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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
TopicRavi Shankar Prasad

Topic: Ravi Shankar Prasad

How ‘wanderers’ of BJP are surviving outside PM Modi’s Union Cabinet, & what they are doing now

67 ministers have left the Modi govt since 2014, most of them dropped for non-performance. Some resigned to get bigger assignments, some got organisational duties. Others are still waiting.

No Sushil Modi, RS Prasad out — Why Team Modi has no room for Bihar BJP’s old guard

Bihar BJP leaders who called the shots between 1995 and 2020 are increasingly being made irrelevant. In the cabinet expansion, two leaders were dropped, one was excluded.

TV news is droning about drones and all aflutter over Twitter

Experts on news channels spoke aggressively after drone attack on Jammu Air Force station, want India to ‘occupy 40 km of PoK’.

Congress embarrassing itself on IT rules, they’re based on Jairam Ramesh panel suggestion: BJP

IT Minister says rule doesn’t violate privacy, will only be used as last resort in some cases. But Congress’ Jairam says recommendations were only for child porn cases.

‘Mahamanav, warrior’ — how BJP leaders describe PM Modi for Covid effort as his govt faces flak

The glowing praise comes at a time when Modi govt is drawing criticism for becoming complacent during the let-up in the pandemic after the first wave.

Twitter should stand firm in its spat with Modi govt

Twitter has 3 important factors on its side — the law, its own principles and its reach. In its battles with Modi government, it needn’t surrender its principles too easily.

‘Work in India, but you will have to follow India’s laws’ — RS Prasad’s message to Twitter

Speaking in Rajya Sabha, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad says one can criticise even the PM but action will be taken 'if social media is used to propagate hate'.

BJP farmer leaders caution govt against branding protesters Khalistanis, ‘tukde tukde gang’

BJP's farmer leaders tell govt to be sensitive, warn that if protesters continue to show solidarity, the agitation could spread to other parts of the country. 

Pushing India to surpass China as world’s biggest mobile manufacturer, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Calling electronic manufacturing an area of ‘great passion’, Union Minister Prasad says PLI scheme will showcase India as an alternative manufacturing location.

Bihar hurt by Congress, RJD insult of Rajya Sabha deputy chairman, Ravi Shankar Prasad says

Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh is from Bihar. Prasad says BJP doesn't want to make it a political issue but people of Bihar, going to polls later this year, will be told how Singh was attacked.

On Camera

India-Pakistan ready for lehenga diplomacy. Maryam Sharif has made the first move

Sometimes, we end up embroidering the truth as we overthink and overanalyse a fastidious lady’s personal wardrobe preferences for significant occasions.

India & EU announce “mother of all trade deals”. This is why it matters

Two sides also announce signing of a Security & Defence Partnership, launch negotiations for an intelligence sharing agreement & explore India’s addition to Horizon Europe programme.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.