New Delhi: For the first time in India’s highly competitive television news industry, whose reporters and anchors were often rushed to air stories or news that subsequently turn out to be incorrect or even fabricated, India Today has taken senior presenter and consulting editor Rajdeep off the air. Sardesai. for …
Read More »Stand-up comedian, 4 others arrested for complaint of BJP leader’s son
New Delhi: Munawar Faruqui, a comedian from Gujarat, was arrested in Indore on Saturday along with four others after the son of a BJP MLA filed a complaint accusing them of making “indecent comments” about Hindu deities and the Union Interior Minister, Amit Shah, during a New Years Show. A …
Read More »Is a divided and confused America the perfect setting for Donald Trump’s coup?
President Donald Trump’s stealthy and progressive ‘coup attempt’ remains a major political problem as he enters the final stretch of his presidency. It has successfully carried out its threat to challenge by all means at its disposal the electoral defeat of November 2020, including legal action, political pressure, the promotion …
Read More »Dissident and Defiant Citizen is Indian of the Year
In an environment where dissent is seen as an act of rebellion, even sedition, where people are imprisoned for defending their rights, and where even a cartoon or a joke can irritate politicians, some indigenous people have made it known that they will not flinch. Especially when it comes to …
Read More »IIM Ahmedabad to raze historic dormitories
New Delhi: The proposal from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad to tear down buildings on the heritage campus designed by famous architect Louis Kahn and replace them with new buildings has caused quite a stir. The rationale for the proposal is that the 18 student dormitories, built in …
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 …
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