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Working Journalist Act must be Amended to Instil Trust in the Profession
Some people, who have neither any understanding of media nor its constitutional position, have been making thoughtless and stupid demands for the Journalist Protection Act. Some bluff masters have even been circulating the rough draft of the Act, which they are proposing in their delusion to be introduced in Parliament. These self-styled leaders or champions…
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Resolve Kashi, Mathura Mandir-Masjid Tangle Through Conciliation, not Courts
Looking at the photographs and videos of Shivling found in the Gyan Vapi of Varanasi, anybody can say without any doubt, that it could not be a fountain as it is being made out by some Muslim leaders. I have seen this place scores of times during my student days at BHU and always felt…
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Not Sedition Law but its Misuse be Stopped
It is an oft-repeated statement that the Supreme Court of India is Supreme, not because it is infallible but because it is final. While hearing the constitutionality of section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code, which relates to the offence of sedition, the Supreme Court has put its operation in abeyance till it is…
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Rename the Jauhar Ali University after Revolutionary Asfaqullah Khan
Allahabad High Court has castigated and made some caustic comments against the Samajwadi leader and the former UP minister Md Azam Khan for adopting the foulest means to grab the land for the Maulana Jauhar Ali University of Rampur. It is the pet and dream project of Md Azam Khan. He got full support from…
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Remove Encroachments to Make a Place Liveable
There is nothing to be surprised at in the way anti-encroachment drives at Jahangirpuri and Shaheen Bagh of Delhi were stiffly opposed and ultimately stopped. Encroachments of public lands have been a very common and profitable business for politicians, police, and other civic authorities. It is done with the complicity of all. At the outset,…
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India has Set an Example in Handling with Natural Calamity
When the lockdown was declared for the first time in March 2020, some biased journalists were in the front to mock and ridicule the Prime Minister for taking such a step. These journalists relish in anti-Modi stories and find fault in him, where there is none. Obviously, these journalists are either being funded by some…
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Paid News Peddlers have Damaged Credibility of Profession
Paid News Peddlers have Damaged Credibility of Profession It hardly needs to be said that social and digital media have grown beyond all proportions in the last nearly two and half decades, due mainly to the easy availability and connectivity of the internet in all nooks and corners of the country. The speed has gained…
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Social Media: Empowering and Leveller Requires Regulatory Measures
A few days back Congress leader Sonia Gandhi read out a statement in the Lok Sabha about the negative role being played by social media like Facebook, Twitter and Utube etc. In fact, social media has been spreading all sorts of concocted and baseless stories more against the ruling dispensation than the opposition parties. Social…
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Nitish Kumar Must Apologise to the speaker for his Uncouth behaviour
It was a very sad and unfortunate spectacle to see the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar livid with rage against Assembly speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha yesterday on the floor of the House. Nitish Kumar is known for being a sober politician but the way he behaved with Speaker Shri Sinha was reprehensible, highly unbecoming of…
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Historic Victory of Yogi has Broken Many Myths and Superstitions
Yogi Adityanath has broken many myths in the UP-Assembly elections. He has successfully cast aside the superstition that any Chief Minister who visits NOIDA would soon lose the chair. Yogi has visited NOIDA many times as the Chief Minister and yet he has led his party to a spectacular win in the assembly elections. Those…