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Monday, November 4, 2024
TopicMeghalaya BJP

Topic: Meghalaya BJP

Ex-MLA’s exit blows lid off revolt brewing in Meghalaya BJP. ‘Bitterness, nepotism under state chief’

Set to join ruling NPP, Shangpliang accuses Meghalaya BJP chief Mawrie of hampering party’s poll prospects. Mawrie says Shangpliang wanted Lok Sabha ticket as 'unanimous candidate'.

‘I eat beef too… there’s no ban in Meghalaya, no one can stop it,’ says state BJP chief

Ernest Mawrie's comments come at a time when BJP-ruled states like Assam had passed a bill to regulate cattle slaughter, transport and sale of beef in Hindu-inhabited areas.

‘Insufficient evidence’: Why Meghalaya BJP V-P Marak got bail in ‘brothel’ & explosives cases

Bernard Marak, arrested in July after a police raid on his farmhouse, has been granted bail in 2 of 4 cases by Meghalaya HC. BJP claims cases are part of ‘political vendetta’.

Held for ‘running brothel’, Meghalaya BJP vice-president now arrested for ‘hiking’ food prices

Bernard Marak had forcibly raised the prices of food items in Tura, say police. The action came a day after a court sent him to 14-day judicial custody in an explosives haul case.

Our take on ‘Rashtrapatni’ remark, SSC scam and Uddhav Thackeray—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

From militant to BJP politician – who is Bernard Marak, accused of running ‘brothel’ in Meghalaya

Bernard Marak has alleged that the police raid on his farmhouse was a “desperate attempt” by Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma to “malign” his image.

India would rather talk about Rahul Gandhi’s Burberry jacket than the rape of an 8-month-old

The fact that a political leader’s jacket is news is because we let it be so. We pander, yes. Not to the lazy audience, but to the lazy idea of ‘reportage’.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

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.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.