India News: THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The swearing-in ceremony of the new CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala, headed by Pinarayi Vijayan, would be held on May 20 at th.
Congress leader Salman Khurshid insisted that one should not accept the pessimistic view .
Bengaluru:
Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid wants his party to think big like the BJP, and refuse to accept pessimistic view that the outfit has now become too small, weak and cannot regain its lost ground. One take-away that I have from (West) Bengal and Assam (Assembly elections) is: You should never, never accept that you are too small, you are too weak and that you can t make it big in a particular region or State , he told PTI in an interview on Monday. I think, BJP has done that (think-big strategy) where they had no existence at all. They tried to do it in other places where they still don t have any existence, Mr Khurshid said.
The Story of Jarnail Singh is a Reminder of an India that We ve Lost
It was in 2009 that a reporter felt free enough to not just question a top minister but fling a shoe in anger. No minister should be subjected to that. Ever. But how about making reporters free enough to throw questions?
Representative image of a demonstration against attack on the freedom of press. Photo: Reuters
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During a press conference in 2009, Sikh journalist Jarnail Singh threw a shoe at then home minister P. Chidambaram who was seen to be defending the Central Bureau of Investigation’s exoneration of Jagdish Tytler, indicted by fact-finding commissions as a key facilitator of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence. Singh was arrested but then let off. Subsequently, he fought and won an election and became an MLA. However, his day in the sun still remained that one act of defiance.
President Joe Biden said Monday that he will speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as pressure mounts for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.