New Delhi: A convoy of at least 10,000 female protesters heading towards Delhi from 14 Punjab districts is led by a female farmer. Harinder Bindu from Bhatinda has been a farmer for no less than 30 years. Bindu has lived his entire life in Punjab with his son, brother, sister-in-law, …
Read More »UP Police Report Contradicts Adityanath’s Claim Of ‘Rise in Love Jihad’
Lucknow: Contrary to the polarizing campaign carried out in the name of ‘love jihad’ by the Uttar Pradesh government and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a ‘special investigation’ launched by the UP Police into the allegations of attraction and forced conversion of women Hindus has turned out to be a wet …
Read More »How the left drifted down the path to the right
On November 21, the Governor of Kerala promulgated the Kerala Police Ordinance (Amendment), 2020 as the legislative assembly is not in session. The cabinet had presented its recommendation to the governor in late October. See this ordinance, a new Section 118A has been introduced in the Kerala Police Act, 2011. …
Read More »Orissa HC clears the way for Jay’s arrest, Jagi Panda
New Delhi: Orissa’s high court has cleared the way for the arrest of BJP National Vice President Baijayant Panda and his wife, Jagi Mangat Panda, in a case of alleged land fraud by a company owned by Panda. The court had previously approved an interim order granting them protection against …
Read More »‘Leaked’ audio spurs allegations of ED offer to coerce testimony against CM
New Delhi: A ‘leaked’ audio recording of a telephone conversation allegedly between defendants in the Kerala Swapna Suresh gold smuggling case and an anonymous person has created a controversy. According to The Hindu, the recording indicates that the Directorate of Execution (ED) may have been trying to coerce Suresh into …
Read More »Right wing tweets #BringBackTrueIndology as cookie debate leads to abrupt halt
New Delhi: The Twitter username ‘True Indology’ was suspended after the account holder got into an online discussion with IPS officer D. Roopa over the claim that firecrackers were part of Hindu tradition and were mentioned in ancient texts. The discussion, which began on Nov. 14, began with the premise …
Read More »SC tells ex-BSF Jawan about Varanasi’s nomination request
New Delhi: While order was reserved on a petition filed by former BSF Jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, the Supreme Court said the issue could not be left pending indefinitely as it concerned the country’s most important office, that of the prime minister. LiveLaw has reported that the petitioner’s lawyer had …
Read More »Amit Shah Calls J&K Alliance ‘Gupkar Gang’; Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti Strikes Back
New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah responded to Union Interior Minister Amit Shah, who on Tuesday called for an alliance of J & K’s main political parties, the ‘Gupkar gang’. Shah said the alliance was an “ungodly global gathbandhan” and that it went …
Read More »Madhya Pradesh to introduce ‘Love Jihad’ bill with 5 years in prison
New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh Interior Minister Narottam Mishra has said that a “love jihad bill”, which includes five years of rigorous imprisonment for “violators”, will soon be introduced to the state assembly. Until now, “love jihad” was not a term recognized by any legal system in India. It was coined …
Read More »Selective focus of the Supreme Court will not avoid the ‘path of destruction’
The Supreme Court’s decision to grant a provisional bond to Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami has sparked strong reactions. Among people who identify themselves as liberal, there are three broad lines of thought. First, there are those who feel that Goswami should not have received a bond in the first place. …
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