Other day, I was riveted to America’s CNN TV Channel watching President Donald Trump delivering his 2020 State of the Union Address, an American tradition, till the end. It was Tuesday, 4th of February. I found it rather surprising and also an act of bravado on the part of the President to deliver the address…
Ruckus in Lok Sabha over Rahul Gandhi’s remark on PM Modi
February 7, 2020New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned for more than an hour this morning after it witnessed a ruckus over Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan’s statement during the Question Hour condemning some remarks that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi made while addressing an election rally in Delhi. Dr. Harsh Vardhan interrupted the proceedings of the…
Centre donates Re.1 to Ayodhya Ram Temple Trust for works to begin
February 6, 2020Article 370, Ram Janmabhoomi would remain disputes if we worked like Congress: PM Modi New Delhi: The Central Government yesterday made the first donation of Re. 1 to the ‘Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra’ Trust to begin its work of constructing the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, officials said. D. Murmu, an Under Secretary in the…
Ram Mandir Trust formed
February 5, 2020Prime Minister Modi announces in Lok Sabha that the Trust has been named ‘Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra’ New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in Parliament this morning the formation of a Trust for the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya as directed by the Supreme Court in its landmark verdict in the…
Belur to Tagore: Who is Tagore ?
January 21, 2020By T.J.S. George Prime Minister Modiji said at Belur Mutt: “Swami Vivekananda lives in the hearts and minds of crores of Indians.” Then he said: “The new citizenship laws will not take away anyone’s citizenship.” Then two things happened. 1. The Belur Mutt lost no time in distancing itself from the Prime Minister’s position. The…
K.V. Kamath is front-runner for next Finance Minister
January 16, 2020New Delhi: Now that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting dozens of people to see how to fix the Indian economy, New Delhi’s rumour mills are abuzz about a new Finance Minister soon after the coming Budget, replacing the current Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Former ICICI Bank Chairman K.V. Kamath (Kundapur Vaman Kamath) is seen…
A powerhouse of service and spirituality, Modi pays tribute
December 29, 2019Udupi: Tributes and condolences poured in from all corners of Karnataka and other parts of the country after news of the death of 88-year-old Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter condoled the Seer’s death and called him a powerhouse of service and spirituality, said, “I consider myself blessed to have got many…
PM Modi addresses mega poll rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi
December 22, 2019Modi begins speech with a call for ‘Unity in Diversity’ Unprecedented security deployed at venue New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a rally this morning at the large Ramlila Maidan, a little over a kilometre from Old Delhi’s Daryaganj that was hit by violence during a protest against the amended Citizenship Act. An…
Citizen Mr. India
December 13, 2019Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, passed the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill. I was listening to the proceedings till it was put to vote. My interest was specially in listening to P. Chidambaram, who was there fresh from Tihar Jail and Kapil Sibal, the legal eagle of the Congress party. Due to a diversion,…
Winter Session of Parliament begins
November 18, 2019Ruckus in Lok Sabha as Opposition protest over Kashmir issue; Shiv Sena stages walkout New Delhi: Winter session of Parliament got off to a stormy start as the Opposition looked to corner the Government over the situation in Kashmir, this morning. MPs from the Congress, National Conference and the DMK protested in the well of…















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