Ayodhya Lawyers Enraged Over Temple Fraud As Supreme Court Rejects Urgent Hearing

New Delhi, 29 June— The case of alleged embezzlement of donations collected at the Ram Temple has spiralled into a major embarrassment for the RSS-BJP ruling ecosystem as the Ayodhya Bar Association announced that none of its members would appear for the accused.    There seems to be no respite as investigators widened the probe though […]

‘Ashamed they stayed so long’: Udhhav Thackeray lashes out at rebel MPs

New Delhi, 27 June— In a determined attempt to keep the morale of the party rank and file high, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday sought to reassure party workers after the recent defection of several MPs, asserting that the “true Shivsainiks” continued to stand by him while launching a sharp attack on leaders […]

Setback for M K Stalin as MDMK walks out of DMK-led Alliance

New Delhi, 27 June—In yet another setback to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) has formally withdrawn from the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA), ending a political association that the party said had lasted for nine years. “It is an open secret that arrangements were made to install […]

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 […]