THE QUINT’S ‘SURGICAL STRIKE’ ON NDTV ABORTED
On October 15, The Quint published a strongly worded piece titled “Media’s banality: Bowing, Bending and Breaking Before Modi Government”. The piece, authored by The Quint’s opinion editor Chandan...
View Article3 STUDENTS ENTER 5TH DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE AT CLC, DU.
Faculty of Law saw resumption of indefinite hunger strike on October 13 by students protesting against mass failure. The following day, the students burnt an effigy of Professor Ved Kumari (Dean &...
View ArticleMAHARASHTRA TOPS THE LIST OF STAMPEDE DEATHS FROM 2001 TO 2014
More than 20 people lost their lives in the unfortunate incident of stampede near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. A similar incident of stampede occurred in Andhra Pradesh during the Pushakarams last year....
View ArticleAS AMU CELEBRATED SIR SYED DAY, GIRLS AT IG HALL WERE DEMANDING AZAADI!
On the eve of Sir Syed Day, when the Aligarh Muslim University was celebrating the 199th birth anniversary of its founder, the residents of IG Hall, completed their second day of strike in demand of...
View ArticleARE THREATS AGAINST JOURNALISTS ONLY TAKEN SERIOUSLY WHEN THEY’RE ARNAB GOSWAMI?
The voice of the nation, Arnab Goswami has received ‘Y’ category security, if a report in Hindustan Times is to be believed. The story claims that the security arrangements were being made on the...
View ArticleSTAY CALM, MOHALLA CLINICS ARE HERE TO STAY
Despite rumours to the contrary, the Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics (AAMC) aren’t going anywhere, for now. For the last month, several media reports have claimed that the flagship health-scheme of the Aam...
View Article#JUSTSPORTS 6: INDIAN SPORTS BIOPICS, MAN U VS LIVERPOOL AND MENTAL PRESSURE...
Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their sporty round up. This time they discuss whether José Mourinho spoiled the Manchester United vs Liverpool game by parking the bus, and if physically being...
View ArticleWHY WAS MUKESH AMBANI’S INTERVIEW PRIME-TIME NEWS ON NDTV?
Last night, like almost every night, at a studio in Mumbai’s Lower Parel, the editor-in-chief of a TV news channel was doing what he did best — ranting and raving. A few kilometres south, the mood was...
View ArticlePLAYING OFFICE-OFFICE: CHANDRABABU AND KCR
Chandrababu Naidu’s office can never ever sport the board that says : `Hamari koyi branch nahi hai‘. In the two years since Andhra Pradesh got bifurcated and Naidu took charge of a truncated Andhra,...
View ArticleINDIA HAS AVERAGED 59 DEATHS PER DAY DUE TO ACCIDENTAL FIRES IN 13 YEARS
More than 20 people lost their lives in a hospital fire in Odisha. As per preliminary reports, an electrical short circuit is believed to be the cause of the accident. The data on fire accidents in...
View ArticleDECODING THE TIMES NOW VS CNN-NEWS18 RATINGS WAR
Even as tensions between India and Pakistan escalated significantly in the aftermath of the Uri attack and the subsequent surgical strikes, an actual war had broken out between two leading English...
View ArticleAUD: THE WRITING ON THE WALLS
Graffiti art has traditionally been a nifty tool to protest against the parochialism of authorities across college campuses. At Ambedkar University, Delhi, it commenced in August 2016 when stencil art...
View ArticleJNU: FIVE DAYS LATER, ATTACKED STUDENT STILL MISSING
Najeeb Ahmad, a 27-year-old MSc student from School of Biotechnology, JNU, has been missing since October 15. This incident was preceded by a series of events starting with a scuffle between Najeeb...
View ArticleWHY DID KARAN JOHAR SURRENDER TO THE RIGHT WING?
Raise your hands if you knew in September, when Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) first threatened Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (ADHM), that eventually, director Karan Johar would tender an apology to clear the...
View ArticleTHE AWFUL AND AWESOME ENTERTAINMENT WRAP – EPISODE 14
Deepanjana Pal wasn’t here but that didn’t deter Rajyasree Sen from bringing you the next episode of Awful and Awesome, (Abhinandan Sekhri came to the rescue!). “Befikre” has 23 kisses taking place...
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