise former Punjab and Haryana high court […]
SONIA’S MEMOIRS COMING SOON
NEW DELHI: For decades, Sonia Gandhi has remained one of the most private and enigmatic figures in Indian politics, with little known publicly about her life beyond politics, power and 10 Janpath. Her upcoming memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, promises a rare glimpse into the woman behind the politician—from her childhood in post-war Italy […]
Three Years of Miyawaki Urban Forestry in Dehradun: Over 90% Survival Rate
Dehradun : Three years ago, on August 20, 2023, a pilot experiment in urban forestry based on the Japanese Miyawaki technique was initiated near Major Vivek Gupta Chowk on the Panditwari Main Road in Vasant Vihar, Dehradun. As part of the initiative, more than 300 saplings of local and regionally suitable species were planted. The […]
CONG RAISES CASTE ALARM ON CENSUS 2027
NEW DELHI: India is preparing to count caste as part of the decadal Census nationally after decades, but a battle has already begun with the Opposition asking if the process is foolproof. The Congress party has questioned the way castes will be recorded in Census 2027, particularly the decision to use an open-ended question rather […]
BJP’S MANPREET MANOEUVRE FOR PUNJAB POLLS
NEW DELHI: On January 5, 2022, then Congress leader Manpreet Singh Badal was on the Bathinda airport tarmac to receive Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, isolating himself after two of his staff tested positive for Covid, had sent Manpreet, the finance minister, in his place. The state chief secretary and […]
FOR PUNJAB POLLS, BJP MAY TRY HARYANA BLUEPRINT, TEAMS FROM RAJASTHAN
NEW DELHI: The BJP’s Satish Poonia from Rajasthan, appointed the party’s Punjab in-charge, has started prepping the strategy for Punjab Assembly elections due next year – which by most accounts, could follow the pattern used in Haryana to great success. The plan focuses on separate teams for every assembly seat, small groups for different areas, […]
ENCROACHMENT OUTSIDE PAK HIGH COMMISSION REMOVED IN A TIT-FOR-TAT MOVE
NEW DELHI: A section of structures outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi was demolished with bulldozers after authorities found them to be beyond the mission’s approved boundary, officials said on Thursday. The action was carried out by the agencies concerned using a JCB machine, which removed the structures and barricades erected along the […]
