Amit Shah Set to Speak on Student Protest Crackdown, Says Rijiju — But There’s a Condition for the Opposition
After weeks of the Monsoon Session being stuck in a logjam, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju came out on Monday and said Home Minister Amit Shah is ready to speak on the whole student protest crackdown. The government is offering a full, detailed discussion on the students’ movement and everything that went with it. But […]
Days After That “Girls Enjoy Rape” Remark, Right-Wing Activist Gets Taken Into Custody
TG Mohandas put out a YouTube video talking about the student protests in Delhi over the NEET paper leak mess. And what he said… man, it was the kind of thing that makes you stop and go, wait, did he really just say that? He claimed the protests at Jantar Mantar and places like that […]
Jharkhand Government to Hold Fresh Talks as Health of Fasting Protester Deteriorates
It’s Sunday morning in Ranchi, and the tension at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium hasn’t eased one bit. The Jharkhand government has called for another round of talks with the protesting students later today, around noon. This comes after a string of meetings on Friday night and all through Saturday that went nowhere. The agitation is […]
India hits back at China’s map games, puts official names on 27 Arunachal spots
India has quietly but firmly drawn a line on the map. On Friday the government formally put the standard Indian names of 27 places and features in Arunachal Pradesh onto the official Survey of India maps. The move comes after years of China repeatedly trying to slap its own names on locations inside the border […]
Rajya Sabha Chairman Softly Pushes Centre Over ‘Amit Shah, Sadan Mein Aao’ Chants
Another day, another round of slogans in the Rajya Sabha. Opposition MPs just wouldn’t let go. “Amit Shah jawaab do, Sadan mein aao” kept echoing through the House on Thursday. They want the Home Minister to walk in, sit down, and talk about what happened to those young protesters on July 20. The youngsters had […]
“Zuckerberg, Apologise Within 3 Days”: Panel’s ‘Safe Harbour’ Threat
India’s parliamentary panel just told Mark Zuckerberg and Meta exactly that — and they didn’t mince words. On Wednesday the Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology, led by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, gave Zuckerberg a straight three-day deadline. He has to come out with a full, unconditional apology for the way Facebook took down […]
Jharkhand Students on Hunger Strike, and Abhijeet Dipke Just Backed Them — Here’s What’s Really Going On
There’s a group of young people sitting at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium in Ranchi right now, and some of them have stopped eating. Student leader Devendra Nath Mahto started an indefinite hunger strike late on Sunday. By Tuesday a few more had joined him. They’re tired. Not the kind of tired you get after a […]
Will India let Sheikh Hasina speak on August 5? Bangladesh is saying don’t
Bangladesh has told India, quite plainly, that they don’t want Sheikh Hasina giving any political speech from Indian soil on August 5. That day is exactly two years since she left Dhaka after the big protests that ended her time in power. She’s been staying in India since then, mostly keeping quiet. Now she’s planning […]
Suspect Had Jantar Mantar Plot. Girlfriend’s Social Media Exposed Him
That’s pretty much what happened with this case that West Bengal’s Special Task Force just cracked open. A young guy from Bardhaman and a girl from Jharkhand, who first met online, ended up in the middle of what police are calling a Pakistan-linked terror module. And it was her social media trail that helped pull […]
India’s Tightrope: Trying to Pull Money from Both China and America Without Falling Off
India’s been doing this balancing thing for years, and right now it’s getting messier and more interesting at the same time. On one hand you’ve got China — still the big supplier of everything from phone parts to solar panels. On the other, the Americans, who bring deeper pockets, better tech partnerships, and fewer political […]
