Party comes out with '9 saal, 9 sawaal', raising nine issues related to economy, farmers, Covid, corruption, democracy, federalism & other issues to mark 9 years of Modi govt.
Historians including Romila Thapar & Jayati Ghosh, have condemned NCERT move of dropping topics like history of Mughal courts, 2002 Gujarat riots and more, terming it 'divisive'.
Groups including NSUI had tried to screen Gujarat riots documentary in January. University official says action 'well thought out', but MP & alum Shashi Tharoor says he's 'appalled'.
International media like the New York Times, The Guardian & human rights bodies criticised the Centre’s move, calling it a ‘thin-skinned response to criticism’ and more.
Tax officers searched the BBC's bureaus in New Delhi & Mumbai for a second day Wednesday, NDTV reported, after BBC aired a documentary critical of PM Modi's role in the 2002 Gujarat riots.
'India: The Modi Question' documentary raises more questions than it answers. Its content, intent and timing suggests BBC is rushing on a path where angels would fear to tread.
The screening of ‘India: The Modi Question’, scheduled for 6 pm on the campus, was called off in the face of a massive police build-up outside the institute.
From Mughal ports to Dutch wars to Bombay’s merchant dynasties, Gujarati Muslims once shaped the Indian Ocean world — long before one of their descendants took New York.
While main elements behind terror module have been nabbed, more arrests will take place, including some professors & academicians who were part of the ring, it is learnt.
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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