Lal Hit Janta Party floated to counter Cockroach Janta Party
New Delhi, 19 October—In a diversionary move to check culture of protests, a new outfit with Lal Hit Janta Party as its name has been floated to counter the rising acceptability and credibility of the Cockroach Janta Party that has bene demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. As the CJP intensifies […]
VOTERS CAN COMPLAIN AGAINST CANDIDATES FOR FALSE AFFIDAVITS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has held that private individuals can file criminal complaints against elected candidates for offences under Section 125A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, alleging that they furnished false information or concealed information in their election affidavits. A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu held that […]
BANGLADESH EX-AIR CHIEF ARRESTED OVER GRAFT CHARGES
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s former air force chief Sheikh Abdul Hannan has been arrested in Qatar over graft charges against him at home, officials said on Sunday. According to Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the retired air chief marshal allegedly amassed assets worth more than Bangladeshi Taka (Tk) 3.28 crore beyond his known sources of income and […]
Neha Bora moves Delhi High Court against Police notice
New Delhi, 19 October—Challenging the Modi government’s tactics to suppress the vice of dissent, All India Students’ Association (AISA) President Neha Bora today approached the Delhi High Court against a Delhi Police notice asking her to execute a bond before a Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) for “keeping peace”. Bora is likely to seek an urgent […]
DUSHYANT GAUTAM SWORN IN AS SIKKIM GOVERNOR
NEW DELHI: Dushyant Kumar Gautam was sworn in as the 19th Governor of Sikkim at a ceremony held at Lok Bhavan in Gangtok on Monday. His appointment comes amid protests in the state over the controversy surrounding him in connection with the Ankita Bhandari case. The oath of office and secrecy was administered by Sikkim […]
MURLI MANOHAR JOSHI CALLS FOR RAJ DHARMA IN SIKKIM GOVERNOR’S APPOINTMENT
NEW DELHI: Former BJP national president and former union minister Murli Manohar Joshi has raised objections to the announcement of Dushyant Gautam’s appointment as Governor of Sikkim. He has advised the government to uphold its duty of Raj Dharma before taking decisions of this nature. In 2002, then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, deeply disturbed […]
BANGLADESH EX-AIR CHIEF ARRESTED OVER GRAFT CHARGES
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s former air force chief Sheikh Abdul Hannan has been arrested in Qatar over graft charges against him at home, officials said on Sunday. According to Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the retired air chief marshal allegedly amassed assets worth more than Bangladeshi Taka (Tk) 3.28 crore beyond his known sources of income and […]
RAHUL TAKING A BREAK FOR A HOLIDAY?
NEW DELHI: BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on Monday took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his reported overseas trip, asking whether he was travelling to meet his “chaos collaborators” and questioning his absence from India during the Navratri festivities. In a post on X, Bhandari alleged that Gandhi was going abroad for […]
The Immortal Voice of Urdu’s Keats: Remembering Majaz Lakhnavi on His Birth Anniversary
“Bakhshi hain hum ko ishq ne woh jurratein Majaz,Darte nahi siyasat-e-ahl-e-jahan se hum.”(“Love has endowed me with such courage,O Majaz,That I hold no fear of the politics of the people of this world.”) Every year on October 19, the realm of South Asian literature turns its gaze toward the enduring legacy of Asrar-ul-Haq ‘Majaz’ Lakhnavi—a […]
