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Topic: Nishikant Dubey

Need to clearly define ‘fake news’, revisit IT Act’s ‘safe harbour’ clause—parliamentary panel

Standing Committee on Communications and IT stresses that definition of fake news should maintain the 'delicate balance' between curbing false information and protecting freedom of speech.

Nishikant to Kangana, Rahul’s post on Gen Z sparks nepotism & ‘Nepal model’ barbs from BJP

After Rahul Gandhi says 'Gen Z will save the Constitution', BJP accuses him of trying to instigate civil war on the lines of Nepal and Bangladesh.

Midnight spectacle in Lutyens’ Delhi as Rudy beats Balyan in BJP vs BJP battle in Constitution Club poll

Contest between Rajiv Pratap Rudy & Sanjeev Balyan, both ex-ministers in Modi govt, for post of secretary (administration) at Constitution Club exposes rare vertical split in BJP.

Nishikant to Kangana—who was class bunker, who asked most questions, a Lok Sabha report card of BJP MPs

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Radha Mohan Singh, Mahesh Sharma & Sakshi Maharaj haven’t asked a single question, while first-time MP Praveen Patel asked 160.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Come to Maharashtra & speak—3 women MPs hold Nishikant Dubey to task over ‘patak ke marenge’ remark

After MNS workers thrashed a non-Marathi speaking shopkeeper this month, Dubey had dared Uddhav & Raj Thackeray to step out of Maharashtra, warning them of a beating.  

‘Modi BJP’s compulsion, can’t win 150 seats without him’—Nishikant’s reality check after Bhagwat ‘nudge’

The Godda MP says PM Modi doesn’t need BJP, party needs him. Modi will be leading party for next 15-20 years, he says. ‘Like it or not, political parties run on personality cult.’

Marathis, Gandhis, Thackerays, even Yogi, BJP’s agent provocateur Nishikant Dubey spares none

Such is his penchant for controversy that two BJP spokespersons declined to offer any comment on party's view about Godda MP. Dubey is in news for lashing out at Thackeray cousins.

Exhuming the past: BJP targets decisions of previous govts to singe Congress in Op Sindoor slugfest

Declassified US documents have come in handy for BJP functionaries, especially Nishikant Dubey, to target the Congress that had launched offensive against PM & FM after ceasefire.

Nishikant leads charge against Rahul after his Op Sindoor comments, accuses Gandhi family of ‘deshdroh’

BJP attacks Congress for 'support to Chandrashekhar govt during the signing of an India-Pakistan pact to share military information'.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.