POLITICS
Interview | Jayaprakash Narayan wanted to become Indira Gandhi’s mentor or adviser: Biographer Sujata Prasad
In their book “The Dream of Revolution: A Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan”, JP's close associate Dr Bimal Prasad and his daughter Sujata Prasad present an account of JP’s life from his political awakening in 1920's during his student years in the US to his ‘total revolution’ call to overthrow the Indira Gandhi regime in 1970s.
POLITICS
Explained | The BSF’s enhanced power in 3 States and why Punjab and Bengal oppose it
While Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi and a Bengal minister termed the move an attack on federalism, former BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal called it the imposition of President’s rule on nearly half of Punjab through the back door
POLITICS
BJP MP Varun Gandhi breaks ranks, seeks accountability for farmers killed in Lakhimpur Kheri
The Pilibhit MP’s fiercely critical stand on the Lakhimpur Kheri deaths hints at a breaking of ranks amid a reported unease in BJP over the farmers’ protest against agri-laws ahead of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh
POLITICS
North India’s air pollution concerns return as stubble burning resumes in Punjab and Haryana
Satellite images from the US space agency Nasa show that farmers have already begun burning crop stubble in parts of the two northern states that’s blamed for the winter-time phenomenon that holds up flights and trains and reduces road traffic to a crawl.
POLITICS
Explained | Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government’s ‘Deshbhakti Curriculum’ for Delhi schools
The ‘Deshbhakti Curriculum’ aims to develop children’s sense of belonging to the country and help them realise that patriotism should not be reserved just for special occasions like Independence Day or Republic Day.
BUSINESS
Interview | CMD of first J&K company to list on BSE SME talks about listing gains, ease of doing business, expansion and more
In an exclusive conversation with MoneyControl, Atul Modi, founder-Chairman and MD of Prevest DenPro spoke about what the listing means and why he sees the dental material manufacturer become a Rs 500 crore business company in the next decade.
POLITICS
Can Jignesh Mevani, Kanhaiya Kumar bring some change in Congress?
The entry of the two activist-turned politicians from Gujarat and Bihar will certainly be good optics for the Congress given that many young leaders such as Jyotiraditya Scindia, Jitin Prasada and Sushmita Dev have deserted the party in the past couple of years.
INDIA
It's not four bottles. UP home bars can stock much more
Only if a person wants to keep more than 29.5 litres will he or she have to apply for a licence.
POLITICS
Jharkhand offers scholarships for tribal students to study in UK and Ireland Universities: All you need to know
The ‘Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda Overseas Scholarship Scheme’ helps ST students to pursue higher studies in the universities of England and Ireland. The awardees are entitled for full coverage of tuition fees, living, journey and other expenses required for the course.
POLITICS
Explained: Why Congress picked Charanjit Singh Channi to succeed Amarinder Singh as CM of poll-bound Punjab
Channi, minister of technical educational and industrial training in the outgoing cabinet, took oath as chief minister on September 20. With this move, the Congress is trying to balance the caste equation within the party in the state.
POLITICS
How AAP is making inroads in Gujarat ahead of 2022 assembly polls
Things started changing in AAP’s favour in February, when it tasted its first major success -- in the Surat municipal polls. It won 27 seats and emerged as the principal opposition party. The BJP won 93 seats. AAP now projects itself to be an alternative to both the BJP and the Congress in the state.
POLITICS
Here's a look at the BJP’s strike force for 5 Assembly polls in 2022
With an OBC leader for UP, a farm leader in Punjab, a familiar face in Goa, and trusted hands in Uttarakhand and Manipur, the party is trying to put its best foot forward as it tries to retain power in four States and wrest back one from the Congress.
POLITICS
Explained: The political significance of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh, after whom a university has been named in UP
Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh was a royal who became a freedom fighter and social reformer. He is revered by the Jats of Western Uttar Pradesh, many of whom are farmers upset with the ruling BJP government over the farm laws
POLITICS
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin tables Bill against NEET in assembly as student’s suicide sparks political row
The student’s death turned into a political storm in the state with the opposition blaming the ruling DMK government. The ruling government and its allies in turn have blamed the Centre
POLITICS
A Patidar face who is a first-time MLA: All you need to know about Bhupendra Patel, Gujarat’s next chief minister
Patel, 59, a political lightweight, is known to be a protégé of former chief minister of Gujarat Anandiben Patel who earlier held the Ghatlodia seat in Ahmedabad
POLITICS
Why BJP decided to remove Vijay Rupani as Gujarat CM 15 months ahead of assembly polls?
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, deputy chief minister in Rupani government, Nitin Patel, Lieutenant Governor of Lakshadweep, Praful Khoda Patel and BJP MP from Gujarat, Parshottam Rupala are among those in fray to replace Rupani.
POLITICS
35% of MPs/MLAs who switched parties between 2014-2021 joined BJP; most defectors from Congress: ADR report
The highest number of MPs/MLAs, 177 or 35 percent, left the Congress to join another party during the elections held in this period, the report said.
WORLD
Afghanistan has the world’s ‘most-wanted’ all-male government
Most members of Afghanistan’s 33-member caretaker government announced by the Taliban, including the prime minister and his two deputies, have been on the UN Security Council’s sanctions list, while the US regards interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani as an Al Qaeda-linked global terrorist who is on FBI’s most-wanted list
WORLD
Afghanistan: Here are the top six Taliban leaders
The leadership of the group that seized control of Kabul on August 15 has been cloaked in secrecy. Here is what we know about who is leading the Taliban today.
POLITICS
Make Rahul Gandhi Congress president again, party’s youth wing says in its resolution
The demand for a full-time Congress chief has been pending since the party's debacle in 2019. Rahul Gandhi, who took over the post from his mother Sonia Gandhi in 2017, stepped down after the 2019 defeat. The Congress has since failed to find a replacement and thus, Sonia Gandhi continues to be the party’s interim chief.
INDIA
Meet Noida DM Suhas L Yathiraj, country's first-ever IAS officer to win a medal at the Paralympics
From his long working hours during the day as the district’s top bureaucrat in the pandemic to practicing his game at night, the 38-year-old Karnataka-born officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre had a tough schedule in the run-up to the competition.
POLITICS
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the patriarch of separatist politics in Kashmir Valley
A hardliner who stood up to New Delhi, Geelani was often referred to as a pro-Pakistan leader. Yet, he was the only separatist to oppose Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s four-point formula of 2001 to resolve the Kashmir issue.
INDIA
Air pollution shortens Indian life expectancy by nearly 6 years: Study
Residents of the national capital lose 9.7 years of their lives due to pollution while those in Uttar Pradesh lose 9.5 years, according to findings in the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) report, a tool developed by the Energy Policy Institute of the University of Chicago (EPIC).
POLITICS
Amarinder Singh says Jallianwala Bagh renovation looks ‘nice’ after Rahul Gandhi calls it ‘insult’ to martyrs
The Punjab CM’s different line has raised eyebrows within the Congress and it comes at a time when he is facing a revolt from many of his colleagues in the poll-bound state.
