The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is busy making a virtue of necessity. All the “right” noises are being made about how the democratic process has been restored in the former degraded state of Jammu and Kashmir. As if the voter in that besieged part of the country spoke for …
Read More »‘No Progress in Probe’, Delhi HC takes note of victim’s mother’s plea in ‘National Anthem’ video
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has ordered the Delhi Police Crimes Division to submit a status report on the investigation into the death of the Muslim who was seen on video being beaten by police personnel who had asked him and others to sing the National Anthem during February …
Read More »Punjab farmer protesting against new laws, objects to BJP using his photo
Chandigarh: A Punjab farmer on Tuesday objected to the BJP’s alleged use of his photograph to express that the minimum support price (MSP) will continue, saying that he himself was part of the farmers’ protest against the three farm laws. A poster with a photo of Harpreet Singh appeared on …
Read More »As India reinforces its anti-Muslim creed, where is the outrage from Hindu society?
As 2020 unfolds, two things can be said with certainty about India. One, the state and almost all of its institutions have made it clear that Muslims would be treated as subjects and not as citizens with the same rights as Hindus. Second, there is a growing understanding among Muslims …
Read More »Dissension spills over into West Bengal BJP due to induction of TMC leaders
Calcutta: In a new twist to Bengal’s rapid political changes, Bishnupur MP from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the wife of youth wing chief Saumitra Khan joined Mamata Banerjee’s party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), on Monday afternoon. . This was a surprise as Sujata Mondal Khan had been very active …
Read More »Will the TMC be seriously affected by defections to the BJP?
Calcutta: On Saturday (December 19), while welcoming Suvendu Adhikari, a former Trinamool Congress (TMC) heavyweight, to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a rally in the West Midnapore district, the Minister of the Interior President Amit Shah said a series of defections from now on will leave Mamata Banerjee alone …
Read More »Private laboratory confirms the spontaneous abortion of a 22-year-old woman
New Delhi: A private laboratory in Bijnor has confirmed that the 22-year-old woman, who was sent to a foster home in accordance with a report from a Bajrang Dal unit to Uttar Pradesh police about an alleged case of ‘love jihad’ punished by the anti-conversion ordinance recently enacted in the …
Read More »After being charged in drug arrest, Manipur police officer returns the award for gallantry
New Delhi: Manipur Police Officer Thounaojam Brinda, who in July confronted Chief State Minister N. Biren Singh by alleging in a court document that he was under “ pressure ” from him to release a “ drug lord. drug ”, Police medal for gallantry. The award was presented to her …
Read More »UP Sends Rs 50 Lakh Notice to Farmers for Protesting New Farm Laws
New Delhi: Amid a series of accusations made by many BJP leaders to derail the farmers’ protest, the Uttar Pradesh government sent farmers a Rs 50 lakh notice for protesting against the new agricultural laws. The notices were sent to six leaders in UP’s Sambhal district, mainly from the Bharatiya …
Read More »Missing on Mamata’s Achievement Report Card: Minority Development
Calcutta: Mamata Banerjee’s recently released Trinamool Congress (TMC) report on her rule of the past 10 years is conspicuously absent: figures on minority development. The report card detailed how under the TMC regime, budgets increased two or three times in the sectors of welfare, health, agriculture and education of women …
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