New Delhi: General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sitaram Yechury criticized the Delhi police investigation into the February riots, in which several students and civil liberties activists have been arrested. Friday evening, The wire reported that intellectuals and political party leaders, including Yechury, Swaraj leader Abhiyan Yogendra …
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New Delhi: Since the riots in northeast Delhi in February that killed 53 people, Delhi police have summoned several people in an attempt to investigate the “conspiracy” behind the violence. Among those questioned are four labor rights activists. Khajuri Khas, where the four activists were most vocal during protests against …
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Chandigarh: The formal commissioning of the first five of the 36 Dassault Rafale multifunction fighters in the Indian Air Force (IAF) at Ambala Air Force Station on 10 September was accompanied by dire splendor at a time of greatest hardship. national and military tension with China. The five twin-engine fighters, …
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Patna: As widely anticipated, the National Democratic Alliance coalition parties in Bihar have incorporated the death of Sushant Singh Rajput into their campaigns for the upcoming assembly elections in the state. None other than the Chief Minister of State, Nitish Kumar, who also heads Janata Dal (United), displayed his name …
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New Delhi: Calling the 23.9% drop in economic growth in the June quarter alarming, former Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan has said the bureaucracy should grow out of complacency and take meaningful action. The current crisis requires a more thoughtful and active government, he said, adding that “sadly, after an …
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New Delhi: Eight former IPS officers, including former General Directors of Police (DGP), have mobilized the Bombay High Court against the “unfair, malicious and false media campaign” against the Mumbai police in the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. The “media trial” must be stopped, the statement urged the court. The …
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Dear editors, Forgive me for writing to all of you collectively and not individually. Also for approaching you publicly. On principle, I hate the idea of addressing a person publicly even on matters that may have consequences for people and public life beyond correspondents. However, there is a reason to …
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New Delhi: Justice Arun Mishra’s last day as Supreme Court justice left something of a controversy, just as did his eventful six-year tenure. In a letter to the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Dushyant Dave, made a strong exception to …
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During a recent phone conversation with lead attorney Ravi Varma Kumar, I asked him, “How is the Supreme Court doing?” We were speaking in the background of the court ruling of three Supreme Court justices that found Prashant Bhushan’s tweets to be in contempt of court. Ravi said: “The judiciary …
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Srinagar: The thought of losing his sight kept Tanveer awake all night. “Have the doctors arrived?” the 16-year-old repeatedly asked his father, Nazir Ahmad. This morning, as a surgeon carefully removed the padding from Tanveer’s bruised eyes, his father ran out into the hospital corridor and cried. “His right eye …
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