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) […]
The Poet Who Refused to Leave Poetry at the Studio Door
Remembering Jan Nisar Akhtar on His 50th Death Anniversary Half a century after his passing, the legendary Urdu poet and lyricist remains a monument to poetic integrity, bridging the revolutionary fervour of the progressive movement with the tender romance of Hindi cinema. On August 19, 2026, half a century has elapsed since Jan Nisar Akhtar […]
Pukar lo, tumhara intezar hai..: Gulzar at 92 and the Architecture of Human Emotion
When August 18 arrives, Indian cinema and literature pause to honor a master craftsman whose pen has quietly defined the emotional vocabulary of multiple generations. Turning 92, the poet, lyricist, filmmaker, and author born Sampooran Singh Kalra stands as a monument to cultural continuity—a rare artist who bridged the grand Urdu literary tradition of the […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
