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NRC AND THE EXODUS
Above: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has been vocal against the NRC in India/Photo: UNI
By Inderjit Badhwar
Home Minister Amit Shah’s desire to expand...
A Tonic to Restore Peace
Above: Home Minister Amit Shah at a meet with representatives from the Valley, in New Delhi/Photo: UNI
In a bid to woo the grassroots functionaries...
P Chidambaram’s Arrest: Prime Target
Above: P Chidambaram (centre) and Kapil Sibal arguing with CBI officers at his Jor Bagh residence/Photo: ANI/Twitter
With investigating agencies filing money laundering charges against...
The Healing Touch
Above: Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay
Forget the Hippocratic Oath, in the new India, the healing touch is required and visible everywhere, from politics...
State Secrets
There are some issues and problems and situations that are classified as State Secrets, or secrets of the state, which means the general unwashed...
Parliament passes Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019
Rajya Sabha on Monday, 22nd July, passed the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019 through a voice vote unanimously after the Lok Sabha...
The Cup That Cheers
Whether India can bring back the 2019 World Cup depends on the weather, but even so, the excitement it generates is best explained by...
Selection Blues
By Dilip Bobb
Every team faces selection problems while preparing for a major event, largely to do with form, fitness, winning record, health issues...
Six Days Before Terms Ends, PM Modi Does A First In 5 Yrs—Addresses a...
After keeping the press at bay for the five years of his tenure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed his first press conference...
Application in SC to protect interests of indigenous people: Amit Shah’s statement under SC...
The Assam Andolon Sangrami (AAS) Manch has moved an application in the Supreme Court on Friday bringing to its notice BJP president Amit Shah’s...
Hate speeches: SC tells petitioner Sushmita Dev to place before it EC orders on...
The apex court on Monday told Congress MP Sushmita Dev who is seeking action against BJP President Amit Shah and PM Narendra Modi for...
Supreme Court to hear plea alleging PM Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah violated...
The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a petition by a Congress MP that charges both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit...
SC raps EC for not giving details on action against candidates indulging in hate...
The Supreme Court on Monday rebuked the Election Commission (EC) for not giving details of penal action initiated on candidates indulging in hate speeches...
Advani’s Blog Leaves BJP Leadership Redfaced, Modi Tweets a Face-Saver
By Punit Mishra
BJP veteran and former deputy prime minister Lal Kishen Advani had started blogging as early as January 2009 though the last of...
DELHI DURBAR
THE RUMBLINGS WITHIN
BJP President Amit Shah recently overhauled the party organisation and constituted several committees for different tasks related to the Lok Sabha polls...
We are ready to reschedule rath yatra: Bengal BJP tells SC
The Bengal BJP told Supreme Court on Tuesday that it is ready to reschedule the rath yatra in the state and sought West Bengal...
Calcutta HC Waves the Green Flag for Amit Shah’s Rath Yatra In West Bengal
The BJP received a shot in the arm on Thursday as the Calcutta High Court allowed the party to hold three rath yatras in...
Give Us 3 Tentative Dates For Amit Shah’s Yatra: Calcutta HC To BJP
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday asked the BJP to give three tentative dates for the 'Rath Yatra' that the party chief Amit Shah...
DELHI DURBAR
Fall of a Yogi
Narendra Modi and Amit Shah will officially share the blame for last week’s embarrassing loss in the Hindi heartland to the...
Santa and Banta
Christmas is around the corner and it’s time for Santa to prepare his list of presents to be distributed to the needy and the...
WB Govt To High Court: Can’t Give Permission For Amit Shah’s Rath Yatra
The West Bengal Government has informed the Calcutta High Court that it cannot grant permission for the proposed 'rath yatra' by BJP Chief Amit...
2019 Semi-finals: EC announces MP, Raj, CG, Telangana and Mizoram poll dates
Elections a big test for BJP ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, will also test whether Congress’ ambition of a grand alliance will...
The 50 Year Itch
~By Dilip Bobb
Amit Shah has caused serious birthing pangs in political circles with his boastful promise that the BJP will rule for the next...
