Mausmriti or Constitution, asks Jignesh

Mausmriti or Constitution, asks Jignesh

Gujarat MLA Jignesh Kumar Mevani and others are asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “choose between the Manusmriti and the Constitution”. Against the backdrop of the Dalit protests in Maharashtra after attacks on an event to commemorate the bicentenary of a British-era battle, activists in the capital have sought permission for a youth meeting near […]

To cover up the Aadhar data leak, is the media being hounded?

To cover up the Aadhar data leak, is the media being hounded?

The media is being threatened again for doing their job. The Aadhaar issuer has filed  a police complaint against The Tribune newspaper and one of its reporters over an exposé on how the cards’ data were selling for Rs 500. Is the government (official )machinery  deploying intimidation tactics to deter the press from doing its […]

‘Space for Reason and Debate is shrinking in India’

‘Space for Reason and Debate is shrinking in India’

Calcutta (Jan 1) Attempts made to “fabricate and distort history” is a terror of a different nature, , says Professor K M Shrimali,  president general of Indian History Congress, expressing concern over the shrinking space for reason and debate in the country, reports PTI. The sole agenda behind RSS-BJP trying to rewrite history is to […]

Tamil Poet’s family declines Sahitya Akademi Award

Tamil Poet’s family declines Sahitya Akademi Award

The family of noted Tamil poet and dramatist Inquilab has decided to decline the Sahitya Akademi award that has been posthumously conferred on him. Talking to TNM after the awards were announced, the poet’s daughter Dr Amina said that her father would not have accepted the award from a government that ‘does not act against […]

BJP politicos among others booked for ‘Hate Jihad’

BJP politicos among others booked for ‘Hate Jihad’

Who are these people? They tried to disrupt a legal wedding between two consenting adults in Ghaziabad. Why? Because one was a Muslim, the other a Hindu! BJP  and the PM apparently turn a blind eye to the ‘Hate Jihad’ being spread by its minions. But an upright policeman booked the rabble rousers. Now let’s watch […]

Manmohan Singh blameless, CBI playing games, says Court

Manmohan Singh blameless, CBI playing games, says Court

New Delhi, Dec 21 : The former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had been deliberately misled by officials, a special court has decided, while pulling up the CBI for trying to implicate the former prime minister in the 2G fiasco , ‘as their submissions were based on conjectures and speculations alone’. Senior officials at the office […]

Manipur House pays tribute to Mentor Keishing

Manipur House pays tribute to Mentor Keishing

Imphal: Manipur Assembly plegded, in memory of the late Rishang Keishing, to work for harmony between the people of the hills and the valleys.  Recalling Congress leader Rishang Keishing’s “relentless efforts” to unite Manipur’s communities, members of the Assembly, cutting across party lines, on Wednesday pledged to maintain communal harmony in the state. The Assembly, […]

Gujarat has the NaMo Myth busted

Gujarat has the NaMo Myth busted

New Delhi: The myth is busted! The promises bullet train, the roll-on-roll-off ferry service ride and the flamboyant take-off on a sea plane and so on that the BJP rolled out with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the presiding deity,  was not enough to propel the unstoppable right wing juggernaut to the 100-mark. As one […]

Violence within the country has shamed us: Rahul Gandhi

Violence within the country has shamed us: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Dec 16 : Congress President  Rahul Gandhi spoke out against the spreading hatred and violence in the country, and asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was taking India back to the medieval times. In his first speech to party workers after formally assuming charge as the Congress president, he set the tone for […]

Violence against Christians: Not in My name says Tripura Maharaja

Violence against Christians: Not in My name says Tripura Maharaja

The December 14 incident of unprovoked violence against Catholic Priests and Seminerians in Satna in the Central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has attracted condemnation from all sections of society, especially in Northeast India. Tripura royal scion and PCC working president Maharaja Pradyot Bikram Manikya has said, ” Violence is a first sign of cowardice. […]

Telengana Govt plans Christmas Dinners, elsewhere Christians attacked

Telengana Govt plans Christmas Dinners, elsewhere Christians attacked

Hyderabad: As part of Christmas celebrations, the Telangana government will organise dinners in all churches across the state on December 18, a release from the Chief Minister’s Office said today. “On December 18, on behalf of the government, dinner will be organised in all the churches across the state. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao would […]

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