India

BJP, AAP Tussle Over #SelfieWithSarkariSchool

The ripples of the escalating showdown between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over education development in government have reached Uttar Pradesh. A direction was issued by UP’s Pratapgarh’s Basic Siksha Adhikari (BSA) to all the schools in the district not to allow anyone, including journalists, inside the school premises […]

Forced Conversion Of Children: NCPCR Writes To TN CS, DGP

Following reports of forced conversion of children, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) wrote to the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary and Director General of Police for the submission of the Action Taken Report along with a copy of the First Information Report (FIR). The NCPCR also called for a statement from children […]

Azad Speaks Freely: Article 370 Won’t Be Restored

While the murmurs in the valley are yet to die down over the abrogation of Article 370, former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday acknowledged the fact that it won’t be restored. “Article 370 won’t be restored,” Azad said while addressing a gathering in Baramulla. “I won’t be fooling the people,” he said, in […]

Making Tech Accountable: US Now Takes Cue From India’s IT Rules 2021

While India’s approach to checking the unhinged perils of the digital world has been a subject of contention for the self-appointed custodians of democracy, it seems the ‘free society’ of the United States has taken a leaf out of the very approach. In June this year, Union minister of state for electronic and technology Rajeev […]

Srinagar Civic Body Sacks Wife Of The Hindu’s Peerzada Ashiq

The Jammu and Kashmir government has terminated the services of Masrat Yousuf as media assistant to Srinagar Municipal Corporation.