On Tuesday, over 150 citizens from all walks of life have issued a press statement extending unequivocal support to poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar and actor Naseeruddin Shah and have strongly condemned the hounding and attempts to intimidate them for expressing their views on the Taliban issue. Both Akhtar and Shah have drawn flak from different quarters […]
The University of Hyderabad non-teaching staff union has brought forward explosive allegations of corruption against the present administration, specifically against Vice Chancellor Prof. Apparao Podile. In a letter titled “Open Challenge to the Vice Chancellor” addressed to the Vigilance Officers of MHRD and UGC, calling on them to take necessary action, the employees have brought […]
Gujarat BJP leader and party spokesperson Bharat Pandya exhorted party workers to turn the “nationalistic wave in the country”, in the wake of Pulwama attack that left about 40 CRPF men dead, into “votes”. True to his words the saffron warriors on social media and Sanghi cadres on the ground launched a coordinated, well planned […]
Violent protests erupted in Kerala on Thursday, with mobs backed by BJP pelting stones, blocking vehicles and forcibly shutting shops, following the entry of two women within menstrual age into the Sabarimala temple on Wednesday. The protests were a part of a hartal called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Sangh Parivar outfits, including […]