Amazing story of Justice Murlidhar reads like a fairy tale
New Delhi, 26 June—An obvious victim of the mechanisms of the country’s judicial system, Justice S Murlidhar’s scathing report accusing Israeli security forces of deliberately targeting and killing Palestinian children reads like a fairy tale raising hope against hope that such honest, courageous and upright judges exist. Six years ago in February 2020, as deadly […]
Rahul Gandhi demands apology from Dharmendra Pradhan for calling protesting students ‘terrorists’
New Delhi, 25 June— Lashing out at the Modi government for drowning in “arrogance of power”, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has demanded Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s immediate apology over the statement that Cockroach Janata Party protesters are a “B-team of terrorists”. Evidence of arrogance of power reflects in Pradhan’s comment, the Congress leader said […]
Nation bewildered over ‘passport not proof of citizenship’, Modi government shrugs it off: ‘Not new rule’
New Delhi, 25 June—Even as a number of perplexed voices online outraged at the news about passports not being proof of citizenship, and linked it to the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Centre unabashedly maintained that a passport has never been proof of citizenship. Making a common cause with the millions of […]
Iran’s invitation to India for Khamenei’s funeral traps Prime Minister Modi into a catch 22 situation
New Delhi, 24 June– Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s reported invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the burial ceremonies for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei seems to have trapped India into a catch 22 situation. While the Modi government is neither confirming nor denying the invitation but sources said that Modi is not very […]
Dharmendra Pradhan breaks his silence calling Cockroach Janata Party as ‘B team of disruptive elements’
New Delhi, 23 June- Even as his government is trying to frustrate the newly emerged Cockroach Janata Party’s movement by tiring it out at the Janata Mantar where its founder Abhijit Dipke is on protest since June 20, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today broke his silence by attacking it sharply and labelled it as the […]
Congress demands SC judge led probe into Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Yadav’s land scam in Ujjain
New Delhi, 23 June—The RSS-BJP ecosystem is coming under tremendous popular pressure as after swindling of the donations running into crore of Rupees from the coffers of at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya last week, the media exposure of the massive land scam in Ujjain by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and his family […]
British Prime Minister Starmer resigns; Andy Burnham front runner
New Delhi, 22 June—British Prime Minister Keith Starmer today announced his resignation, paving the way for Britan to have its seventh leader in 10 years with his rival Andy Burnham being tipped as a front runner to take over the reins to lead the United Kingdom. Till a new leader is elected by the […]
Diplomacy back in action in Switzerland as US and Iran struggle to put the process in motion
New Delhi, 20 June— In a move to give diplomacy a chance, mediators Pakistan and Qatar are holding a series of meetings in Switzerland to start the technical talks between Washington and Tehran to put the process of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by US President Dondald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday […]
Protest to continue at Janatar Mantar till Pradhan resigns, announces CJP chief Dipke
New Delhi, 20 June— In an announcement reflecting toughening of stance, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijit Dipke on Saturday said he will not leave Jantar Mantar until Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan puts in his papers while asking Delhi Police to extend permission to let the protest continue. Innovating the till now mode of protest and […]
Popular outrage erupts after a Nagpur student allotted Abu Dhabi as NRRT-UG centre
New Delhi, 20 June—The Opposition trained its guns on the Modi government after popular outrage erupted on Saturday after a NEET-UG aspirant from Maharashtra’s Nagpur was allotted an examination centre in Abu Dhabi for the re-examination to be held on Sunday. Leading the attack, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi charged the […]