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Friday, May 10, 2024
TopicAmit Shah

Topic: Amit Shah

Hindi medium in colleges, govt, recruitment exams…and UN — what Shah-led language panel wants

Parliamentary committee's report also says HC proceedings in Hindi-speaking states should be in Hindi, and recommends action against officials who 'deliberately don't work in Hindi'.

Congress top rung’s ‘sagacity’ fixed Rajasthan mess, says Urdu press as Bharat Jodo remains focus

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Promised ST status by Shah, Paharis could be kingmakers when J&K goes to polls

Paharis play crucial role in swinging results in 8 assembly seats of Rajouri & Poonch districts, which hold significance for any party that seeks to form govt in J&K, where polls are due.

Selfies, dhol, ‘BJP zindabad’ — Amit Shah’s Baramulla rally pulls huge crowd, especially Paharis

A day after Shah’s announcement of reservation for J&K’s Pahari-speaking tribes, jubilant community members throng his Baramulla rally, full of praise for Modi government.

‘Won’t talk to Pakistan, but wish to know what Kashmir’s people want,’ says Amit Shah in Baramulla

Addressing a rally on his last day in J&K, Shah also attacked the ‘Gupkar model’ alleging it was “getting Pakistani terrorists inside Kashmir who then carry out Pulwama-like attacks’.

Reservations for Kashmir’s Paharis meant to help them but it could start new fires instead

Fieldwork has shown Paharis and Gujjars are deeply entwined, in ways that their political leadership does not acknowledge.

Reservation soon for Gujjars, Bakarwals and Paharis, says Amit Shah in Rajouri

Shah is on a three-day visit to the Union Territory to launch several projects and will also oversee security measures before concluding the trip.

39% drop in Left wing extremism violence, Maoists ousted from ‘strongholds’, says MHA report

The MHA statement also said there was a 26% reduction in deaths of security personnel and 44% drop in civilian casualties due to Naxal violence between 2018 and 2020.

On Camera

Apple ad just an example of Big Tech’s inflated sense of self, not the collapse of the world

Apple iPad Pro's ad is a science-fiction film come to life. It destroys every creative instrument and artefact to show our lives can be compressed into the 'thinnest product ever created'.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.