Law Commission echoes Modi-Shah on simultaneous polls but seeks further debate
Keep amendments to the Constitution bare minimum, elections for Lok Sabha and 12 state assemblies can be held simultaneously to start with, says law...
Delhi Durbar
Shah’s Shadow
It seems that opinion poll results for the forthcoming elections to the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh Assemblies, scheduled for November, have given...
Media Watch
ConTrolled
Journalists who have been complaining that the Modi government has shut off access of the press to official sources by ensuring minimum or no...
Media Watch
Two of a kind
This is the most bizarre manifestation of the BJP’s Sampark for Samarthan campaign: the party’s national spokesperson Sambit Patra meeting Republic...
DELHI DURBAR
SANGUINE ON SRINAGAR
Opposition leaders have been handed an Eid gift in the form of the BJP’s decision to impose Governor’s Rule and break with...
Contact Sport
By Dilip Bobb
BJP President Amit Shah has embarked on his “Sampark for Samarthan” roadshow. It translates roughly into “contact for support” though in some...
Bypoll Results: Saffron Singed
Above: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP President Amit Shah in New Delhi/Photo: UNI
The BJP’s crushing defeat against a united Opposition in the recent...
DELHI DURBAR
For a Richer Harvest
With elections due for the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh assemblies in November this year, the Congress party is hoping that...
DELHI DURBAR
United but distant
The swearing-in ceremony of Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on May 23 proved to be the grandest show of unity yet among...
Democracy’s Finest Hour
Above: The decks are clear for JD(S) state chief HD Kumaraswamy to take over as next CM with BS Yeddyurappa resigning before the floor...
Karnataka Assembly Polls: Mudslinging Brawl
Above: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BS Yeddyurappa; Rahul Gandhi with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during the Karnataka poll campaign/Photo: UNI
With the Congress and the...
Jay Shah defamation suit: SC suggests parties to resolve the issue among themselves
Above: (Left) Jay Shah with father BJP President Amit Shah
A Supreme Court CJI-headed bench on Monday (April 23) suggested counsels representing both the parties...
Judge Loya’s Death: No Foul Play, Says Supreme Court
A three-judge bench of the apex court, while unanimously dismissing plea seeking investigation into the mysterious death of Judge Loya, said there would be...
Naroda Patiya riot case: Kodnani acquitted; Babu Bajrangi’s conviction upheld
Above: Maya Kodnani (file picture)
Former BJP Minister Maya Kodnani was given clean chit by the Gujarat High Court on Friday (April 20) in the...
NO PROBE SAYS TOP COURT: SC dismisses Judge Loya death case; says no merit,...
Petition scandalous, says bench, stops short of issuing contempt notice
The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and...
Coasting to Gold
Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence
~By Dilip Bobb
The usual media hype has accompanied the Indian contingent to the Commonwealth Games being staged in Australia’s appropriately...
Terms of Endearment
~By Dilip Bobb
Like politics and the global economy, cricket is also experiencing the Great Churn as the ball tampering issue scrapes the gloss off...
The Ten Commandments
~By Dilip Bobb
The original Commandments were handed down on stone tablets and were ten rules for people to lead a satisfying and fulfilling life....
Jay Shah case: SC stays defamation proceedings in Guj trial court against The Wire...
Above: (Left) Jay Shah with father BJP President Amit Shah
The Supreme Court, on Thursday (March 15), asked a Gujarat trial court not to...
Media Watch
Bruised Egos
Journalists assigned to the BJP beat—and their tribe is increasing—were quite thrilled that the party was moving to a swanky new headquarters with...
A Case of Vendetta Politics?
Above: The CBI has filed a case against Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd whose deputy general manager is the CM Amarinder Singh’s son-in-law/Photo: newsheads.in
In a shocking...
The Fourth Estate
Minister’s Mission
Every ministry she has been given charge of, Smriti Irani likes to stamp her authority and rush in where angels fear to tread....
Jay Shah defamation case: Gujarat HC restores gag on The Wire, portal to move...
