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Friday, November 1, 2024
TopicArun Jaitley

Topic: Arun Jaitley

Swamy questions Tarun Bajaj appointment as DEA secretary, calls him Robert Vadra’s ‘chela’

In a tweet, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy questions if civil servants are taking advantage of the PM’s ‘total engrossment’ with the Covid-19 pandemic.

Arun Jaitley’s close friends working to revive OPIUM — to ‘discuss, disagree, debate’ again

Arun Jaitley was a prominent member of OPIUM, an informal group of 60-odd old DU students who are now trying to revive it as a ‘homage’ to their friend.

Pragya Thakur was Amit Shah’s personal choice to take on Digvijaya Singh in Bhopal

Amit Shah felt Pragya Thakur was the right nominee to 'expose' the Congress' alleged 'anti-Hindu' bias.

How Modi govt quietly dropped proposal for public consultation on electoral bonds

Finance ministry prepared 2 notes about briefing PM Modi on the scheme in August 2017. But proposal for public consultation in first note was struck down by hand.

‘Miss his presence’: PM remembers Arun Jaitley, says his life inspires them to work harder

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to the late BJP leader, Arun Jaitley, and recalled how working for the nation energised him.

No Arun Jaitley or Prashant Kishor by his side, Nitish Kumar struggles to deal with BJP

The latest among the host of issues that have triggered rifts between the BJP and the JD(U) is the former’s demand for an NRC in Bihar.

Ministers, journalists among many lose phones at Jaitley funeral, police say only 5 cases

In a post on Twitter, Patanjali spokesperson S.K. Tijarawala claims phones of 11 people, including him, were stolen.

Parliament House upgrades to ‘home theater’, and PV Sindhu nets World Championship

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

BJP MP Pragya Thakur says opposition using ‘sorcery’ after Arun Jaitley’s death

Referring to the several deaths of BJP leaders, controversial MP Pragya Thakur claimed that during her election campaign, a 'maharaj ji' had warned her to be cautious of 'sorcery'.

Poetic prose for Jaitley, a paean for Sindhu and the rupee does a Ben Stokes

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

On Camera

Bibek Debroy was an ‘Acharya’ in India’s intellectual history

In the centuries to come, economist Bibek Debroy's Mahabharata will attain the importance we attach to the texts of Shankara, Ramanuja, and Madhvacharya.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.