You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.”— Marie Curie When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don’t become President of the United States. You are given temporary custody of an institution called the Presidency, which belongs to…
Parliament Winter Session ends today amid high drama
December 20, 2024FIR against Rahul Gandhi, protests over Amit Shah’s remarks; Speaker bans protests near Parliament Gates New Delhi: The Winter Session of Parliament concludes today, marking the end of four weeks of intense drama, sharp exchanges and even accusations of ‘attempt to murder’ against the Opposition, with fresh protests erupting on the final day. Parliament witnessed…
Power & Glory of our Constitution: Debate was a Charade
December 17, 2024The Congress party asked for it and it got it in full measure — The Parliament Debate on the “Glorious Journey of 75 Years of the Constitution of India.” The debate was initiated by the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday. Those who have seen and read Parliamentary debates on Constitutional amendments and issues in…
Rambling thoughts on three news items
December 1, 2024During working years, one rarely finds time to read newspapers in depth. One generally browses the headlines and sets out to his place of work. However, when one retires, reading newspapers becomes his second nature. That was how a friend shared with me three news items he thought were important. He said that the issues…
Renukacharya accuses Sonia, Rahul Gandhi of backing Yatnal
November 30, 2024Bengaluru: Accusing Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi of backing dissident BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal to weaken the BJP in the State, former BJP MLA M.P. Renukacharya lashed out at Yatnal for undermining the party’s prospects by aligning with Congress. Speaking to reporters in the State Capital yesterday, Renukacharya, a close confidant of…
Justice Sanjiv Khanna takes oath as 51st Chief Justice of India
November 11, 2024Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi skips swearing-in New Delhi: Justice Sanjiv Khanna took oath as the 51st Chief Justice of India (CJI), here this morning. President Droupadi Murmu administered the Oath of Office to Justice Khanna during a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Several dignitaries, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Law…
Rahul Gandhi makes a brief stopover in Mysuru enroute to Wayanad
November 11, 2024Mysuru: Congress MP from Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh) Rahul Gandhi, who is the Opposition Leader in the Lok Sabha, made a brief stopover in Mysuru this morning enroute to his visit to Wayanad in neighbouring Kerala. He was scheduled to address a poll rally later this afternoon in support of his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra,…
Rahul Gandhi’s opinion on Maharajas irks Yaduveer Wadiyar
November 8, 2024Mysuru/New Delhi: Opposition Leader in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has stoked a controversy, with his latest column in a leading daily, titled ‘Match- fixing monopoly Vs fairplay business — Time to choose freedom over fear.’ Rahul Gandhi has written: “India was silenced by the East India Company. It was silenced not by its business…
Lok Sabha By-polls 2024: Priyanka Gandhi files nomination from Wayanad
October 23, 2024Wayanad (Kerala): AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra filed her nomination papers from Wayanad Lok Sabha Constituency at District Collector’s office in Kalpetta, here this afternoon. Priyanka, who is making her electoral debut, was accompanied by her husband Robert Vadra and son Taihan Vadra while she filed her nomination papers in Kalpetta. Earlier, a massive…
Stop Abusing India Abroad
October 7, 2024Learn from Indira Gandhi and Hillary Clinton The Opposition in India MUST realise that to save the Constitution and to strengthen Democracy (about which they made much during the 2024 Parliamentary Election) they should make Parliament the battle-ground where the weapons are speeches, barbed words and insults should flow back and forth across the Parliamentary…
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