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday restored a gag order barring news portal The Wire to write further on the “exceptional” increase in Jay Shah's firm’s...
Sohrabuddin Case: Yet Another Hostile Witness
The Bombay High Court order hailed the press as the most powerful watchdog of society.
Even as the Bombay High Court quashed a trial court's...
Delhi Durbar
Red Flags for Rafale
The secret clause that the NDA government is waving to avoid disclosing pricing and other details of the Rafale deal...
Judge Loya death case: Arguments reveal discrepancies; Loya’s name not on register of where...
The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud on Monday (February 5) got back to...
Uphill Challenge
Above: BJP president Amit Shah leads a public meeting at Ambasa, 70 km east of Agartala/Photo: UNI
With polls due in three states in the...
Judge Loya’s death: Petitioners demand probe; SC bench asks for further investigation and documents
The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud on Friday (February 2) resumed hearing of...
Bombay HC lifts media gag order in Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case
Above: (Left) Kausarbi and Sohrabuddin Sheikh
The Bombay High Court, on Wednesday (January 24), quashed an order by a special CBI court that banned...
Justice Loya death: CJI Dipak Misra’s bench to hear case on Monday
Decision comes a week after four senior judges openly protested against Chief Justice’s decision to assign the case to a bench headed by Justice...
Judge Loya death case: Maharashtra Govt submits report to SC, but says not to...
Above: Supreme Court; (inset) Judge Loya
The Supreme Court bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Mohan M Shantanagoudar was on Tuesday (January 16) given...
Handpicked by Modi and Shah, Jai Ram Thakur takes oath as Himachal CM
A five-time MLA from Seraj constituency, Thakur was chosen to be the chief minister after BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Prem Kumar Dhumal lost in...
Vijay Rupani takes oath as Gujarat CM, inducts 19 ministers
The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, central ministers and chief ministers of all NDA ruled states
Days after his re-nomination was...
Defeat for politics of appeasement, says Shah
It was a decision that had already been made. Around 4pm on Monday (December 18), with the BJP having already won 68 seats and leading in 31...
Magic Carpet Ride
~By Dilip Bobb
There’s magic in the air these days, and Gogia Pasha and PC Sarkar, both lamentably late, have nothing to do with...
The Fourth Estate
Standing up to Pressure
Quint, the online news portal started by Raghav Bahl after he sold his stake in TV-18 to Mukesh Ambani, has stood...
Rahul-era begins in Congress as Sonia outlines challenges
Rahul Gandhi was formally elevated as Congress president on Saturday, taking over from her mother Sonia Gandhi who held the post for 19 consecutive years
As...
With 40 Bills on agenda, Parliament’s winter session commences
As Congress and other Opposition parties hope to corner Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government on a slew of issues, stormy session likely
As...
DELHI DURBAR
Princess Diaries
The Indian government seems to have pulled out all stops to ensure that Ivanka Trump’s Hyderabad sojourn was a success and that she...
CBI court restrains media from reporting on Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case trial
Above: (Left) Kausarbi and Sohrabuddin Sheikh
Amid renewed interest in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case following conflicting news reports over the mysterious death...
Patidars: The Reservation Riddle
Above: Hardik Patel (in red turban) at a Patidar rally in Gujarat. Photo: UNI
With the Patidar community constituting 14 percent of the population of...
Winter Session of Parliament: Bleak House?
With no news of whether this session will be called, the Opposition is up in arms. But the ruling BJP does not want to...
Modi, BJP capitalizes on Sardar Patel birth anniversary ahead of Gujarat polls
Above: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering on the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas – to mark the 142nd birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel...
BJP protecting the corrupt, promoting black money, says CPI(M)
Above: A grab of the website of People’s democracy
Contrary to the BJP’s claim of being anti-black money, the CPM has accused the saffron...
The Fourth Estate
India Tomorrow
India Today is looking at India Tomorrow. In a not unexpected move, founder chairman of the India Today group Aroon Purie has formally...
Court ‘gag order’ on portal
Above: Jay Shah with his father Amit Shah during his marriage reception (file picture). Photo: UNI
Online news portal The Wire has published what it calls a ‘gag...
