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TopicPurnesh Modi

Topic: Purnesh Modi

‘Should have been more careful’ — Surat court order rejecting Rahul Gandhi’s plea for stay on conviction

The court said that being a former MP, 'Gandhi should have been more careful with his words'. It dismissed his contention that the conviction caused him 'irreversible harm'.

‘Habitual offender’ — Purnesh Modi opposes Rahul Gandhi’s plea to suspend conviction in defamation case

The BJP MLA, who is the complainant in the defamation case, even took objection to the way Gandhi was present with Congress leaders before magistrate when he read out the judgment last month.

‘Surname was Bhootwala, but caste Modi’ — BJP MLA behind Rahul defamation suit changed name in 1988

His school leaving certificate states ‘Bhootwala’ as last name & mentions ‘Modi Ghanchi' as caste. Family got surname as ancestors lived in Surat's Bhoot Seri, BJP MLA Purnesh Modi says.

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.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

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.