SAUGATA ROY REJECTS BJP’S OFFER TO LEAVE TRINAMUL
New Delhi: Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and Lok Sabha MP Saugata Roy has claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) approached him with an offer to switch sides, but he firmly rejected the proposal. Speaking to reporters, Roy said he remains loyal to the party led by Mamata Banerjee and has no intention of […]
INDIA-US TRADE DEAL BY JULY
NEW DELHI: India could sign the first tranche of its long-awaited trade agreement with the United States as early as July, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday, signalling that negotiations between the two countries are entering the final stretch despite recent tariff tensions. The minister’s remarks come at a time when India […]
SOLAR STORM TO HIT EARTH MONDAY NIGHT
NEW DELHI: The sky over India is about to do something extraordinary. A massive solar storm is hitting Earth tonight, and auroras, popularly known as northern lights, are closer to home than you ever imagined. Here is everything you need to know before midnight. The Sun has been building to this for days. The star […]
ACTION SOUGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTIONS IN DELHI
NEW DELHI: Senior advocate Ajit Kumar Sinha, a court-appointed amicus curiae has moved the Supreme Court seeking various directions, including the one asking civic body MCD to file an affidavit indicating the survey conducted and action taken against illegal and unauthorised constructions in the national capital. The urgent intervention has been sought following the collapse […]
Khwaja Ahmed Abbas at 112: The Conscience of India’s Cinema and Public Life
Khwaja Ahmed Abbas belonged to a generation of Indian intellectuals who believed that literature, theatre, journalism and cinema could be instruments of social change. Born on 7 June 1914 in Panipat and active until his death in 1987, Abbas wore many hats—novelist, short‑story writer, journalist, screenwriter, director, documentarian and cultural activist. Yet beneath those labels […]
Dipke promises to continue country wide protests and promises to return to Jantar Mantar soon if Pradhan doesn’t resign
New Delhi, 06 June— Midst widespread disbelief over Delhi Police granting permission to hold protest at Jantar Mantar, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke today gave an ultimatum to the government, saying that his outfit would hold protests across India if Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan does not resign by 5 PM today. With no resignation […]
The Extraordinary Chronicler of Ordinary Lives: Why Basu Chatterjee’s Cinema Feels Like Home*
There was a time when walking into a movie theater did not require buckling up for exploding cars, hyper-masculine vendettas, or synthetic, localized grandiosity. It meant stepping into a world that felt exactly like the one you left behind at the ticket counter. At the forefront of this gentle literary and visual revolution stood Basu […]
Ladakh leader joins Cockroch Janata Party protest
NEW DELHI: Activist and educator Sonam Wangchuk joined the Cockroach Janta Party’s protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, urging the government to address students’ hardships and reform the existing education system. “I don’t like protests, but we have to do it for justice,” he said while backing the demonstrators’ demands. Meanwhile, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, leading […]
RAJASTHAN TO LONDON COUNCIL SEAT
NEW DELHI: Over a century ago, Dadabhai Naoroji, who was known as the “Grand Old Man of India”, became the first Asian and Indian to be elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons in the UK in 1892. He represented the Central Finsbury seat in London. Dadabhai used Westminster to voice […]
Z+ security of Lalu, Rabri withdrawn: RJD men guard home with sticks
NEW DELHI: Upset over the Bihar government withdrawing their Z-plus security cover, former Chief Ministers Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife, Rabri Devi, sent away the new security detail Saturday morning. The senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders were this week provided security cover by the Bihar Special Armed Police (BSAP) after the state government […]