The Fourth Estate
Adani’s Clout
The Australian media has been at the forefront of massive protests against Gautam Adani’s coal mining project in Queensland. Thousands of people in...
IFJ expresses concern over defamation suit filed against news portal for investigative report
Above: Journalists protesting in Guwahati (file picture).Photo: UNI
The world press freedom and media security watchdog, The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), has expressed concern...
Jay Shah says he will sue portal for Rs 100 crore
Above: Jay Amit Shah with his father Amit Shah at his marriage reception. Photo: UNI
BJP President Amit Shah’s son Jay Amit Shah has released...
New Tourist Attractions
~By Dilip Bobb
Now that the Uttar Pradesh government has decreed that the Taj Mahal is no longer an edifice of interest, our bucket...
After Yashwant Sinha it’s the turn of old BJP hand Arun Shourie to speak...
Above: Former BJP minister Arun Shourie
The former union minister says demonetisation was the largest money-laundering scheme ever conceived and implemented by a government
Days after...
Retired judge to probe Jayalalithaa’s death
With rumours circulating about how exactly former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa died in hospital, a press release issued by the Directorate of...
Gujarat riots accused Kodnani has till Tuesday to get Amit Shah to testify for...
Above: Former minister and BJP leader Maya Kodnani
Former minister and BJP leader Maya Kodnani’s last hope is a possible deposition in her defence by...
Cabinet reshuffle: Modi inducts 9 junior ministers, promotes 4 to cabinet rank
Of the nine new junior ministers inducted in the council of ministers, 4 are former bureaucrats. Caste equations, politics and regional representation also addressed...
Cabinet reshuffle likely on weekend: a few big changes on the cards
Above: While taking decisions on cabinet rejig, Modi and Amit Shah will have to keep in mind the BJP’s strategy for the 2019 LS...
There is a plan
~By Dilip Bobb
This government has a unique way of creating a feel-good atmosphere. In Chinese military schools, it is described as the art of...
Positive reactions to SC verdict on triple talaq
Reactions to the Supreme Court’s Tuesday (August 22) verdict of setting aside the controversial triple talaq practice for divorce among Sunni Muslims was mostly...
Alternate Professions
~By Dilip Bobb
Here’s a thought. What if some prominent Indians had not opted for the professions they are now in? Maybe they could...
Ahmed Patel’s victory in RS polls calls for introspection in Congress party
In a nail-biting finish to the Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat, Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress president Sonia Gandhi secured 44 votes to...
NDA’s Vice-President aspirant Venkaiah Naidu quits ministry
Smriti Irani also takes over I&B; Narendra Tomar gets additional charge of urban development
A man seeped in BJP's political ideology, senior leader Venkaiah...
Kovind files nomination for Presidential election
Above: Ram Nath Kovind (fourth from left) accompanied by PM Narendra Modi (third from left), BJP president Amit Shah (fifth from left), senior BJP...
Firebrand Adityanath emerges UP CM
In what seems a victory for the RSS over the BJP in a post-poll victory tussle, the firebrand Yogi Adityanath was on March 18...
People have rejected dynasty and appeasement politics: Amit Shah
BJP President Amit Shah held a press conference at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi at around 3.45 pm on March 11 and the thrust of...
Modi cool on mega win, congratulates Amarinder first
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is over the moon. Probably even they failed to anticipate the magnitude of the victory in Uttar Pradesh, the...
Modi’s intriguing stance on Advani, Joshi and Bharti
The political overtones of the Babri Masjid case indicate rivalries and manoeuvres
~Parsa Venkateshwar Rao JrThe Modi government is actively pursuing the issue of...
Chandigarh: Back to Governor’s Rule
The center’s decision to appoint an independent administrator for Chandigarh saw political parties up in arms as they demanded control be restored with Raj...
Do We Need Governors?
Should this gubernatorial post be abolished considering how Article 356 was misused in Arunachal and Uttarakhandc, so much so that the Supreme Court had...
Futile Fight for Justice?
