Modi pledges fast-track trials amid exam protests
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised fast-track courts and stringent punishment for those involved in examination paper leaks, responding to mounting pressure after a youth-led march towards Parliament ended in violent clashes with Delhi Police....
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Delhi student uprising stirs envy across Pakistan
Pakistanis watching the student-led agitation at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar have responded with...
in Happening Now Jul 23 ·Delhi protest violence leaves senior police officer injured
Fresh clashes between protesters and police near Tolstoy Marg in central Delhi left...
in Happening Now Jul 23 ·Trade barriers cloud India’s developed economy ambition
India’s economy remains among the fastest-growing major markets, but high trade costs, regulatory...
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By Asad Mirza Washington and Riyadh have signed a civilian nuclear cooperation pact that could let Saudi Arabia enrich uranium on its own soil. Announced this week and now headed to Congress, the deal marks a historic shift in US nonproliferation policy, alarms Israel and threatens to reshape the...
Deadlock In Parliament For The 4th Day On Exam Irregularities, Crackdown On Students
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Delhi Police had to resort to firing tear gas on protesters near CJP protest sites at Jantar Mantar to push them back late on Wednesday evening, where tens of thousands of them had gathered and still swelling. On Thursday July 23 morning, CJP protesters at...
Jantar Mantar: A New Generation’s Fight For Education And Democracy
By Dr. Arun Mitra Forty-six years ago, I participated in the “Job or Jail” campaign organized by the All India Students’ Federation (AISF). Those memories returned with remarkable clarity on Sunday, July 19, when I spent nearly four hours with students at the AISF stall at Jantar Mantar, where...
Not Just Examinations, Youth Protesters Are Questing The Legitimacy Of The System
By R. Suryamurthy History rarely announces political turning points when they occur. They often masquerade as administrative failures. A bread shortage becomes the French Revolution. A tax on tea becomes the American Revolution. A fruit vendor’s self-immolation ignites the Arab Spring. India may one day discover that its political...
Fear Is Melting, Collective Courage Has Exploded At Jantar Mantar Rally
By Nilotpal Basu There are moments in history when time scampers. Many Indians who were in a dilemma over the lack of collective rage would now be relieved. With developments over the manner in which the executive, the legislature and eventually even the judiciary appeared to converge, it was...
July 21 Rally Confirmed Mamata Banerjee’s Dominance Over Trinamool Congress Base
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Competing for attendance of followers, three rallies held on July 21, the Martyr’s Day sprang surprises for the organisers. Notwithstanding desertion, internal squabbles coupled with snowballing of corruption charges, the Trinamool Congress rally led by former chief minister Mamata Banerjee near Birla Planetarium drew the...
The New Pope: A Meditation On Faith, Power And Terror In A Fractured World
By T N Ashok The New Pope, a sequel to the Young Pope, is streaming on Netflix, I sat down to watch and realised from its sharp, elevated and intellectual screen play, the serial was not about the Pope or the Catholic church, but more about the world we...
The Flower In The Rifle: On The Legality And The Morality Of Peaceful Protests
By Pratik Patnaik When THE PEOPLE gathered at Jantar Mantar this Monday, fasting and chanting and holding copies of the Indian Constitution above their heads to demand that a Union minister answer for a leaked examination that had upended a generation, the Government of India had a tidy explanation...
By Brutalising A Youth Protest, BJP May Have Handed Congress Its Anna Moment
By K Raveendran The spectacle in central Delhi this week carried a significance far beyond the barricades, detentions and blows captured on mobile-phone cameras. The first confrontation unfolded during the Cockroach Janta Party’s march from Jantar Mantar towards Parliament, while Tuesday brought another coercive police response when Rahul Gandhi,...
Opposition Rocked Parliament For The Third Day Over “Brutality On Students”
By Dr. Gyan Pathak After the Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi was removed by force from the sit-in protest site near the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence on July 21, the opposition has further hardened their stance on examination irregularities and “brutality unleashed on students”. Earlier, they...
Brutal Police Actions Against Protesters Have Given A National Dimension To CJP Stir
By T N Ashok Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protesters near Parliament, faced on Monday barricades, lathicharge, tear gas. Security forces fired tear gas and resorted to lathi charges after protesters breached barricades and marched towards Parliament. Chaos gripped central Delhi, triggering traffic disruptions, metro restrictions and a police crackdown...
Rahul-Akhilesh Joint Action In Support Of Protesters In Delhi Impacts Politics In Lucknow
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The manner in which the Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party national President Akhilesh Yadav were detained by the police for their protest in support of the ongoing students agitation has boosted the morale of leaders and workers of their parties in Uttar...
Twin Setbacks For Kerala UDF Govt: SC Snubs It On Wakf Board
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The UDF Government has suffered a serious legal setback with the Supreme Court liberating the Kerala Wakf Board from the supervision of a State official. The order clearly indicates that it can judicially intervene in case of “egregious” interference in a statutory body’s day-to-day management....
Global Cement Industry Will Greatly Benefit Once West Asian War Stops
By Kunal Bose World trade in general was in tumult last year, thanks principally to the US introducing a series of highly punishing tariffs targeting one country after another which naturally invited retribution by affected countries. Thankfully, the tariff war didn’t cause any major changes to “seaborne cement and...
Demolition Bid Of Jauhar University Buildings Is Contrary To Nation Building
By Dr. Ram Puniyani Currently a sit-in is going on in front of the Jauhar University in Rampur. Azam Khan, the member of Samajwadi Party, who is in jail at present, is the chairman of the trust running the University. Students sit in to oppose the Notice of Rampur...
New Platform Of Democratic Socialists Of America Causes Furore Before Mid Term
By Ben Burgis NEW YORK: The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) recently adopted a new platform entitled “Workers Deserve More.” Normally, the only people who notice the platforms adopted by socialist organizations are their own members and members of rival socialist organizations. But not this time. The Speaker of...
Parliament Adjourned For The Second Day On Police Brutality Unleashed On Students
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Both Houses – Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha – of the Parliament of India adjourned for the second day of the Monsoon Session on July 21 amid protests by the opposition seeking discussion on the police “brutality unleashed” on students during their “March to Parliament”...
E20 Is Not India’s Problem, The Way It Was Imposed Is The Real Issue
By R. Suryamurthy India’s nationwide rollout of E20 petrol has become one of the rare public policy initiatives where both the government and its critics can claim to be right. The government is correct in arguing that ethanol blending strengthens India’s energy security, reduces dependence on imported crude oil,...
