PAK BANS AL JAZEERA AFTER REPORTS ON PoK CRACKDOWN
NEW DELHI: Pakistan has reportedly blocked access to Al Jazeera after the influential Qatari broadcaster released a series of reports on Islamabad’s brutal crackdown on anti-government protests and election-related protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif-led government has not announced any formal ban on the broadcaster so far, but multiple users across […]
BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT ADJOURNED FOR THE DAY
NEW DELHI: Both the Houses of Parliament were adjourned for the day on Tuesday to reconvene on Wednesday after the Lok Sabha passed Appropriation Bill, 2026 amid Opposition protest, and the Rajya Sabha Births and Deaths Registration Bill that was cleared by the Lok Sabha last week. Tuesday saw multiple adjournments in both the Houses […]
Prashant Kishore Wins Bankipur, Congress Retains Datia in BJP Setback
New Delhi, 03 August—In a major setback to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party lost two assembly byelections in party ruled Bihar and Madhya Pradesh as Jan Suraj founder Prashant Kishor won the prestigious Bankipur assembly sear ending the saffron party’s 22-year grip on the Bankipur Assembly seat and the Congress retaining […]
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Lok Sabha passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, increasing the sanctioned strength from 34 to 38 judges through a voice vote amid Opposition protests over the NEET paper leak and Ram Temple donation row. The House was adjourned for the day. 3.Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh Acquitted in Women Wrestlers’ Sexual Harassment […]
When ‘Culture’ Becomes a Weapon Against Girls Who Speak
A 15-year-old’s angry words at a protest should not cost her safety, privacy or childhood. Yet that is precisely what the machinery of outrage, online mobs and selective policing has delivered.At Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, during the recent Gen Z protests, young women raised their voices against the government. Videos circulated. Within hours, the response was […]
SC: STATES CAN CLOSE FIRs AGAINST PROTESTERS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on August 3 clarified that the States are at liberty to close or withdraw the FIRs, in accordance with law, against students over their participation in the student protests. It clarified its July 28 order, which had observed that the States can proceed with the investigation in the FIRs. The […]
OPPOSITION CALL FOR AMIT SHAH’S PRESENCE IN PARLIAMENT
NEW DELHI: Opposition MPs from the INDIA bloc staged a demonstration near Makar Dwar in the Parliament House complex on Monday. The protest focused on the suspected theft of Ayodhya Ram temple donations and police excesses against students protesting the NEET paper leak. Prominent leaders including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Dimple Yadav, and Mahua Moitra demanded […]
PRASHANT KISHOR WINS BJP-STRONGHOLD BANKIPUR BYPOLL
NEW DELHI: Prashant Kishor used to help others win elections. Now he has won one himself. That too, in a BJP stronghold in a BJP-ruled state, in a seat represented by BJP chief Nitin Nabin over several terms. A former poll strategist who now heads the Jan Suraaj Party (JSP), Kishor has become the newest […]
‘Will the Emperor show his degree?’ Dipke throws challenge saying he will show my scholarship letter thereafter
New Delhi, 03 August— In a challenge to the ruling RSS-BJP ecosystem, Abhijeet Dipke today offered to make public his scholarship and education loan documents if Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows his academic degree. Dipke’s response came after a Right to Information (RTI) activist, who is said to be close to a Gujarat BJP leader, sought […]
A Day to Honour Quiet Builders: The Anglo-Indian Contribution to India and Beyond
On August 2 each year, Anglo-Indians across India and the diaspora mark World Anglo-Indian Day. The occasion commemorates not only a community of mixed European and Indian ancestry but a people whose service has left an enduring imprint on the subcontinent and reached far beyond its shores. The date recalls 2 August 1935, when the […]