Attempts to implicate Narendra Modi and his right-hand man Amit Shah for the 2002 riots in Gujarat have come to naught as courts have...
'Amit Shah' - 90 News Results
NRC AND THE EXODUS
Above: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has been vocal against the NRC in India/Photo: UNI
By Inderjit Badhwar
Home Minister Amit Shah’s desire to expand...
A Tonic to Restore Peace
Above: Home Minister Amit Shah at a meet with representatives from the Valley, in New Delhi/Photo: UNI
In a bid to woo the grassroots functionaries...
P Chidambaram’s Arrest: Prime Target
Above: P Chidambaram (centre) and Kapil Sibal arguing with CBI officers at his Jor Bagh residence/Photo: ANI/Twitter
With investigating agencies filing money laundering charges against...
The Healing Touch
Above: Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay
Forget the Hippocratic Oath, in the new India, the healing touch is required and visible everywhere, from politics...
State Secrets
There are some issues and problems and situations that are classified as State Secrets, or secrets of the state, which means the general unwashed...
Parliament passes Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019
Rajya Sabha on Monday, 22nd July, passed the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019 through a voice vote unanimously after the Lok Sabha...
The Cup That Cheers
Whether India can bring back the 2019 World Cup depends on the weather, but even so, the excitement it generates is best explained by...
Selection Blues
By Dilip Bobb
Every team faces selection problems while preparing for a major event, largely to do with form, fitness, winning record, health issues...
Six Days Before Terms Ends, PM Modi Does A First In 5 Yrs—Addresses a...
After keeping the press at bay for the five years of his tenure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed his first press conference...
Application in SC to protect interests of indigenous people: Amit Shah’s statement under SC...
The Assam Andolon Sangrami (AAS) Manch has moved an application in the Supreme Court on Friday bringing to its notice BJP president Amit Shah’s...
Hate speeches: SC tells petitioner Sushmita Dev to place before it EC orders on...
The apex court on Monday told Congress MP Sushmita Dev who is seeking action against BJP President Amit Shah and PM Narendra Modi for...
Supreme Court to hear plea alleging PM Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah violated...
The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a petition by a Congress MP that charges both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit...
SC raps EC for not giving details on action against candidates indulging in hate...
The Supreme Court on Monday rebuked the Election Commission (EC) for not giving details of penal action initiated on candidates indulging in hate speeches...
Advani’s Blog Leaves BJP Leadership Redfaced, Modi Tweets a Face-Saver
By Punit Mishra
BJP veteran and former deputy prime minister Lal Kishen Advani had started blogging as early as January 2009 though the last of...
DELHI DURBAR
THE RUMBLINGS WITHIN
BJP President Amit Shah recently overhauled the party organisation and constituted several committees for different tasks related to the Lok Sabha polls...
We are ready to reschedule rath yatra: Bengal BJP tells SC
The Bengal BJP told Supreme Court on Tuesday that it is ready to reschedule the rath yatra in the state and sought West Bengal...
Calcutta HC Waves the Green Flag for Amit Shah’s Rath Yatra In West Bengal
The BJP received a shot in the arm on Thursday as the Calcutta High Court allowed the party to hold three rath yatras in...
Give Us 3 Tentative Dates For Amit Shah’s Yatra: Calcutta HC To BJP
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday asked the BJP to give three tentative dates for the 'Rath Yatra' that the party chief Amit Shah...
DELHI DURBAR
Fall of a Yogi
Narendra Modi and Amit Shah will officially share the blame for last week’s embarrassing loss in the Hindi heartland to the...
Santa and Banta
Christmas is around the corner and it’s time for Santa to prepare his list of presents to be distributed to the needy and the...
WB Govt To High Court: Can’t Give Permission For Amit Shah’s Rath Yatra
The West Bengal Government has informed the Calcutta High Court that it cannot grant permission for the proposed 'rath yatra' by BJP Chief Amit...
2019 Semi-finals: EC announces MP, Raj, CG, Telangana and Mizoram poll dates
Elections a big test for BJP ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, will also test whether Congress’ ambition of a grand alliance will...
