Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal has defended his team amid widespread criticism for the handling of the RG Kar rape-murder case. Most severe has been the Calcutta High Court's observations.
State police and central agencies have traded FIRs on murder, criminal conspiracy, and more in last few weeks. Experts blame ‘political control’, warn it’s weakening the steel frame.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
It took a lot for Ms. Shreyasi Dey to finally take a stand against TMC and Ms. Mamata Banerjee. Even a cursory glance through Ms. Dey’s Twitter (X) profile shows that she has been a supporter of the TMC and Ms. Banerjee all along. Her reporting on the Sandeshkhali incident was particularly egregious.
One may even opine that she is a member of TMC.
Mr. Shekhar Gupta’s oft quoted “un-hyphenated journalism” leaves much more to be desired.
To be fair, consider any police force in the country. How closely it follows political guidance in sensitive cases. How many Julio Ribeiros does one see nowadays.
It took a lot for Ms. Shreyasi Dey to finally take a stand against TMC and Ms. Mamata Banerjee. Even a cursory glance through Ms. Dey’s Twitter (X) profile shows that she has been a supporter of the TMC and Ms. Banerjee all along. Her reporting on the Sandeshkhali incident was particularly egregious.
One may even opine that she is a member of TMC.
Mr. Shekhar Gupta’s oft quoted “un-hyphenated journalism” leaves much more to be desired.
To be fair, consider any police force in the country. How closely it follows political guidance in sensitive cases. How many Julio Ribeiros does one see nowadays.