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Stating that violence -ree District Development Council (DDC) polls in 2020 marked the end of “jungle raj” in Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Sunday said August 5, 2019 decision ushered a new era in the union territory (UT). “(Atal Behari) Vajpayee ji's principle of Jamhooriyat (democracy) was not allowed to flourish on the ground for decades (in J&K). There

‘The adamant attitude not to repeal three farm laws has eroded their popularity in northern States’

Trade unions and a section of employees said that despite floating the concept of Atmanirbhar Bharat, Modi-led govt didn’t do anything for the company in the 7 years of its tenure

January 31, 2021 The BJP government has brought the nation to a crossroads where it has reopened the old debate about the idea of India. The country is on a slippery slope of majoritarianism today and struggling to preserve the spirit of its constitution India marked its 72nd Republic Day on January 26. This day in 1950 the country had adopted a new constitution after years of deliberations to suit the plural temperament and destiny of a multi-cultural and multi-religious nation. Seven decades ...

We are Indians, firstly and lastly. – BR Ambedkar Let new India arise out of peasants cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper. – Swami Vivekananda Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic. – Indira Gandhi At the dawn of history, India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur o...

" A true leader become great not because of their power but their ability to empower others"-John Maxwell. This quote is quite apt when it comes to leaders and their followers. A leader is the one who is just not meant to rule on others but to build and empower others with their strong, inspiring words and actions. Nothing can measure the power of words. The words spoken by the great leaders of our country hold power and prestige and it highly inspires us even now. Our country achieved its iden...

The Great Modi Makeover Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PMO) Snapshot The eighth year of an Indian prime minister’s tenure has historically been fraught. Jawaharlal Nehru in 1955 faced a slew of attacks in his eighth year as prime minister: his son-in-law and parliamentarian Feroze Gandhi was a fierce critic in the Lok Sabha of Nehru’s policies. Corruption scandals involving Ramakrishnan Dalmia’s controversial acquisition of The Times of India group raised doubts about public gov...

December 31, 2020 It’s patch-up time in the Congress party which is hopeful of getting a full-time president in the New Year 2021 and a possible upswing in its fortunes. Four months after the group of senior leaders, who came to be known as the G23, wrote a letter to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi in August demanding thorough organizational reforms and a visible and active full-time party chief, she started a process of reconciliation in December to keep the flock together. From all...

Karan Thapar | Christmas, like Diwali, is a special day in India Published : Dec 25, 2020, 7:37 am IST Updated : Dec 25, 2020, 7:37 am IST The attempt to redesignate Christmas is likely to be more hurtful to India’s Christians than the 2014 redesignation as Good Governance Day  Christian devotees take part in a mass service on the eve of Christmas, in Mumbai on December 24, 2020. (Punit PARANJPE / AFP) Something I have always been proud of is the fact that India celebrates Diwali, Chri...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a news conference in New Delhi in 2014. | Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters The Christian community is celebrating Christmas, perhaps more joyously this season so as to get over the trauma and the gloom of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, most churches did not have the traditional midnight mass, and parishioners of many city churches were requested to call early so that they could be allotted seats in churches observing a very strict social distancing....