‘Shun the binary of ‘us’ & ‘they’; adopt ‘we’ for unity in diversity,’ said Justice Bhuyan NEW DELHI: At a time when the opposition has branded the NDA govt authoritarian, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan Saturday said authoritarianism sets in when society fears questions, and stressed people must shed the binary of ‘us’ and ‘they’ and adopt…
Delhi HC upholds bail granted to alleged J&K terror outfit overground worker, dismisses NIA’s appeal NEW DELHI: Delhi high court has dismissed NIA’s appeal against a trial court order granting bail to an alleged over ground worker in J&K, Mateen Ahmed Bhat, in a terror conspiracy case.A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Arun Bhardwaj…
Jammu prepares to host government offices for the winter session as 91 departments shift from Srinagar under the 150-year-old Darbar Move tradition JAMMU: The bi-annual Darbar Move of Jammu & Kashmir govt from Srinagar to Jammu began Saturday, with 91 offices scheduled to shift operations to the winter capital ahead of their reopening on Nov…
Protesters marched through the streets raising slogans. (Photo credit: Reuters) NEW DELHI: Thousands of people from different communities, including residents of Manipur’s hill and valley regions, took part in a rally organised by the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) in Imphal.The protesters demanding the scrapping of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement with militant…
Rahul Gandhi warned the CEC and other officials against assuming that constitutional immunity would shield them from accountability. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah may be at the top of the political chain of command, but Rahul Gandhi has made it clear that the opposition’s first target is Chief…
NEW DELHI: United Democratic Party president Metbah Lyngdoh on Saturday tendered his resignation as a cabinet minister from the Meghalaya government.This comes days after 11 of the UDP’s 12 MLAs joined other parties. Eight of the United Democratic Party’s legislators joined the BJP in September, while three others defected to the NPP earlier this month.Lyngdoh…
Mamata Banerjee invited Dipke and other activists to West Bengal. NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke met former chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee in the national capital and thanked her for supporting the outfit’s youth-led protests on Saturday.The CJP leader also said that his party would maintain its independent identity…
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) (Representative image) NEW DELHI: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is open to debates on national issues but people must remain vigilant to ensure that forces opposed to the country’s interests do not misuse public protests, senior Sangh leader Sunil Ambekar said on Saturday.Ambekar, the RSS’s Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh, said the…
NEW DELHI: The opposition on Saturday unanimously passed a resolution seeking Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over allegations of irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls during a “mock Parliament” organised at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence.Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar presided over the proceedings, with several MPs and activists supporting the…
PM Modi alleged that “certain forces inside the country were busy trying to create instability by spreading lies and rumours”. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday staunchly criticised the opposition for “choosing to be an obstructionists” after a decade of despair and frustration emanating from the intermittent electoral routs.PM Modi said the opposition has…
