Gautam Lahiri

Government ASKED to define ‘fake news’<br>Recently political par

Government ASKED to define ‘fake news’
Recently political par

February 21, 2023

Recently political parties and the media are disturbed with the so called fake news in circulation. Noting this concern Parliamentary Standing Committee of Communication and Information Technology has broadly asked the Government to define the term ‘fake news’ and has also sought its response from the fact checking organisation. Already...

Bengal govt VS Metro rail

February 21, 2023

A new bone of contention emerged in West Bengal between state government and the Metro rail authority. The newly started East West metro corridors have been erected on pillars. Metro rail authority started to paint those with yellow and white colour which irked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. In West Bengal...

Political consensus on role of EC

February 21, 2023

It is a rare moment for the Election Commission of India. Most of the contesting political parties in Tripura assembly poll 2023 profusely praised the strict arrangements made by the Election commission. Generally opposition parties always make allegations against Election commission for not taking appropriate steps about their complains. But...

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February 17, 2023

Cabinet meetings are typically held in the state capital of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow. To take the Government directly to the people, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has planned to hold cabinet meetings in different cities of the state. The idea came from the South Block of New Delhi. As there...

India snubs Bangladesh opposition BNP

February 17, 2023

Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra was on a whirlwind tour in Dhaka for two days. It was his first official visIndia snubs bangladesh opposition BNPit to Dhaka for Foreign Office consultation. The main opposition party, the BNP, was eagerly waiting to seek an audience with the visiting India’s top diplomat. But...

Governors cannot choose their states

February 16, 2023

When the President of India Draupadi Murmu announced the appointment of new Governor, former Speaker of Loksabha Sumitra Mahajan was certain that she would be appointed Governor of some state. But the list declared does not include the name of Mrs Mahajan. There is speculation in the state that Sumitra...

Demand for Lucknow to Lakshman Nagari

February 16, 2023

BJP leaders in Uttar Pradesh are demanding to change the name of Lucknow city to Lakshman nagari. Now BJP Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak while meeting state BJP leades has committed to take up the issue with the Central Goverment for changing the name. BJP MP Sangam lal Gupta recently...

Pineapple piling controversies

February 16, 2023

During the election rally in Agartala, state BJP leaders brought many vegetables and gifted to BJP President J P Nadda, in order to show agricultural growth of the state under the five year rule of BJP. However, pineapple which is Tripura’s main fruit and the state is identified with this...

On the radar

January 31, 2023

The Bharat Jodo Yatra came to an end on Monday. In the last leg of the yatra, in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi unfurled the tricolor at Lal Chowk in Srinagar, 75 years after his grandfather and the first Prime Minister of independent India unfurled the...

BJP may get new allies

January 24, 2023

Before the Lok Sabha polls BJP is trying to expand the NDA by inclusion of new allies. There is speculation that old ally of BJP SAD may come back to NDA again anytime before the poll. Likewise recent meeting of TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu with Home Minister Amit Shah sparks...

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