Topic: sonbhadra
Yogi’s cows, Modi’s houses, Akhilesh’s jobs: Why this is a more ‘normal’ Uttar Pradesh election
Caste is back, after 2014, 2017 and 2019. Joblessness is the new nationalism and religion. Too many poor people are hurting as they pay for cow protection.
In Sonbhadra, even professionals and officials got fooled. Such is India’s love for gold
Fiza Jha -
News that nearly 3,500 tonnes of gold was found in Sonbhadra was first picked up by regional papers, but soon spread like wildfire across mainstream media.
Unlike BJP, which has just one voice, Congress gives every voice importance: Priyanka Gandhi
PTI -
Congress general secretary Priyanaka Gandhi, who visited Sonbhadra a month after the state govt stopped her, said the scrapping of Article 370 was done in an 'unconstitutional manner'.
Priyanka Gandhi meets some Sonbhadra victims’ families, recharges Congress
Opposition leaders are detained at Varanasi airport while Section 144 remains in place in Mirzapur, UP, preventing Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from traveling to crime scene.
Priyanka Gandhi has entered UP politics lock, stock and barrel — overshadowing SP, BSP
The BJP is smiling from ear to ear at the prospect of a four-cornered UP election in 2022.
On Camera
YourTurn
Tale of two ships – How Delhi is asserting Indianness of the Indian Ocean to China
A US Navy ship docked in an Indian port for the first time. And a Chinese ship couldn’t in Sri Lanka. New Delhi is finally pulling strings.
‘We are cracking down’— how Modi govt plans to make it tougher for states to fund freebies
The Narendra Modi government is looking at ways to check states’ spending on handouts like free electricity and rations. The first step is to tighten the noose on state borrowings.
Defence
Army looks to reduce troops by 2 lakh, deployment in Kashmir could be rejigged
The Army, which faces a shortage of about 1.35 lakh personnel, is aiming to reduce its strength from 12.8 lakh to around 10.8 lakh.
In Kashmir 3 years on, 3 positive changes, 3 things that should’ve happened & 3 that got worse
Kashmir as a crisis has fallen off our headlines and from the top of our collective minds. Which is precisely the most important change for the better.