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– Prem Shankar Jha Nine years into Narendra Modi’s reign as prime minister, one cannot but admire the consummate skill with which he has turned silence and enigma into his most effective political weapon. INDIA, the newly formed opposition coalition, has roundly condemned the BJP’s failure to prevent the civil war that is now raging […]
Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha was on Friday suspended from the Rajya Sabha for ‘gross violation of rules’. This move by the upper house comes following complaints from four MPs alleging he named them in a house panel without their consent in violation of rules. The resolution to that effect was moved by Piyush […]
The UPSC Civil Services is undoubtedly one of the toughest exams to crack. An ed-tech firm claims that the UPSC pass percentage or the scope of an applicant making it as a Civil Services officer is approximately 0.2%. Thus, no words of acclaim could be enough for Ansar Shaikh, a 21-year-old who cleared the UPSC […]
In a big jolt to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and party’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, the Gujarat High Court on Friday, declined to stay proceedings against them in a criminal defamation case related to PM Modi’s degree. The case was filed against the two by Gujarat University, against which the leaders had appealed […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday created a record of delivering the longest address ever by a prime minister during a no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha. Modi’s speech spanned an impressive 2 hours, 13 minutes and 1 second, surpassing the previous benchmark set by then PM Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1965, who spoke for 2 […]
Alleged conman Kiran Patel was brought to Ahmedabad on Thursday from a jail in Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir). The Ahmedabad Crime Branch brought Patel to Gujarat on a transfer warrant and placed him under arrest in a cheating case, an official said. He was remanded in the custody of the crime branch till 2pm on […]
The collegium of the Supreme Court on Thursday recommended transfer of four Judges of Gujarat High Court to other states. The collegium led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud recommended the transfer of Justice Hemant Prachhak to Patna High Court, Justice Samir Dave to Rajasthan High Court, Justice AY Kogje to Allahabad High Court […]
New Delhi/ Kochi: Nirva, the last African cheetah in the wild in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park, is still at large. Authorities have not been able to locate and dart her despite searching for more than a week now. Some cheetahs in Kuno died due to maggot infections and authorities have been subjecting all the remaining […]
One of the world’s most charismatic predators, the Asiatic Lion, prefers wild prey for their meals. A report, alluding to recent study, claims that Asiatic Lions aren’t interested in consuming domesticated livestock inside and outside Gir’s Protected Areas (PA). The scat analysis, based on samples from within the Gir PA and 441 from outside it, […]
On the occasion of World Tribal Day on Wednesday, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel dedicated and laid foundation stones for 2,848 development projects worth Rs 1,000 crore. With assembly elections scheduled at the end of the year, the CM actively participated in two distinct events, one held in the Bastar district headquarters of Jagdalpur and […]
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has announced that the state government will assign a six per cent quota to the Most Backward Castes within the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). According to a media report, this newly proposed reservation will supplement the existing 21 per cent reservation that has already been designated for OBCs in the […]
When Goddess Durga, with eyes like glowing lotuses, stands on a lion, her fearless pose signifies freedom from evil. The lion represents her power. This exotic animal has a unique place in mythology. Lord Krishna called himself Mrigraj. Sinhansan is the throne of a king. The English language has a euphonious adjective called ‘leonine’ to […]
Though Congress MP Rahul Gandhi became the voice of the Opposition bloc in Lok Sabha on Wednesday’s debate on the no-confidence motion, one could not miss to notice the role of Sonia Gandhi in keeping the INDIA cohort together. Throughout Rahul’s speech in the House, Sonia Gandhi was seen guiding him to make sure his […]
Appealing for peace, Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday urged both the Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur to shun violence and enter into a dialogue with each other and with the Union government. He appealed to them with ‘folded hands’ to adopt the path of peace at the earliest. In his nearly 2-hour-long speech […]
A top court questioning its own order is a rare instance in India’s legal history. But then, the Bilkis Bano case isn’t any other record in the country’s judicial files. More than 20 years have passed, but reading or recollecting that ghastly episode needs courage. Bilkis was 21 years old and five months pregnant when […]
To ensure a dignified farewell, cows will soon have their own crematorium in the city. The carcasses of stray or abandoned cows will now be disposed of in a clean CNG furnace at the proposed facility. Hygienic disposal of dead cows is a major problem in the city and their carcasses often end up in […]
The GRP has got the custody of RPF constable Chetan Kumar Singh, who killed four people on board an express train on July 31, after it told a Borivli court that Singh was mentally sound. The 33-year-old RPF constable was produced before the Borivli magistrate court on Monday, which remanded him in Government Railway Police […]
The Gujarat High Court quashed the conviction, life sentence and a fine of ₹5 crore imposed on a businessman accused of issuing a flight hijack threat, which later turned out to be a hoax. On an appeal by accused businessman Birju Salla alias Amar Soni challenging his conviction and sentence under the Anti-Hijacking Act for […]
Rahul Gandhi said Prime Minister had not visited Manipur because he does not consider Manipur a part of India. “He has murdered Manipur. He has murdered our Bharat Maata in Manipur. He has murdered Hindustan in Manipur”, the Congress leader said in his much waited speech in the Loksabha on the no confidence motion. Rahul […]
In a bid to enhance regional connectivity, the Gujarat government is going to connect smaller cities with the major airports in Ahmedabad and Vadodara. Under the Regional Connecting Scheme (RCS), the government has initiated the process of inviting tenders to start new flight operations across 11 designated routes from Ahmedabad and Vadodara. Among these seven […]
