A Patriotic Disaster: How Compulsory ‘Vande Mataram’ is Fracturing a Great Nation
In 2026, the Indian Parliament passed a strange ‘Prevention of Insults to National Honour’ (Amendment) Bill. This amendment brought the two-stanza national song ‘Vande Mataram’ under the same legal protections reserved only for the National Anthem and the National Flag. That very measure by the outnumbering ruling party members in the Parliament, triggered a […]
‘Won’t be easy this time, be ready for a prolonged agitation’, says CJP before October 10 protest against CEC
New Delhi, 07 October—Announcing a joint protest with other student and youth organisations beginning from October 10, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) today called for nationwide mobilisation ahead of their agitation against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, warning that the agitation could be prolonged and would continue until the electoral system is overhauled. CJP co-convener […]
Opposition MPs continue protests against Gyanesh Kumar marching to Jantar Mantar
New Delhi, 07 October—A day after the high-voltage standoff with Delhi Police with detentions of Gandhi siblings yesterday, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi today led INDIA bloc MPs to go to Jantar Mantar and stage a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged “vote chori” and SIR irregularities. The decision […]
PM GIVES INDIA 5 BIG TARGETS
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday tried to infuse renewed energy into the country’s growth ambitions by giving a new slogan, “We will do it”. Celebrating his 25 years as head of various governments, Modi gave five big targets to citizens, with the huge crowd at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New […]
OLD VIGILANCE CASE DUG OUT IN KERALA AGAINST GYANESH KUMAR
NEW DELHI: An old vigilance case in Kerala against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, while he was public works department (PWD) secretary in the state, has reared its head 20 years on. The Congress-led government has reopened the case pertaining to a major road project undertaken by PATI-BEL, an Indo-Malaysian joint venture. The 2006 case, […]
EC ON WHY IT REJECTED CONG’S MEETING PROPOSAL
NEW DELHI: Hours after the INDIA bloc MPs marched towards the Election Commission and staged a day-long protest, the poll panel on Tuesday evening said no political party sought an appointment through its authorised representatives for a meeting with it till 4 pm. The Commission said the Delhi Police later informed it that a delegation […]
AKHILESH SKIPS THIRD RAJYA SABHA CANDIDATE
NEW DELHI: With the BJP having nominated eight candidates and the SP sticking to two, voting has been ruled out, allowing both sides to claim their share without a contest. The Samajwadi Party’s decision not to field a third candidate in the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha elections is being viewed by political observers as a […]
OPPOSITION’S LUNCH ON WEDNESDAY FOR STRATEGY
NEW DELHI: After a day of high drama in the Capital that saw a dharna by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and later detentions, the Opposition INDIA bloc sat down at a popular Delhi restaurant for lunch on Wednesday to chalk out its strategy going forward. The Opposition MPs assembled at Sagar Ratna restaurant on […]
Allahabaad HC has highest 4 SC judges
NEW DELHI: The Allahabad High Court has four judges in the Supreme Court, followed by three each from Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab & Haryana nd two each from Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Madras. There are seven High Courts which do not have a single Supreme Court judge. They are J&K, Himachal, […]
When the Apex Court Draws a Line: Form 6 and the Crisis of Collegial Authority
The architecture of democratic institutions rests on a simple but non-negotiable premise: those charged with safeguarding the electoral process must themselves operate within the bounds of collective responsibility and statutory restraint. On 5 October 2026, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, delivered an oral observation that […]