The 50 Year Itch
~By Dilip Bobb
Amit Shah has caused serious birthing pangs in political circles with his boastful promise that the BJP will rule for the next...
Law Commission echoes Modi-Shah on simultaneous polls but seeks further debate
Keep amendments to the Constitution bare minimum, elections for Lok Sabha and 12 state assemblies can be held simultaneously to start with, says law...
Delhi Durbar
Shah’s Shadow
It seems that opinion poll results for the forthcoming elections to the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh Assemblies, scheduled for November, have given...
Media Watch
ConTrolled
Journalists who have been complaining that the Modi government has shut off access of the press to official sources by ensuring minimum or no...
Media Watch
Two of a kind
This is the most bizarre manifestation of the BJP’s Sampark for Samarthan campaign: the party’s national spokesperson Sambit Patra meeting Republic...
DELHI DURBAR
SANGUINE ON SRINAGAR
Opposition leaders have been handed an Eid gift in the form of the BJP’s decision to impose Governor’s Rule and break with...
Contact Sport
By Dilip Bobb
BJP President Amit Shah has embarked on his “Sampark for Samarthan” roadshow. It translates roughly into “contact for support” though in some...
Bypoll Results: Saffron Singed
Above: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP President Amit Shah in New Delhi/Photo: UNI
The BJP’s crushing defeat against a united Opposition in the recent...
DELHI DURBAR
For a Richer Harvest
With elections due for the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh assemblies in November this year, the Congress party is hoping that...
DELHI DURBAR
United but distant
The swearing-in ceremony of Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on May 23 proved to be the grandest show of unity yet among...
Democracy’s Finest Hour
Above: The decks are clear for JD(S) state chief HD Kumaraswamy to take over as next CM with BS Yeddyurappa resigning before the floor...
Karnataka Assembly Polls: Mudslinging Brawl
Above: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BS Yeddyurappa; Rahul Gandhi with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during the Karnataka poll campaign/Photo: UNI
With the Congress and the...
Jay Shah defamation suit: SC suggests parties to resolve the issue among themselves
Above: (Left) Jay Shah with father BJP President Amit Shah
A Supreme Court CJI-headed bench on Monday (April 23) suggested counsels representing both the parties...
Judge Loya’s Death: No Foul Play, Says Supreme Court
A three-judge bench of the apex court, while unanimously dismissing plea seeking investigation into the mysterious death of Judge Loya, said there would be...
Naroda Patiya riot case: Kodnani acquitted; Babu Bajrangi’s conviction upheld
Above: Maya Kodnani (file picture)
Former BJP Minister Maya Kodnani was given clean chit by the Gujarat High Court on Friday (April 20) in the...
NO PROBE SAYS TOP COURT: SC dismisses Judge Loya death case; says no merit,...
Petition scandalous, says bench, stops short of issuing contempt notice
The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and...
Coasting to Gold
Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence
~By Dilip Bobb
The usual media hype has accompanied the Indian contingent to the Commonwealth Games being staged in Australia’s appropriately...
Terms of Endearment
~By Dilip Bobb
Like politics and the global economy, cricket is also experiencing the Great Churn as the ball tampering issue scrapes the gloss off...
The Ten Commandments
~By Dilip Bobb
The original Commandments were handed down on stone tablets and were ten rules for people to lead a satisfying and fulfilling life....
Jay Shah case: SC stays defamation proceedings in Guj trial court against The Wire...
Above: (Left) Jay Shah with father BJP President Amit Shah
The Supreme Court, on Thursday (March 15), asked a Gujarat trial court not to...
Media Watch
Bruised Egos
Journalists assigned to the BJP beat—and their tribe is increasing—were quite thrilled that the party was moving to a swanky new headquarters with...
A Case of Vendetta Politics?
Above: The CBI has filed a case against Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd whose deputy general manager is the CM Amarinder Singh’s son-in-law/Photo: newsheads.in
In a shocking...
The Fourth Estate
Minister’s Mission
Every ministry she has been given charge of, Smriti Irani likes to stamp her authority and rush in where angels fear to tread....
