SCOOP: Modi Govt has been working on ways to counter Democracy Rankings downgrading India's scores, it has tasked an Indian Think Tank to create India's own democracy rankings in line with India's narrative than Western indices, I report in
@AJEnglish
Heartbreaking. Capt Deepak Sathe was a former Air Force Pilot and also flew through Airbus 310 for air India before moving to air India express on the 737. Sathe won sword of honour at the AFA and was accomplished fighter pilot,he was HAL test pilot too.
Would request
@noida_authority
to replace these boards along the running track at Noida Stadium with the picture of the real Milkha Singh and not Farhan Akhtar's character in the movie. 🙄
Nothing glamorous or easy about war reporting. Here near Gaza Strip , on Israel side, mounds of sand get into your eyes , you duck from rockets every few minutes & the information war is a real battle. It’s merciless. The few who don’t even have a hair out of place - I don’t know
Why did the Govt allow railways to keep ticket bookings open till today morning?? A whopping 40 lakh bookings were allowed in the lockdown period which the railways says it will refund. Why create the illusion that transport could resume?! This has been most cruel for migrants!
A senior official, for his morning leisurely ride on his expensive road bike makes two of his orderlies slog at his speed for miles on their humble single gear cycles at 6 am and also needs a tail car with cops to escort all the way while driving at 20 kmph. Bureaucracy 101.
Shukriya
@MNageswarRaoIPS
ji 🙏🙏
अस्ली पुण्य तो उन्होंने कमाया है जो इसकी हस्पताल में सेवा कर रहे हैं...आप भी थोड़ा पुण्य कमा ली जीए, कम नफरत फैलाइये 🙏
Merry Christmas 🙏🎄🎅
Total three trains from Punjab and Haryana towards Delhi that were also ferrying farmers on board have been diverted by railways. Northern railways say it is being done due to "operational reasons."
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This day a few years ago I began my new year in the ICU; every limb broken, legs, spine and jaw crushed. It was the week I was supposed to go for my Basketball trials for DU. I was then informed that the best recovery scenario for me would be to be able walk with a limp at most..
A Special Train will carry the mortal remains of the 16 labourers who died in
#aurangabadTrainAccident
yesterday to their homes in Shahdol and Umaria, Madhya Pradesh. The irony. 😢
A scathing report by senior railway official raising alarms about the system failure months in advance went unheard meanwhile hours before the train accident, the railway minister chose to skip presentations on rail safety at a brainstorming session.
This is the head of center for the study of regional development Sucharita Send, being admitted to AIIMS with a head Injury! Let that sink in.
#JNUHorror
Went to the same basti a week back. People complained of water problems, sewerage issues (Shauchalyas built under
#SwachhBharat
) to gas connections promised under Ujjawala Yojana. Atal Nagar literally has a dozen people so I don't know which fictional characters you've met 🤔
One of the three adopted villages by
@narendramodi
. One has to come and see “Atal nagar”. A Dalit Basti in jayapur. Unbelievable turnaround.
#viewpoint
#KanganaRanaut
may think India got Independence in 2014 but this cannot be endorsed by any true Indian. This is an insult to millions of freedom fighters who gave up their lives so that present generations can live a life of self-respect & dignity as free citizens of a democracy.
EXCLUSIVE: Govt wants to remove Parliament question on Pegasus seeking details on whether the Govt entered into a contract with NSO Group, it wrote to Rajya Sabha secretariat stating that “the ongoing issue of Pegasus” is subjudice and the question be disallowed citing RS rules.
Found this historic picture in the family treasure trove. On the right shaking then PM Indira Gandhi's hand my grandad Lt Gen Dutta; Gen Vaidya, Gen Sundarji, Gen Krishna Rao and behind him Pres Venkataraman.
Three army chiefs, one Prime Minister and one President in one snap!
Prayers for Gen Rawat's daughters as well... what a harrowing morning they must be having watching the news about their parents. Media channels must refrain from flashing unconfirmed speculation and visuals.
Professional update: I've joined the
@IndianExpress
' Bureau as their Assistant Editor; look forward to covering some exciting stories and working with a great team. 🙂✒️
#JNUHiddenTruth
| Listen in: ABVP Delhi State Jt Secretary ‘explains’ the video of alleged ABVP violence in JNU. |
@thenewshour
AGENDA with Padmaja Joshi.
EXCLUSIVE: Indian government wants to avoid declassifying papers that could shine light on Kashmir's accession and the grounds for PM Nehru's decision for granting special status to Kashmir which was revoked by the Modi government, I report for
@guardian
Remembering the words of Maj Gen Shah Nawaz Khan who was the first Indian to hoist the Tricolor at Red Fort after taking down the British flag. "Lal Quile se aayi awaz Sehgal, Dhillion, Shah Nawaz!" May we all strive to preserve the idea of India that fought for. Jai Hind 🇮🇳✊🏻
Gujarat Government tells the Supreme Court that 11 men who gangraped Bilkis Bano while she was pregnant and killed her family members including her 3 year-old daughter by smashing her head to the ground were released due to "good behaviour."
#BREAKInG
Gujarat Government tells Supreme Court that it decided to release the 11 convicts in the
#BilkisBano
case as they completed 14 years sentence and as their behaviour was found to be good.
#SupremeCourtOfIndia
Just in: Prime Minister's new residence to be completed by Dec 22 including the SPG house, Vice President Enclave (May 22) as part of the the Central Vista plan as Centre grants the necessary environment clearances for the remaining buildings of the
#CentralVista
project.
