MAYAWATI’S BRAHMIN BET TO REVIVE 2007 COALITION
(Photo) Courtesy : The Indian Express NEW DELHI: In a big outreach to the Brahmin community, Mayawati has given a prime role related to elections to her confidante and the party’s Brahmin face, Satish Chandra Mishra. “Haathi Nahi Ganesh Hai… Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh Hai…” Bahujan Samaj Party’s slogan in 2007 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections redefined […]
CHINA ORDERS ITS AGENCIES TO UNINSTALL WINDOWS TO CUT DEPENDENCE ON US TECH
NEW DELHI: China is moving away from Windows. Government officials have reportedly ordered state agencies to uninstall Windows 10 from their computers as Beijing tries to reduce its dependence on US tech. Instead, state agencies are expected to switch to domestic alternatives based on Linux. As per a report from Bloomberg, the Chinese Ministry of […]
HOW TWO KEY MUSLIMS IN BJP’S NEW TEAM MATTER IN UP POLL CAMPAIGN
NEW DELHI: The BJP’s decision to give two prominent Muslim leaders from Uttar Pradesh key positions in its new national team comes at a significant moment in the state where assembly elections will be due in early 2027. The appointments of former Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) vice-chancellor Tariq Mansoor as BJP national vice-president and Uttar […]
ANOTHER CONG LEADER CHALLENGES RAJA WARRING
NEW DELHI: The latest flashpoint is Brinder Singh Dhillon, former Punjab Youth Congress president and former Rupnagar District Congress Committee president, who has launched a sharp offensive against Warring through his social media posts. Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring is facing growing dissent from within the party, with a section of second rung […]
CONG-SP MERGER FANTASY BIGGEST SELF-GOAL
NEW DELHI: Political Delhi has a weakness for grand solutions. When alliance talks are tedious, seat-sharing becomes rancorous, and local leaders refuse to yield, a merger can appear seductively simple. Why negotiate every election if two parties can simply become one? That is precisely why the suggestion that the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) […]
RAM TEMPLE DONATION THEFT: SIT’S CLEAN CHIT TO CHAMPAT RAI
(Photo) Courtesy : Dynamite News NEW DELHI: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the alleged fraud at the Ayodhya Ram Temple has absolved the former general secretary Champat Rai and ex-trust member Anil Mishra of any criminal or procedural responsibility in the matter in the final report. Both had resigned from the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi […]
PAK SUPREME COURT SHIFTS IMRAN KHAN TO PRIVATE HOSPITAL
(Photo) Courtesy : Free Press Journal NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the immediate transfer of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan from Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail to a private hospital following escalating medical concerns regarding severe vision deterioration in his right eye. It ordered authorities to transfer former Prime Minister Imran Khan to Shifa International […]
AAP’S COPYRIGHT CRACKDOWN ON JOURNALISTS
NEW DELHI: As laws around what can be posted on social media keep evolving, so is the anxiety over state crackdowns and mass content takedowns. A recent example is the restrictions and removals of content critical of the Narendra Modi government in the wake of the Gen Z movement. Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal […]
SC SEEKS ADVICE ON RAM MANDIR SIT PROBE
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has permitted the petitioners and other bona fide public-spirited persons to suggest aspects requiring investigation by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged embezzlement of offerings made by devotees at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The Court directed that such suggestions be submitted to the office of Solicitor General […]
HALF OF CHIEF MINISTERS FACE SERIOUS CRIMINAL CASES, SC TOLD
NEW DELHI: In the decade-old proceedings for expediting trials in criminal case against sitting/former MPs/MLAs, amicus curiae and senior advocate Vijay Hansaria has informed the Supreme Court that there are serious criminal cases against chief ministers of 14 of the 28 states, a list topped by Telangana’s A Revanth Reddy who faces 89 cases. West […]
