The minority affairs ministry and the Central Waqf Council want to pull the plug on the Maulana Azad Education Foundation, but it won’t accept the ‘obsolete’ label.
After Islamic State-linked terrorists slaughtered over a hundred people at Moscow’s Crocus Theatre last week, Putin alleged that the West had pulled the strings.
The Supreme Court has blocked the Assam govt’s decision to withdraw the 1998 notification for Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. Now, villagers are worried they could lose their land.
In Bangladesh, Chorki's content has shattered conventions, sparked controversies, and set new standards for hyper-local content with global appeal. Now, it's making inroads in India.
So far what we have seen of the 2024 elections is enough to indicate that the continuous slide of democratic standards is headed toward breaching the minimum threshold of an electoral democracy.
Byadgi Chilli Market is still reeling from the violence on 11 March, when news of a drastic price drop led to a mob of around hundred farmers going on a rampage.
Under the Left Front, there was seemingly more party control, less money politics. Situation is reversed now with TMC strongmen running businesses in villages & syndicates in cities.
Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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