‘Why do education ministers, officials send their kids to private schools’, asks CJP founder Dipke
New Delhi, 18 August—In an embarrassing question to country’s ruling establishment, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijit Dipke today asked as why education ministers and officials send their children to private schools and not to government schools. The question posed by Dipke raises some fundamental questions as the right to equal opportunity under Right […]
Supreme Court Panel to Probe Police Excesses Against Jantar Mantar Protesters
(Photo) Courtesy : Deshabhimani New Delhi, 18 August—In a significant development likely to have negative bearing on the Modi government, the Supreme Court today said that a high-level committee, comprising a retired CBI DG and a former DGP of state, will be formed to look into the allegations of police excesses during the recent Cockroach […]
JNU Professor’s Independence Day address to Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in Delhi cancelled after VHP threat
New Delhi, 14 August—In an unfortunate development reflecting a sharp deterioration in the secular ethos in the national capital, an Independence Day address by political scientist and JNU Professor emerita Zoya Hasan at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in Delhi was cancelled at the last minute today after a group of VHP members reportedly gathered outside the school. […]
Railways defrauded passengers to tune Rs 168 crores, finds CAG in its audit report through superfast surcharge
New Delhi, 14 August—In a scathing audit report, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has found that the Indian Railways defrauded passengers collecting around ₹168 crore in superfast surcharge trains that did not meet the prescribed speed criteria. The irregular collection took place between April 2022 and March 2023 and involved more than […]
After Galwan, Now Arunachal: Kharge Demands Answers From Modi and Shah
New Delhi, 14 August—Maintaining pressure on the BJP led NDA government, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today demanded answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah over reports that China has restricted Indian troops from patrolling certain areas of Arunachal Pradesh. Kharge said India stands firmly behind its armed forces and remains united against […]
Ruling BJP and Opposition indulge in blame game holding each other responsible for a wasted Monsoon session
New Delhi, 13 August- In the 80th year of the country’s independence, the country’s politics has come to such a sorry pass that the ruling BJP led NDA and the INDIA block opposition today indulged in blame game accusing each other for wasting the 25-days long Monsoon session of parliament coming to end today while both […]
RSS and Hinduatva groups feed students on protest in Jharkhand
(Photo) Courtesy : Telegraph India New Delhi, 13 August– Interesting dimensions have emerged on the continuing protests in Jharkhand as it became knows that workers of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Hindutva groups are prominent among those who are feeding the protesting students in Jharkhand, which has a non-BJP government, in stark contrast to the agitation […]
Jantar Mantar season 2 going to start very soon, says CJP founder Dipke
New Delhi, 12 August— Reflecting frustration over the Modi government’s unkept promises for ending the youth protests in the Union capital last month, Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhjit Dipke today said the CJP is getting ready to launch another round of street action. “Season 2 of Jantar-Mantar” while accusing the BJP of trying to stop […]
BJP-led NDA uses Jharkhand youth protests to counter INDIA bloc’s Amit Shah demand
New Delhi, 11 August—In more than apparent move to turn the tables on the INDIA block’s demand of Union Home Minister Amit Shah making a statement on Police brutalities against protesters at Jantar Mantar on 20 July, the ruling NDA MPs today led a march inside Parliament shouting slogans over the “brutal” police action on […]
Modi government seeks to outsmart the opposition saying Amit Shah ready for debate on student protests but opposition must listen peacefully
New Delhi, 10 August— In a cunning move to project the unrelenting Opposition negatively in the public eyes, Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju today put unprecedented conditions saying that the government is ready for a debate in the Lok Sabha on the student protests as well as police action and Union home minister Amit Shah will […]