Written by Ritu Sharma, edited by Explained Desk | Ahmedabad | Updated: December 25, 2020 10:47:04 am The board of the Indian Institute of Administration in Ahmedabad has decided to demolish the dormitories built by the legendary American architect Louis Kahn on its campus. sparking a controversy. The restoration of …
Read More »Tell us when you want to speak, ready for a ‘logical’ solution: Government to farmers unions
A day after farmers’ unions, protesting on the Delhi borders against the new farm laws, said they are open to talks if a more concrete proposal is made, the government responded on Thursday saying it is ready for a “resolution. logic “of all the problems raised by farmers. . In …
Read More »Outrage as IIM-A to raze iconic bedrooms designed by Louis Kahn
Controversy has arisen over the decision of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, to tear down 18 student residences built by legendary American architect Louis Kahn on the old campus, also called “heritage campus”, and replace them with new buildings. The plan to replace the buildings, built in the 1960s, …
Read More »ABOVE: Walking home with friend after birthday party, Muslim youth reserved under ‘love jihad’ law
Days after her friend, whom she was walking home with after a birthday party in Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh, was hired with the one-month-old baby. anti-conversion law and charged with charges under the sections of the SC / ST Act, and the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO), …
Read More »Farm Laws: As Pressure Mounts, Dushyant Offers to Be a Mediator
WITH PRESSURE mounting on the BJP-JJP government in Haryana from farmers’ protests, Senior Vice Minister Dushyant Chautala offered on Thursday to act as a mediator between farmers and the Center to resolve the standoff. This happened on a day when a group of villagers used shovels to damage a temporary …
Read More »Farmers protest: BJP sees plot, others give weight but socially distanced
For now, farmers’ protests in Punjab against the Center’s three agricultural laws are bringing together, despite their differing and often conflicting interests, sectors of farmers large and small, landless farm workers and commission agents. It is also a time of unity for Punjab’s notoriously fragmented agricultural unions. The turmoil is …
Read More »Amshipora murders: found guilty, Major will face action
An Army officer with the rank of Major has been found guilty in the murder of three Rajouri workers, which security forces initially claimed were terrorists, in the Shopian district of J&K in July this year, The Indian Express has learned. All three, one of them 16, had gone to …
Read More »Delhi Police Searches Office Of Pracha, Lawyer In Several Riot Cases
The Delhi Police Special Cell searched the office of lawyer Mahmood Pracha in Nizamuddin East on Thursday. Pracha Law firm Legal Axis is defending various defendants in different cases related to the Delhi riots in February this year; These cases include those in which sections of the strict Illicit Activities …
Read More »11 opposition parties issue joint statement against the government: who spreads falsehoods?
Even as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been coordinating with opposition leaders to hold a joint rally by anti-BJP leaders in Kolkata, on Thursday the CPM worked behind the scenes to get 11 parties, including the NCP, DMK and Congress, issue a joint statement against the BJP government …
Read More »With the government’s notification of the merger of 23 villages in the civic boundaries, Pune becomes the largest city in the state
Written by Ajay Jadhav | Pune | Updated: December 24, 2020 1:10:20 am In its draft notification, the government said the PMC boundaries were altered by the state under the powers conferred under the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act. (Photo Express) With the Maharashtra government issuing a draft notice on the …
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