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 …
Read More »The Supreme Court hears at least six petitions from Arnab Goswami in nine months
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has prioritized at least six petitions filed by Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami in the past nine months, while many citizens languish in jails, waiting weeks and months for a hearing. Demonstrating just how efficient the high court could be, it heard and resolved most …
Read More »Protests against farm laws have a familiar pattern
If there is anyone who should not be surprised by the sustained and widespread opposition of farmers to the laws passed in September, it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Because these “reforms” bear exactly the same stamp of arrogance, lack of consultation and foresight that has characterized all the important …
Read More »Husband arrested under ‘anti-conversion’ law, woman allowed to return to family
New Delhi: Pinki, a woman who was forced to go to a foster home because she was in an interfaith marriage and whose husband was arrested by the police, has said in court that she is an adult, married of her own free will and wanted to return to the …
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