IN UTTARAKHAND, CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER GETS SIR NOTICE
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttarakhand has reached the doorsteps of top government officials and public representatives, with the state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) BVRC Purushottam, a BJP MLA and the Kumaon Commissioner among those receiving notices as part of the statewide voter verification exercise. The […]
INDIA, PAK MAINTAIN FUNCTIONAL TIES THROUGH DGMO, NUCLEAR DATA EXCHANGE: JAISHANKAR
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday informed Parliament that India and Pakistan continue to maintain functional engagements despite ongoing challenges in bilateral relations. These include talks at the level of the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMO), the exchange of pre-notification regarding the flight testing of ballistic missiles, the annual exchange of […]
Looking at RSS Chief Bhagwat’s outreach to Gen Z and Gen Alpha
New Delhi, 07 August—Widely publicized and much advertised outreach of Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat to Gen Z and Gen Alpha students in Mumbai on August 6 turned out to be quoting English Poet Willian Shakespear “full of sound and fury signifying nothing”. None other than Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijit Dipke hit […]
DELHI, NCR HIT BY HEAVY RAIN & WATER-LOGGING
NEW DELHI: Continuous rainfall lashed Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Friday, bringing respite from the recent spell of heat and humidity but leaving several parts of the region waterlogged and causing major traffic disruptions. With heavy showers continuing through the day, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for Delhi-NCR, […]
News of the day
1.Parliament Adjourned for the Day Amid Opposition Protests Over NEET, Ram Mandir Donation Row Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned for the day after repeated Opposition protests over the NEET issue and alleged Ram Mandir donation theft. Persistent sloganeering and demands for discussions on both matters disrupted proceedings throughout the day’s Monsoon Session. 2.Kharge Seeks […]
Gen Z Is Not a Lab to Capture: Bhagwat’s Soft Words Cannot Hide Hard Realities
The spectacle was carefully staged. Nearly two thousand teenagers from a hundred cities were summoned to Mumbai’s glittering Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre. The RSS chief, Mohan Bhagwat, stood before them and delivered lines that would make any liberal applaud. Protesting youth are not anti-national. Their grievances over examination scandals and a commercialised education system […]
After Bankipur, an Academic Predicts the “Climax” of Modi and the RSS
In the days following the BJP’s loss of its long-held Bankipur assembly seat in Bihar, journalist Umakant Lakhera interviewed Professor Jagdishwar Chaturvedi who served as president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union in the mid-1980s and later retired as a professor from Calcutta University about the political situation facing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and […]
BANNED IMPORTED CIGARETTES WORTH RS 1 CR SEIZED IN DELHI
NEW DELHI: Four people have been arrested after Delhi Police seized over 2.82 lakh prohibited imported cigarettes worth more than Rs 1 crore from northeast Delhi in a major crackdown on the illegal tobacco trade, an officer said on Thursday. The seizure was made in two phases, with police recovering consignments from Karawal Nagar and […]
WITH FCRA BILL, BJP RISKS LOSING DELIMITATION BACKERS
NEW DELHI: The corridors of Parliament were abuzz on Wednesday afternoon with speculation over whether the government would push for the FCRA bill this week, or delay it to address the elephant in the room — the delimitation bill. While the government needs a simple majority for the passage of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment […]
RAGE OVER CASTE RESERVATION SPILLS ONTO STREETS
NEW DELHI: From Nagpur to Lucknow to Jaipur and Visakhapatnam, anti-reservation protests are being reported from several cities even as a parallel campaign against caste-based quotas is gathering pace online. With several Assembly elections approaching, the growing chorus against reservation could reopen India’s most politically sensitive fault lines. Over the past few weeks, a series […]
