Sanjay Nirupam, the one-time North Indian face of the Shiv Sena, has politically served more time in the Congress but has never lost the 'outsider' tag.
Public transport buses in Mumbai have been off roads as employees of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport (BEST) undertaking have been on strike...
Sir William Jones’ monument with Hindu religious imagery was accommodated in a Christian church as independently validated proof of the truth of Christianity.
Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
There has never been a Congress President who reflected Bombay’s cosmopolitan ethos the way Murlibhai did. Everyone’s friend, did some genuine social work – textbooks, eye camps, later computers – mobilised financial resources for the party, had such good friends in the media, whenever the PM visited Bombay, all the newspapers would have his photograph on the front page, along with her, later him. Gurudas Kamath and Sanjay Nirupam brought the energy of the street, perhaps, but not Shri Murli Deora’s refinement and class. A new face is needed.
There has never been a Congress President who reflected Bombay’s cosmopolitan ethos the way Murlibhai did. Everyone’s friend, did some genuine social work – textbooks, eye camps, later computers – mobilised financial resources for the party, had such good friends in the media, whenever the PM visited Bombay, all the newspapers would have his photograph on the front page, along with her, later him. Gurudas Kamath and Sanjay Nirupam brought the energy of the street, perhaps, but not Shri Murli Deora’s refinement and class. A new face is needed.