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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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Topic: Delhi

‘Hope isn’t delusional, it’s audacious’. New book finds a ray in anti-CAA protests

Author Indrajit Roy sees democracy as constantly evolving. Fundamentally, it is about people making choices and asserting them – and that comes with hope.

Delhi Police suspends sub-inspector for ‘kicking’ people offering namaz in Delhi’s Inderlok area

Disciplinary action initiated after DCP (North) Manoj Kumar Meena took cognisance of viral video in which cop purportedly seen kicking people who were offering Friday prayers on road.

Silk Route talk irritates Dalrymple. His new book says India, not China, ruled trade, ideas

William Dalrymple pre-launched his new book titled 'The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed The World' in New Delhi. He busted 3 historical assumptions.

History can be written & rewritten. Photos can’t be taken again – Raghu Rai

The way Modi is everywhere now, back then Indira Gandhi was on every cover page, said photographer Raghu Rai at a recent event in Delhi.

Security amped up across Delhi and borders as farmers set to resume ‘Delhi Chalo’

The move comes a day after the protesting farmers rejected the Centre's proposal to buy pulses, maize and cotton crops through government agencies at MSP for five years.

TV news made you feel little sympathy for farmers. The ‘high voltage drama’ a public nuisance?

Republic TV, Zee News, NDTV 24X7 have been airing commuter complaints to the farmers’ march to Delhi. When the effects become personal, public sympathy wanes distinctly.

Kali and her avatars went beyond India – on Japanese matchboxes, German porcelain

Some 19th-century ‘Reverse Glass’ paintings from China show a blue-skinned Jagaddhatri, and a Mahisasurmardini holding the decapitated head of a distinctly East Asian Mahishasur.

This Delhi art exhibit on throwaway culture is full of ‘trash’. The medium is the message

A set of new installations at the two-week Sustaina India art exhibition in Delhi forces the viewer to receive what they throw.

‘How can 800-yr-old masjid be an encroachment?’ Mehrauli mosque demolition confounds historians

New Delhi: It was the sound of bulldozers at Akhunji Masjid, a 13th-century mosque in Mehrauli that lay some 400 metres from the Qutub...

Delhi RWA vs Aiyars — ‘regret, or leave’ warning to Mani Shankar, daughter over Ram Mandir post

President of Jangpura Extension RWA says awaiting Congressman Mani Shankar Aiyar & daughter Suranya's response to letter sent to them regarding her ‘rant’ on Ram Mandir consecration.

On Camera

Move over Ed Sheeran, Rihanna. The only pop star India wants more of is Diljit Dosanjh

Sheeran’s concert in Mumbai on Saturday was a roaring success. But the most viral moment was when Dosanjh joined him, and brought the house down.

Complaints to RBI ombudsman up 68% in FY23, banks biggest cause for customer grievances

Data shows large public sector banks received highest number of complaints in absolute terms, but fared better than several private banks when looked at on complaints-per-branch basis.

Tiger Triumph-24 — India-US tri-services exercise to boost coordination begins

The exercise will be simulated to undertake HADR operations in a ‘friendly island nation’, where troops will execute amphibious landing ops.

CAA comes not with a bang, but with a whimper. Without NRC, it will fade into academic debate

For BJP, CAA was strategic move that did not quite work out because those it would benefit could’ve been accommodated under existing laws, and new entrants would remain excluded.