By Sudhir Kumar Saboteurs, moneybags, history sheeters, Trojan horses, party hoppers, fence sitters – you name them and they are aplenty in India’s election season. There are other signs also that the country is bracing for the crucial assembly elections in five states as shibboleths rent the air, promises are galore, opportunistic realignments are being […]
23.6.21. On Saturday, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar urged the farmer unions to end their protests against the three farm laws as the Central government is open to discussions. In September 2020, the three farm laws, the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price […]
By Rajdeep Sardesai Dumping on Rahul Gandhi has become a fashion: while his BJP opponents have ”˜Pappu-fied’ him as an incompetent leader, many of his Congress colleagues in private hold him responsible for the deepening crisis of the grand old party. It’s almost as if every time any Congress person quits the party or indeed, […]
By Vijay Badhwar Strategically, it was a folly to introduce the slogan ”˜Jai Shri Ram’ in rallies led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supremo Amit Shah in the Durga heartland of Mamata Banerjee. India is riddled with many religious divides and even within one there are strong preferences that do us apart. Unfortunately! In Ayodhaya, […]
India’s natural resources and low-cost labour could spruce up manufacturing value chains if managed well. While the world economy is hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, India could be sitting on a $300 billion opportunity and could actually double its manufacturing gross domestic product in the next few years. According to a McKinsey report, while […]
Nirbhayas are happening in India all the time. Nirbhaya in Delhi, Disha in Mumbai and now this 19-year old girl in Hathras who was gang raped. Priyanka Reddies, Bhanwrin Devis happen daily with 1.7 lakhs of rapes that happen in India. Caste affliction, internet, girl/boy ratio a society where boys are preferred, gender bias are […]
Finally the Supreme Court of India has decided to bat CBI to investigate Sushant Singh Rajput’s case filed by his 74-year-old father K. K. Singh, him having lost his 34-year-old son, a rising Bollywood star whose life ended in mysterious and in very cruel circumstances. The inquest carried out by the Mumbai police, and the […]
By Vijay Badhwar Justice prevailed. Finally, after seven long years. Four men found guilty of rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapist intern, Jyoti Singh, popularly known as Nirbhaya (fearless), were hanged early morning at 5.30 am on March 20 in Tihar Gaol in Delhi bringing to conclusion a seven-year-long trial. They were: Akshay Kumar […]
By Vijay Badhwar Prime Minister Modi must be banking on second term election of US President Trump to invest so much goodwill on the family’s recent one-and-a-half-day visit to his (Modi’s) home state Ahmedabad, the monument of love -Taj Mahal – and lastly, capital Delhi. The optics of Air Force One landing in Ahmedabad and […]
By Manju Mittal The 21st edition of the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA Awards) will be held in Indore from March 27-29, while Bhopal will host a function in run up to the mega Bollywood event, it was announced here on Monday. This was announced by IIFA organisers in the presence of Bollywood actors […]