By Jenny Farrell Oscar nominations of films are not always a final indication of the super quality of a film.. This applies to The Banshees of Inisherinas .wel which has ben nominated for Oscar awards for 2023 to be announced on March 12 at Los Engeles. The film had big potential but the director and […]
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The K Chandrasekhar Rao government in Telangana lost the latest round against the Governor on the Republic Day parade in court today. The High Court has ordered that a full-fledged parade for the Republic Day be held at the regular parade ground in Hyderabad, in place of the curtailed celebrations at the Raj Bhavan that […]
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By Arun Srivastava In the first ever manifestation of tactical retreat, the Union Law Minister, Kiren Rijiju refrained from suggesting that charges of sedition should be slapped against the Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud. During its nine years in power, the Narendra Modi government has used recklessly the draconian provision, a pitiful colonial […]
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By Sushil Kutty For the Congress, ever since Rahul Gandhi set out on his 3,750 km long Bharat Jodo Yatra, it has been one step forward and two steps backward thanks to some very controversial remarks made by Congress leaders including by Rahul Gandhi himself. Remarks that confuse and confound and which make the average […]
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A court here on Tuesday gave relief to AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh by suspending his sentence in a 2001 case related to a protest. The special court had on January 11 awarded three-month imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1,500 to Singh and five others in the case registered against them […]
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In a spiraling conflict over judicial appointments, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju objected strongly to the Supreme Court making public the government’s objections to candidates recommended for judges. Last week, the Supreme Court collegium headed by the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, published on the Supreme Court website the government’s objections to the elevation […]
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Plans of some students to screen the controversial BBC series on PM Narendra Modi at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University went awry as power and internet were cut off. Stones were thrown at those watching it on phones, allegedly by the ABVP. Left wing supporters have caught two students, who, they claimed, were throwing the stones. […]
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By Sushil Kutty At 72, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thinks Muslims have a better opinion of him in 2023 than in 2014, and in 2019. With that in his political calculation, Modi believes the BJP will win 2024 Lok Sabha polls with 400-plus seats with communal-engineering. This is sheer pipedream. At 64, Modi won 2014 […]
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The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has asked a group of students to cancel the screening of the controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The students allegedly planned to screen ‘India: The Modi Question’ tomorrow at 9 PM, the university administration said in a statement. “No prior permission for this event has been taken […]
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Months after being ousted as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray today announced his party’s alliance with Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi or VBA lead by Prakash Ambedkar, the grandson of B. R. Ambedkar. “We have come together to keep the Constitution intact,” Uddhav Thackeray said while addressing a press […]
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By Sushil Kutty How is it that the United States President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DoJ) can search Biden’s private residence and confiscate classified documents, and start an investigation? Ditto for the United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who gets hauled up by a British ‘Bobby’ for not wearing seat-belt and is fined for […]
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By Arun Srivastava The compulsion to protect the image and personal interest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is so domineering that his ministerial colleagues can go to the extent of retreating from their avowed ideological line and embrace their sworn enemies. The Law minister Kiren Rijiju who till a couple of days back left no […]
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“ Ever since the British Broadcasting Company (BBC)’s documentary on 2002 Gujarat riots “India: The Modi Question” was released, it has landed itself in controversy with the Centre blocking the online links saying that even sharing of any clips via social media is barred. The documentary questions Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership during the riots. […]
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By Sushil Kutty The Modi government wants a stranglehold on the media. Period. Be it regular media outlets or citizen journalism on social media. The government does not want bad press. It does not tolerate criticism of “government policies, programmes, initiatives and achievements”. It will do anything to avoid taking hits on the chin. It […]
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SHENZHEN, CHINA – Media Outreach – 20 January 2023 – The year 2022 marked the 10th anniversary of President Xi Jinping’s first inspection tour to Qianhai and the first anniversary of the official issuance of the Plan for Comprehensive Deepening Reform and Opening Up of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone (the “Qianhai Plan”) by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China […]
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 20 January 2023 – Following the re-opening of the borders between Hong Kong and Mainland China, the frequent interaction between Shenzhen and Hong Kong will resume and deepen in the future. For over a year since the issuance of the Plan for Comprehensive Deepening Reform and Opening Up of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone (the “Qianhai […]
By Prakash Karat Union law minister, Kiren Rijiju is at it again. He has written to the chief justice of India, D Y Chandrachud, suggesting that a new “search and evaluation committee” be set up which will include a government nominee for making recommendations to the supreme court and high court collegiums for appointment of […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Number of bank fraud cases across India more than doubled in eight years, and about 12 lakh crore rupees were just vanished from the banking system. Indian Economy has been systematically fleeced, both through legal and illegal means, by big borrowers and bank officials. The Centre and the Reserve Bank of […]
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By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s kilometre-long roadshow in the heart of the national capital with PM Modi hanging out of the black SUV’s front-door! If anybody missed Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, fret not. He was at the BJP national executive discussing the health of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s election-preparedness along with the […]
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By Arun Srivastava Before the Lok Sabha elections in April/ May 2024, the RSS and Narendra Modi government have launched the most ruthless operation to saffronise the judiciary, turn it subservient to the Modi government and rob its independent identity and authority. The veil of chastity which wrapped the plan unfolded only a few days […]
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Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao is holding the first rally by Bharat Rashtra Samithi, KCR’s national party on January 8. Around two lakh people are expected to attend and the Telangana CM has invited his counterparts from other states — Arvind Kejriwal from Delhi, Bhagwant Mann from Punjab, and Pinarayi Vijayan from Kerala. He […]
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By Harihar Swarup Governor is neither a decorative emblem nor a glorified cipher. His powers are limited but he has an important constitutional role to play in the governance of the state and strengthening federalism. He is head of the state and all chief ministers, including the Tamil Nadu chief minister, must remember it. All […]
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By K Raveendran Vice-president Jagdeep Dhankar and law minister Kiren Rijiju are decidedly waging a proxy war on behalf of the Narendra Modi government. The Collegium happens to be just a prop and the real target is the Constitution, which the ruling party considers as a hindrance to the pursuit of its isolationist agendas. While […]
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