With Arun Shourie and other journalists supporting Prannoy Roy over the CBI raids on an ICICI Bank default case involving Rs.48 crore, the stark question is whether it was an isolated incident of financial impropriety or muzzling press freedom by the authorities. Ironic but the answer is positive for both. The bank loan issue relates to an old 2008 case ...

First it was firing on farmers demanding fair price for their produce in Mandsaur who were fired upon by police and five farmers were officially killed in the melee. What followed was the arrest of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, reflecting how desperate is BJP to stop him from reaching out to farmers. Ironic but state home minister blamed Rahul for ...

More than 80 journalists from media protested at Press Club of Bangalore against CBI raids on NDTV founder Prannoy Roy’s home in Delhi and Dehradun on Monday. Organised by the Journalist Study Centre, the said it is the beginning of muzzling the press by BJP the way LK Advani predicted an emergency’s return soon. Advani is facing the Ayodhya temple ...

NDTV Founders Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy are “facing the music” for what they have stood for. This morning , CBI has knocked at their door with search warrants in an apparent case involving NDTV and ICICI Bank over Rs.48 Crore loan. While ICICI remained silent on the case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said the raids ...

BJP leaders L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharati, Vinay Katiyar, VHP’s Vishnu Hari Dalmia and Sadhvi Ritambara have appeared before a special CBI court in Lucknow today where they face the prospect of jail term as the court finalizes framing of charges in the Babri Masjid demolition case. Special CBI judge S K Yadav had asked all the ...

The borders between India and Pakistan are tense with Indian army chief declaring that several pakistan targets have been smashed in an indication of increased border skirmishes between the two countries, with the International Court of Justice staying Pakistan miliatry court’s death sentence on Kulbhushan Jadhav. “Punitive fire assaults are being undertaken across the line of control,” said Army spokesperson ...

In a sudden development India’s environment minister Anil Madhav Dave died on Thursday morning in the midst of his passionate career and devotion to environment issues. He was with PM Narendra Modi till evening on Wednesday discussing environment-related issues and in the morning he woke up complaining about uneasiness and was rushed to AIIMS in Delhi where he died soon. ...

The mysterious disappearance of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who went missing after an altercation with the RSS student wing ABVP on the campus on the night of October 14, 2016 has been trasferred to CBI by the Delhi High Court on Tuesday. The bench of Justices G S Sistani and Rekha Palli said a DIG will investigate into the matter, ...

Tamil Nadu politics have always been the handiwork of a non-Tamil beginning MGR (born in Kerala) to Jayalalithaa (born in Mysore). For BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, who is a Tamil, this is something beyond his toleration levels. Soon after Tamil star Rajinikanth said he would enter politics, if God willing, Swamy retorted saying Rajini was a Marathi and not Tamilian. ...

For the first time Tamil star Rajinikanth has divulged his inner thoughts about politics and how he would conduct, if God willing. He has categorically denied any possibility of joining any political party. Speaking to his fans on Monday in Chennai, Rajinikanth said: “Some people wanted to become MLAs and have been using me to make money. God willing, if ...

If BJP has been accused of dividing Hindus and Muslims on communal lines, then Telugu actor Pawan Kalyan will soon face the possible criticism of dividing the nation on North vs South Indians but not without reason. The president of Jana Sena Party, Pawan Kalyan categorically denied that he is against any Hindi or North Indians per se but against ...

What Aam Aadmi Party advocated years ago seeking beacon ban (Lal Batti) has become handy for BJP and PM Narendra Modi who has stolen the thunder away from badly bruised Aravind Kejriwal’s party that had lost Delhi Municpal elections recently. Modi said the beacon ban will come into force from Monday, May 1, 2017 to revamp the country’s so-called VIP ...

A Rajasthan marriage invitation has taken the Internet by storm when it is filled with PM Narendra Modi quotes instead of usual sermons on it. The wedding to be held today at Jhalawar district in Rajasthan has become part of a trend when one slogan of Modi filled some invitation or gift cards recently. The idea from the bridegroom’s uncle, who ...

India’s Mumbai don and the most wanted criminal in Mumbai riots, Dawood Ibrahim is said to have been admitted in Aga Khan Hospital in Karachi after suffering a severe heart attack on Friday night and his condition is still unknown officially. Unconfirmed reports said the don has died but the Mmabi police have refused to confirm the details and Pakistan ...

Embarrassed over United States ambassador to the United Nations Nimrata “Nikki” Randhawa Haley’s statement that the US will play a pro-active role between India and Pakistan, New Delhi rejected the offer and reiterated its stand that the issue should be resolved bilaterally. Embarrassed over the ignorance of Haley about India’s decades-old stand on Kashmir not to allow a third party ...

Pakistan objected to demolition of Jinnah House in Mumbai as suggested by one of the BJP real estate developers terming it a symbol of partition of India in 1947. Jinnah House built on 2.5 acres is worth about $400 million (about Rs.2,600 crore) but was vacant since 1982 after it was vacated by the Britain’s Deputy High Commissioner. Built with ...

Erstwhile BJP supporter and one of the top lawyers of the country Mr Ram Jethmalani has offered his services to defend Arvind Kejriwal in the defamation case filed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for free. Mr. Jethmalani said the Union Finance Minister is holding the move to clear his bills from the Delhi government as it is the government’s ...

First it was on What’s App. A picture clearly showed a person with a turban trying to vote for AAP but the vote was automatically going to BJP. The poll results which have shocked the opposition soon revived the theory of BJP’s manipulation of e-voting in Uttar Pradesh, which was termed a litmus test for Modi’s demonetisation. Soon after the ...

Despite DMK and Congress voting against the motion of confidence in the newly-sworn in government of Edapadi Palaniswami won the trust vote on the floor of the Tamil Nadu Assembly bringing curtains down to one-month controvery in AIADMK. With V.K. Sasikala serving her four-year jail term in Bangalore prison, Congress at the last minute decided to vote against Sasikala camp and ...

The floor test for the Palaniswami government as mandated by the governor ran into trouble with Panneerselvam and the DMK demanding a secret vote while Speaker P.Dhanapal gave a ruling for grouping mode which will intimidate and identify the MLAs not supporting the Sasikala group openly. Speaker Dhanapal’s ruling created chaos with the opposition groups turning violent and occupying the ...