MILITARISATION OF UPCOMING NEET RETEST?
NEW DELHI: The arrangements for high-level, classified, military-grade security and AI facial recognition for the NEET retest on June 21 will only add to the already ballooning exam pressure on candidates and create a new set of problems, former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai said on Tuesday. The comments invited a sharp comeback from […]
BJP CONSOLIDATING NON-YADAV OBC VOTES IN UP AS YOGI EYES THIRD TERM
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh politics is synonymous with caste. Whether it is the upper castes (Savarna), Other Backwards Classes (OBC), or Dalits, caste remains the gravitational center of the state’s political universe. Within this landscape, the OBCs hold the most significant influence after the Dalits. However, the OBC vote is not a monolith; it is […]
RAIN TO REMAIN INACTIVE FOR 7 DAYS, PICK UP PACE FROM JUNE 23
NEW DELHI: Despite the southwest monsoon advancing into more parts of India, widespread monsoon rainfall is likely to remain subdued for at least another week, with weather models indicating a prolonged lull before conditions begin improving around June 23. Meteorologists say the monsoon has technically continued its advance across parts of central and eastern India, […]
FIRST BATCH OF PILGRIMS IN GANGTOK ON KAILASH MANSAROVAR YATRA
NEW DELHI: The first batch of pilgrims for the 2026 Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via the Nathula route arrived in Gangtok on Monday, marking the start of this year’s pilgrimage. A total of 44 pilgrims, 32 men and 12 women, reached the Sikkim capital along with liaison officers, support staff and medical teams. The pilgrims come […]
DMK’S ALL-OUT ATTACK ON RAHUL GANDHI AS “IMMATURE”
NEW DELHI: The DMK has launched a scathing two-pronged attack on Leader of Opposition and former ally Rahul Gandhi. While the party’s IT wing mocked the Congress leader as “a massive joke”, the DMK’s official mouthpiece Murasoli has accused him of weakening opposition unity, questioning the Congress party’s political conduct both within the INDIA bloc […]
Main Vaapas Aaunga: Imtiaz Ali’s Poetic Reckoning with Partition’s Enduring Wound
Naseeruddin Shah as 95 – year old Keenu in “Main Vaapas Aaunga” In the summer of 1947, as British India lurched toward independence, a hastily drawn line by Cyril Radcliffe—a British barrister unfamiliar with the subcontinent—cleaved Punjab and Bengal. Announced on August 17, two days after Independence, this boundary triggered one of history’s largest forced […]
Supreme Court issues notice on challenge to Bihar minister’s unelected reappointment case
New Delhi, June 8: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea challenging the reappointment of Bihar Panchayati Raj Minister Deepak Prakash in the government headed by Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, contending that his continuation in office for a second successive term without being elected to either House of the State Legislature violates […]
Doubts over the awaited US-Iran deal grow as Israel refuses to cooperate
Dr Satish Misra New Delhi, 15 June—Even as the United States and Iran announced that they had reached a deal to end the nearly three-month war in the West Asia region, several questions remain unanswered as American President Donald Trump’s authority gets challenged by none other than its closest ally Israel. On Sunday, it was announced […]
Rule of law abandoned as swift Hindutva justice targets Muslims in Uttarakhand
Dehradun, June 15Two murders within a week in Uttarakhand has brought to focus that the rule of law has ceased to exist and the state BJP government and police are acting on the directions and coercion of Hindutva forces who are ruling the roost.It was tale of two murders which has also brought to light […]
20 REBEL TRINAMUL MPS GET NEW PARTY ADDRESS
NEW DELHI: A little-known political outfit that failed to make any electoral impact in the 2023 Tripura assembly elections has suddenly found itself at the centre of national politics after 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs announced their merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI). The development has transformed the obscure Bengal-based party into […]
