PM hails man who took on Britishers over Jallianwala | India News

PM hails man who took on Britishers over Jallianwala | India News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday hailed lawyer Chettur Sankaran Nair who took the then British government to court over the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar. Addressing a gathering in Yamunanagar, Modi said Sunday (April 13) marked the 106th anniversary...
Delhi Confidential: Pic of the day | Delhi Confidential News

Delhi Confidential: Pic of the day | Delhi Confidential News

Political parties tried to outdo one another in staking claim on Dr B R Ambedkar’s political legacy on his 135th birth anniversary on Monday. However, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Surendra Singh Nagar, who is also a secretary of the party,...
Gujarat Confidential: Suspense remains | Ahmedabad News

Gujarat Confidential: Suspense remains | Ahmedabad News

Even as Gujarat BJP is in process of overhauling its state organisation under Sangathan Parv with the selection of new district and mandal heads, appointment to the post of Ahmedabad city president is keenly awaited. It is among the few...
Congress MLA grabs BJP leader by collar over removal of plaque in Jaipur

Congress MLA grabs BJP leader by collar over removal of plaque in Jaipur

Congress MLA Indira Meena Jaipur: Congress MLA Indira Meena had an altercation with a local BJP leader in Sawaimadhopur district over the installation of a commemorative plaque at the site of a statue of Dr B R Ambedkar. A video...
Why the renaming of an iconic Bengali New Year parade in Dhaka sparked a debate

Why the renaming of an iconic Bengali New Year parade in Dhaka sparked a debate

In the predawn hours of April 12, a fire on the Dhaka University campus reduced a 20-foot bamboo-and-cane sculpture called the “face of fascism” to ash. A papier-mâché dove, symbolising peace, was also charred.The arson attack on the artwork was...
Modi defends Waqf Amendment Act amid protests, Mehul Choksi arrested in Belgium and more

Modi defends Waqf Amendment Act amid protests, Mehul Choksi arrested in Belgium and more

Rigged rankings, fake assessments – is your degree at risk? Fund our special project: India’s Great Education BetrayalPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday stated that Muslim youths would not have to “fix punctures” if waqf land had been properly utilised...
India’s bamboo bounty yields little for artisans, cultivators and entrepreneurs

India’s bamboo bounty yields little for artisans, cultivators and entrepreneurs

Adiram Reang, an indigenous farmer who belongs to the Autonomous District Council village of Bagmara, in Dhalai district, 125 km from the state capital Agartala, wanted to own Kanak Kaich bamboo plantations. But when he found out about Tripura’s State...
Over 200 arrested for violent protests against Waqf Act in Murshidabad

Over 200 arrested for violent protests against Waqf Act in Murshidabad

The West Bengal Police on Monday said that more than 200 persons have been arrested in connection with recent violent protests against the Waqf Act in Murshidabad district that have left three dead, The Indian Express. “For the last 36...
Modi govt only pays lip service to Ambedkar, charges Kharge

Modi govt only pays lip service to Ambedkar, charges Kharge

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday accused the Modi government of paying only “lip service” to B R Ambedkar’s legacy but doing nothing to fulfil his wishes, claiming the BJP-RSS were “enemies” of the architect of the Constitution. Hitting out...
‘you touch my skin / a riot breaks out inside of me’: These poems bridge the self and nature

‘you touch my skin / a riot breaks out inside of me’: These poems bridge the self and nature

‘between the spider’(a tribute to MF Hussain)in the neighbourhood of your breathi have traveled close and farour lips have moveddunes, shiftinga bird across the sunbecame my hand flutteringpainting a thin shadow overyour lipsunder that shadowyour words were horsesnaked, riding your...
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