Wednesday, Dec 07, 2022
Oct 28, 2020 Puneet Nicholas Yadav Congress star campaigner Sachin Pilot refuses to speak against BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, says everyone free to decide which party they want to be in.
Oct 20, 2020 Puneet Nicholas Yadav The Gandhi siblings are slotted as star campaigners for the Madhya Pradesh and UP campaigns, but they might decide to sit it out.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan rejected reports that have hinted possible increase in coronavirus cases due to migrants and asked, 'Did corona not spread at places where migrants were not there?'
Apr 21, 2020 Outlook Web Bureau Narottam Mishra, Kamal Patel, Meena Singh, Govind Rajput and Tulsi Silavat took oath as ministers, but no member of the cabinet was assigned a portfolio.
Despite the health pandemic, the state has no health minister or ministers for other key portfolios like finance, home or food and public distribution - all key departments to manage the immediate fallout of the health crisis.
Governor Lalji Tandon had summoned all Raj Bhavan staff to begin preparations for a small ceremony. BJP workers were told not to throng to the Raj Bhavan.
Jyotiraditya Scindia said that Kamal Nath government had digressed from the path of public service.
The announcement came a day after the Supreme Court ordered the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker to conduct a floor test by 5 pm on Friday.
With the Speaker now accepting the resignations of all 22 MLAs, the strength of the Congress in the 230-member Assembly, which was 114 earlier, has now reduced to 92.
The numbers are stacked heavily against the Congress government which teetered to a brink of collapse after the resignations of the 22 rebel MLAs stated to be supporters of Jyotiraditya Scindia, who quit the Congress to join BJP.
Abhishek Mani Singhvi, who is representing the Speaker in the court, said he can't meet the rebel MLAs and instead the court could prescribe a reasonable time -- like two weeks -- to decide on resignations.
The top court was hearing a petition filed by former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who sought a direction to the Kamal Nath-led government to take a floor test immediately.
The Supreme Court is slated to hear the petition filed by former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and others seeking a floor test in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly today.
The BJP on Monday approached the Supreme Court seeking a floor test in the Madhya Pradesh assembly amid the ongoing political crisis in the state.
Governor Lalji Tandon, in his letter yesterday, said failure to hold a floor test today will mean the chief minister does not enjoy a majority in the house.
In the letter addressed to the Chief Minister, the Governor asked Nath to hold the floor test on Tuesday and said that his reason to delay it "had no basis".
BJP's move comes after Madhya Pradesh Assembly speaker NP Prajapati adjourned the house till March 26, the date for the highly anticipated Rajya Sabha polls for three seats of the state.
In his customary address to the assembly, Governor Lalji Tandon urged all members of the house to uphold Parliamentary traditions and responsibilities in peaceful manner.
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Jan 15, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Jan 08, 2022 Rakhi Bose 
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
Jan 01, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.
Dec 28, 2021 Tanvir Aeijaz 
