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Praveen Davar The debate focusses too narrowly on the choice of the Congress President in the summer of 1946, overlooking that the succession in Nehru’s favour had been settled and announced much earlier, and more than once. Lahore (1929) and Karachi (1931) are perhaps the two most important landmark sessions of the Indian National Congress […]
The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim bail to The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa, who was arrested in October last year in connection with a money laundering case. As a condition of bail, the Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi restrained Langa from writing any […]
Modern political parties are identifying leaders with administrative experience, energy, and a grounded approach. They believe discipline, approachability, and a strategic mind are crucial for navigating elections and building long-term political influence. The BJP has faith that 45-year-old Nitin Nabin ticks these boxes. The party’s Parliamentary Board has appointed Bihar Cabinet Minister Nabin as the […]
The impeachment motion against Justice GR Swaminathan has sparked a rare and volatile confrontation between India’s political class and the judiciary. It has raised serious questions about constitutional morality. It has also exposed deep ideological tensions in Tamil Nadu. Political observers are concerned whether impeachment is being reshaped into a tool of political retaliation. What […]
As many as 165 public interest projects have not moved owing to delays in land-related approvals. The projects worth Rs 43,000 crore are held up – and it has slowed the growth of critical sectors such as irrigation, roads, education, health, and industrial development. Departments have been instructed to show some urgency, remove bottlenecks, and […]
For a 60-year-old man from Valad, Gujarat, it all began with a promise of easy profits. A seemingly harmless message on investment landed on his WhatsApp. Trust grew and the numbers on the screen soared. It was too fast, too good, too perfect. Then the calls went silent, the app vanished, and the shocking truth […]
India continues to rank among the most unequal countries globally in terms of wealth distribution, with the richest 10 per cent holding nearly two-thirds of the nation’s assets, according to the latest World Inequality Report, released on Wednesday. In contrast, the poorest 50 per cent together own only 6.4 per cent of total wealth — […]
A tribal resident of Gujarat’s Chhotaudepur district has been arrested for allegedly posting an Instagram reel that glorified senior Naxal commander Madvi Hidma, prompting police to book him for offences linked to threatening the country’s sovereignty and disturbing public harmony. The accused, Paresh Rathwa, 31, hails from Kawant taluka. According to police officials, the reel […]
The occasion was meant to be a tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 150th birth anniversary. But it became a platform of sorts to make a statement. And a strong political one at that. The BJP used the ‘Sardar@150 Rashtriya Ekta Padyatra’, a 152-kilometre march across Gujarat, to criticise the Congress and former Prime […]
A parallel selection system has taken root in Puducherry cricket, where manufactured addresses, backdated educational admissions and paid “local” status have created a pipeline that bypasses the BCCI’s one-year residency rule. An extensive report by a national daily reveals how this network functions around the Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP). The investigation examined over 2,000 player […]
In a forceful and expansive address in the Lok Sabha on Monday, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government of deliberately engineering a debate on Vande Mataram to serve political goals, distract from governance failures, and target historical figures of the freedom movement. The speech came hours after the […]
When one company is the be-all and end-all, the humongous cost is borne by everyone else. Monopolies may promise stability, but they often deliver fragility the moment things go wrong. This philosophy has been strongly foregrounded during the IndiGo crisis. A news report has presented some bare facts. IndiGo dominates India’s aviation sector. It carries […]
The night in Goa was marked for music and dance. How it turned into a tragedy as smoke filled the nightclub. The fire claimed 25 lives. As the shrill of horror replaced the sand dunes of celebrations, media outlets have published fresh details pertaining to the case. The club was reportedly built with flammable materials […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram is India’s chance to restore the song’s pride. He praised Bankim Chandra Chatterjee who wrote the song in November 1875 — it quickly became a rallying cry for freedom fighters. PM Modi also flayed the Congress for undermining the national song. The PM said the […]
Gujarat politics is as much a game of patience as it is of power. Every decision, resignation, and appointment illustrates its complex chessboard. The journey of Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel signifies this aptly, starting with her brief tenure as Gujarat Chief Minister, her battle to pick her successor, and now her forthright views about […]
Thirty-six flights cancelled in Ahmedabad More than 450 IndiGo flights were scrapped at airports across the country on Monday, as India’s largest carrier continued to struggle with restoring normal operations. The disruption has now stretched into its seventh consecutive day, marking an air travel crisis unlike anything the country has seen before. At Delhi airport […]
By Luv Puri Amidst Russian President Vladimir Putin’s India visit, a young man from Gujarat, forced to fight for Russia and currently held by Ukrainian forces, has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for help. Majoti Sahil Mohamed Hussein from Morbi is in jail in Ukraine. He was fighting for Russia. The chance to speak […]
IndiGo’s operations were thrown into further chaos on Saturday. As many 400 flights were cancelled from four major airports, a day after the airline secured temporary relaxations in the second phase of court-mandated flight duty and rest period norms for cockpit crew, media reports revealed. Ahmedabad airport experienced long queues. Reports have emerged of passengers […]
A Bengaluru couple with a combined monthly income of Rs. 3.2 lakh is redefining what early retirement can look like. Their story, shared by CA Nitin Kaushik on X, shows that it’s not extreme frugality or high-risk investment strategies that build wealth—it’s steady, disciplined action repeated month after month. The couple lives in an inherited […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tore into the Centre over what he described as utter chaos in the country’s aviation sector amid IndiGo’s spiralling flight cancellations and disruptions, laying the blame squarely on the government’s “monopoly model.” In a post on social media, the Lok Sabha Opposition Leader demanded “fair competition” in the aviation space to […]