Jay Shah defamation case: Gujarat HC restores gag on The Wire, portal to move...
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday restored a gag order barring news portal The Wire to write further on the “exceptional” increase in Jay Shah's firm’s...
Sohrabuddin Case: Yet Another Hostile Witness
The Bombay High Court order hailed the press as the most powerful watchdog of society.
Even as the Bombay High Court quashed a trial court's...
Delhi Durbar
Red Flags for Rafale
The secret clause that the NDA government is waving to avoid disclosing pricing and other details of the Rafale deal...
Judge Loya death case: Arguments reveal discrepancies; Loya’s name not on register of where...
The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud on Monday (February 5) got back to...
Uphill Challenge
Above: BJP president Amit Shah leads a public meeting at Ambasa, 70 km east of Agartala/Photo: UNI
With polls due in three states in the...
Judge Loya’s death: Petitioners demand probe; SC bench asks for further investigation and documents
The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud on Friday (February 2) resumed hearing of...
Bombay HC lifts media gag order in Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case
Above: (Left) Kausarbi and Sohrabuddin Sheikh
The Bombay High Court, on Wednesday (January 24), quashed an order by a special CBI court that banned...
Justice Loya death: CJI Dipak Misra’s bench to hear case on Monday
Decision comes a week after four senior judges openly protested against Chief Justice’s decision to assign the case to a bench headed by Justice...
Judge Loya death case: Maharashtra Govt submits report to SC, but says not to...
Above: Supreme Court; (inset) Judge Loya
The Supreme Court bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Mohan M Shantanagoudar was on Tuesday (January 16) given...
Handpicked by Modi and Shah, Jai Ram Thakur takes oath as Himachal CM
A five-time MLA from Seraj constituency, Thakur was chosen to be the chief minister after BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Prem Kumar Dhumal lost in...
Vijay Rupani takes oath as Gujarat CM, inducts 19 ministers
The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, central ministers and chief ministers of all NDA ruled states
Days after his re-nomination was...
Defeat for politics of appeasement, says Shah
It was a decision that had already been made. Around 4pm on Monday (December 18), with the BJP having already won 68 seats and leading in 31...
Magic Carpet Ride
~By Dilip Bobb
There’s magic in the air these days, and Gogia Pasha and PC Sarkar, both lamentably late, have nothing to do with...
The Fourth Estate
Standing up to Pressure
Quint, the online news portal started by Raghav Bahl after he sold his stake in TV-18 to Mukesh Ambani, has stood...
Rahul-era begins in Congress as Sonia outlines challenges
Rahul Gandhi was formally elevated as Congress president on Saturday, taking over from her mother Sonia Gandhi who held the post for 19 consecutive years
As...
With 40 Bills on agenda, Parliament’s winter session commences
As Congress and other Opposition parties hope to corner Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government on a slew of issues, stormy session likely
As...
DELHI DURBAR
Princess Diaries
The Indian government seems to have pulled out all stops to ensure that Ivanka Trump’s Hyderabad sojourn was a success and that she...
CBI court restrains media from reporting on Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case trial
Above: (Left) Kausarbi and Sohrabuddin Sheikh
Amid renewed interest in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case following conflicting news reports over the mysterious death...
Patidars: The Reservation Riddle
Above: Hardik Patel (in red turban) at a Patidar rally in Gujarat. Photo: UNI
With the Patidar community constituting 14 percent of the population of...
Winter Session of Parliament: Bleak House?
With no news of whether this session will be called, the Opposition is up in arms. But the ruling BJP does not want to...
Modi, BJP capitalizes on Sardar Patel birth anniversary ahead of Gujarat polls
Above: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering on the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas – to mark the 142nd birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel...
BJP protecting the corrupt, promoting black money, says CPI(M)
Above: A grab of the website of People’s democracy
Contrary to the BJP’s claim of being anti-black money, the CPM has accused the saffron...
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India Tomorrow
India Today is looking at India Tomorrow. In a not unexpected move, founder chairman of the India Today group Aroon Purie has formally...
