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TopicImran Pratapgarhi

Topic: Imran Pratapgarhi

What SC said on free speech, satire & duty as it quashed FIR lodged against MP Pratapgarhi over a poem

Key order comes at a time when standup comedian Kunal Kamra is facing heat for taking a dig at Eknath Shinde without naming the Maharashtra deputy CM directly.

A Dhaka-Beijing-Islamabad axis is taking shape. It’s worrying for India

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Who is Imran Pratapgarhi? Congress star campaigner in BJP crosshairs is an MP, recited shayari for Atiq Ahmed

In 2000s, Congress MP became famous in Allahabad as a student poet writing about his mother, ‘ghar wapsi’ & Muslim unity. He is now among Congress star campaigners for Karnataka.

‘Panic & unrest’ in Maharashtra Congress as outsider Pratapgarhi who lost 2019 polls gets RS nod

Imran Pratapgarhi, 34 and from UP, was chosen over veterans like Milind Deora and Sanjay Nirupam. Some leaders call move ‘undemocratic’ but others accept high command’s call.

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Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.