Maharashtra: Kiran Gosavi, arrested by Pune City Police on charges of cheating, has been sent to police custody for 8 days by a city court
Gosavi is a witness in drugs-on-cruise case involving actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan
"Lapses at multiple levels at the Signalling and telecommunications department were responsible for the
#Odishatrainaccident
" the Commissioner of Railways Safety has written in his final probe report. Mentions past systematic failures and red flags that were ignored.
SCOOP: Back to back decline in India's Sovereign Ratings and downgraded democracy ratings, the Govt worried that "consistent negative commentary" could lead to "junk" ratings and prepared a plan for "consistent narrative management”, reaching out to agencies, managing perception.
Thank you ma'am but as someone who trains as an athlete everyday I'm pretty much sorted health-wise 😊🙏. The only thing that I do choke on though is this level of garbage that passes off as journalism these days.
Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's bungalow 6A Krishna Menon Marg allotted to Amit Shah, incidentally bungalow 6 Krishna Menon Marg belongs to the Chief Justice of India.
Extraordinary effort by railways staff over the past few weeks. Indian railways's mammoth network caters to nearly 22 million passengers/ day across 7500 stations. Sanitizing every corner of the stations, trains & screening millions of passengers is a herculean task
@RailMinIndia
What is the need for such a ridiculous PR exercise for Oxygen transport in such horrible times?! Not to mention unnecessarily risking the lives of these officers by calling them on spot to hold these banners for photo ops.
Senior members of the opposition should have been out on the streets right now rallying behind the students who have been attacked today by now. Not a single opposition leader has joined the protests, shame on them and their silence!
#CABProtests
#JamiaProtest
#WATCH
| Top BJP leaders welcome PM Modi on his arrival at the party headquarters in Delhi
The PM is visiting the BJP headquarters for the first time after the completion of the G20 summit
Scoop: Govt is working on a strategy to overhaul its media& PR. A GOM on "Govt Communication" have recommended a focus on 10 big narratives& how criticism can be addressed and positive messaging amplified by "constantly tracking 50 negative influencers" & “positive influencers."
43 people killed, 2 stabbed over a book while the author remains critical. "From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable" Salman Rushdie in The Satanic Verses. (Infographic in
@AFP
)
What a tragic story. Several passengers aboard the Air India Express flight were returning back home after having lost their jobs. 😢
#KozhikodeAirCrash
EXCLUSIVE: EIU declined India's offer to use Govt data & research for its Democracy Index ranking after Govt made several attempts to establish contact with them. The Govt instructed officials to conduct “discreet” enquiries regarding the
@TheEIU
, according to documents accessed.
EXCLUSIVE: Government moved to block MPs question on India's slide in Democracy Index rankings in Parliament. It wrote to the Rajya Sabha to disallow the question. The question that was removed in the monsoon session has again been disallowed. Details in
@IndianExpress
.
Shocking behaviour by
@DelhiPolice
at Mandir Marg police station!
@ari_maj
manhandled and beaten by constables inside despite showing his press card and stopped only when videos were being made. Here both BS journalists including
@someshjha7
can be seen being asked to leave.
Woke up early morning to the sound of a woman wailing outside my house. Rushed outside to check, she was begging for food said she had three children who hadn't eaten for days. Helped her in whatever way I could. She was a labourer who hasn't earned a penny in days. Unimaginable.
Fresh attack on PTI. Govt now sends notice to PTI demanding it pays more than Rs 84 crore as penalty for its office at the Parliament street within a month.
Shameful!
@DelhiPolice
cop tells JNU students demanding action against goons to 'go to the court' and further says "humne toh nahi mara nah." This is what it has come to. This is the force that has supposedly taken an oath to protect the public.
On a debate on India Today on
#HathrasHorror
BJP spokesperson starts off by talking about telephone conversations between
@TanushreePande
and the victim's family making allegations against the reporter.
"Why are journalists' phones being tapped?"
@rahulkanwal
asks
@amitmalviya
...
Mumbai police constable SB Nikam saved the life of 60 year old commuter Ganpat Solankhi at Dahisar railway station, Mumbai. It was very call. Life is important than your two second hurrying up decision.
@NewIndianXpress
@Sunday_Standard
EXCLUSIVE: India held first political talks with NATO in 2019 in Brussels, under wraps and decided on future engagement. Maintain "political character" of talks, avoid making military commitments was India's view. NATO made many revelations to India. Read:
Have been reporting about massive cyber breach within the NIC and domain since Feb. It began with compromised Gov email ids targeting top Govt officials. NIC insisted that no breaches happened. Raises big questions now that even PM's account was breached!
In February we reported how several senior govt officials, including those from MEA and MOD, were targeted in a phishing campaign with the attackers using compromised government domain email accounts (Gov/NIC.in) to launch their hacking attempts.
Absolutely heartbreaking, this. Out of the 20 soldiers who died at
#LAC
the youngest was just 20 years old Sepoy Ganesh Hansda, three other jawans were just 22 years old. Terrible. 😣
SCOOP: Kashmir Papers from 1948 that Indian Government is avoiding declassifying show Nehru was urged by Army Commander-in-Chief to seek a political approach due to factors including troops' fatigue and Pakistan's offensive plans, I report for
@guardian
.
"Small price to pay for one's life" a doctor had quipped. Which is ok, doctors are practical & calculative. Owe a lot to them. But how do you quantify human instincts? Or the capabilities of the human mind? Only you know you 🙂 A decade later, here we are.Never settle.Never! 💪