Court ‘gag order’ on portal
Above: Jay Shah with his father Amit Shah during his marriage reception (file picture). Photo: UNI
Online news portal The Wire has published what it calls a ‘gag...
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Adani’s Clout
The Australian media has been at the forefront of massive protests against Gautam Adani’s coal mining project in Queensland. Thousands of people in...
IFJ expresses concern over defamation suit filed against news portal for investigative report
Above: Journalists protesting in Guwahati (file picture).Photo: UNI
The world press freedom and media security watchdog, The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), has expressed concern...
Jay Shah says he will sue portal for Rs 100 crore
Above: Jay Amit Shah with his father Amit Shah at his marriage reception. Photo: UNI
BJP President Amit Shah’s son Jay Amit Shah has released...
New Tourist Attractions
~By Dilip Bobb
Now that the Uttar Pradesh government has decreed that the Taj Mahal is no longer an edifice of interest, our bucket...
After Yashwant Sinha it’s the turn of old BJP hand Arun Shourie to speak...
Above: Former BJP minister Arun Shourie
The former union minister says demonetisation was the largest money-laundering scheme ever conceived and implemented by a government
Days after...
Retired judge to probe Jayalalithaa’s death
With rumours circulating about how exactly former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa died in hospital, a press release issued by the Directorate of...
Gujarat riots accused Kodnani has till Tuesday to get Amit Shah to testify for...
Above: Former minister and BJP leader Maya Kodnani
Former minister and BJP leader Maya Kodnani’s last hope is a possible deposition in her defence by...
Cabinet reshuffle: Modi inducts 9 junior ministers, promotes 4 to cabinet rank
Of the nine new junior ministers inducted in the council of ministers, 4 are former bureaucrats. Caste equations, politics and regional representation also addressed...
Cabinet reshuffle likely on weekend: a few big changes on the cards
Above: While taking decisions on cabinet rejig, Modi and Amit Shah will have to keep in mind the BJP’s strategy for the 2019 LS...
There is a plan
~By Dilip Bobb
This government has a unique way of creating a feel-good atmosphere. In Chinese military schools, it is described as the art of...
Positive reactions to SC verdict on triple talaq
Reactions to the Supreme Court’s Tuesday (August 22) verdict of setting aside the controversial triple talaq practice for divorce among Sunni Muslims was mostly...
Alternate Professions
~By Dilip Bobb
Here’s a thought. What if some prominent Indians had not opted for the professions they are now in? Maybe they could...
Ahmed Patel’s victory in RS polls calls for introspection in Congress party
In a nail-biting finish to the Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat, Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress president Sonia Gandhi secured 44 votes to...
NDA’s Vice-President aspirant Venkaiah Naidu quits ministry
Smriti Irani also takes over I&B; Narendra Tomar gets additional charge of urban development
A man seeped in BJP's political ideology, senior leader Venkaiah...
Kovind files nomination for Presidential election
Above: Ram Nath Kovind (fourth from left) accompanied by PM Narendra Modi (third from left), BJP president Amit Shah (fifth from left), senior BJP...
Firebrand Adityanath emerges UP CM
In what seems a victory for the RSS over the BJP in a post-poll victory tussle, the firebrand Yogi Adityanath was on March 18...
People have rejected dynasty and appeasement politics: Amit Shah
BJP President Amit Shah held a press conference at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi at around 3.45 pm on March 11 and the thrust of...
Modi cool on mega win, congratulates Amarinder first
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is over the moon. Probably even they failed to anticipate the magnitude of the victory in Uttar Pradesh, the...
Modi’s intriguing stance on Advani, Joshi and Bharti
The political overtones of the Babri Masjid case indicate rivalries and manoeuvres
~Parsa Venkateshwar Rao JrThe Modi government is actively pursuing the issue of...
Chandigarh: Back to Governor’s Rule
The center’s decision to appoint an independent administrator for Chandigarh saw political parties up in arms as they demanded control be restored with Raj...
Do We Need Governors?
Should this gubernatorial post be abolished considering how Article 356 was misused in Arunachal and Uttarakhandc, so much so that the Supreme Court had...
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