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Reading with Frontline | Anusua Mukherjee

Published : Dec 21, 2024 14:20 IST - 4 MINS READ Dear Reader, In my search for alternative realms to inhabit, I think I have found a home in the world of plants and trees. German forester Peter Wohlleben’s book, The Hidden Life of Trees, published in 2015, quickly attained cult status by putting forward the hypothesis of a “wood-wide …

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Why Ambedkar quit Nehru Cabinet? Hindu Code Bill triggered his exit

India Today

"Compare the concern the government shows over safeguarding Muslims. Although Nehru supported the bill initially, saying, "I will die or swim with the Hindu Code Bill", Ambedkar soon found his proposed legislation had been put on the back burner. HOW HINDU CODE BILL TRIGGERED AMBEDKAR'S RESIGNATION The Constituent Assembly referred the Hindu Code Bill to a Select Committee in April …

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‘PM lives in past or illusion, never in present’: Kharge slams Modi in Rajya Sabha

Hindustan Times

Congress president and leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of speaking untruth in the Lok Sabha and said that “the PM either lives in the past or in illusion but never lives in the present.” Kharge alleged that in the NDA’s 11 years of power, the Constitution and democracy have not …

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Manmohan Singh as PM doomed Congress's return to power: Mani Shankar Aiyar

India Today

Veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar asserted that the decision to retain Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister, despite his declining health, hindered the party's prospects of returning to power for a third term. He claims that the decision to retain Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister and move Pranab Mukherjee to Rashtrapati Bhawan ultimately "doomed" the Congress's chances of securing a …

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'If Pranab Mukherjee Became PM...': Mani Shankar Aiyar Cites Congress’s 2 'Disasters' For UPA-II's 2014 Rout

ABP News

Veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has asserted that the 2014 general election results, which saw the BJP swept to power, might have been different had Pranab Mukherjee been made Prime Minister and Dr Manmohan Singh elevated to President during the UPA-II government. “If Dr Manmohan Singh had become President and Pranab Mukherjee the Prime Minister, I still think we …

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'My Political Career Made, Unmade By Gandhis:' Mani Shankar Aiyar Says 'Got Used To Being Out Of Congress'

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Veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Sunday claimed that the irony of his life was that his political career was "made by Gandhis and unmade by Gandhis" and that he has gotten used to being out of the party. I am a… pic.twitter.com/NKqbyCFQ6O — Press Trust of India December 15, 2024 The former Indian Foreign Service officer further recalled …

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CBI summons senior Odisha IAS officer in corruption case

Hindustan Times

The Central Bureau of Investigation has summoned senior IAS officer and principal secretary in the SC/ST welfare and Odisha language department, Bishnupada Sethi, in connection with a corruption case. The agency issued the notice to Sethi under Section 179 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita on December 10, seeking his attendance at the CBI’s Bhubaneswar office on December 11. On Sunday, …

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Are Spanx Bad For Your Health? Doctors Weigh In On Shapewear

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Cat Gwynn via Getty Images Celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Sarah Hyland have admitted to wearing more than one pair of Spanx shapewear at a time to achieve their ideal shape. “Shapewear isn’t inherently good or bad — it all depends on how you wear it,” said Dr. Raj Dasgupta, a chief medical adviser for Garage Gym Reviews. It depends …

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‘Climate of terror’: New York’s migrants and asylum seekers brace for Trump

Al Jazeera

More than 200,000 asylum seekers and migrants have arrived in the US city in the past two years. Dubbed the “new Ellis Island” of New York City, the Roosevelt Hotel has welcomed upwards of 150,000 migrants and asylum seekers from more than 160 countries since reopening as a shelter. “If we can’t get assistance from New York City, we may …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Aditya Mukherjee Book Review: Analyzing Nehru’s India Through History and Time

The Hindu

Published : Dec 11, 2024 14:59 IST - 7 MINS READ At the launch of historian Aditya Mukherjee’s Nehru’s India: Past Present & Future in New Delhi earlier this month, invited speakers shared their own sense of intellectual, political and cultural affinity with Nehru, referring to certain highpoints of Mukherjee’s book in passing. I would like to concentrate on Mukherjee’s …

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Book Review: In ‘Nehru’s India’, Aditya Mukherjee Counters False Narratives About India’s First Prime Minister

The Hindu

Published : Dec 10, 2024 22:30 IST - 9 MINS READ At a time when the forces of Hindutva are relentlessly denigrating Jawaharlal Nehru’s contribution to the freedom of our country and the first 17 years of nation-building in independent India, the historian Aditya Mukherjee brings welcome clarification to the debate largely by citing Nehru’s own words and expanding on …

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From the India Today archives (2017) | When Pranab Mukherjee thought he could be PM

India Today

Excerpts from Pranab Mukherjee’s autobiographical account of the coalition era, The Coalition Years: 1996-2012. KESRI’S ‘MERE PAAS WAQT NAHIN HAI’ Kesri’s tenure as treasurer was sixteen years long and he became a butt of a few jokes within the AICC, with one being about his accounting procedures: ‘Na khaata, na bahi, jo Kesriji kahen wahi sahi.’ As Congress president, Sitaram …

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CBI arrests government staffer over Rs 10 lakh bribe, finds cash in his car

India Today

The CBI has arrested a senior official of a central PSU in connection with a bribery case after Rs 10 lakh was recovered from a luxury car in which he was travelling in Bhubaneswar, officials said on Sunday. The official, Chanchal Mukherjee, Group General Manager of Bridge and Roof Company, was arrested and two others - Santosh Moharana and middleman …

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Partition Memories Come Alive at India Photo Festival 2024

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: "It smells like home," said Shubhadeep Mukherjee, with the weight of memory, standing amidst his exhibited work at the State Art Gallery in Madhapur for the India Photo Festival 2024, surrounded by photographs layered with ink, archival letters, recipes, and maps. “I wanted to create something you can’t touch but can feel,” Mukherjee said, standing by a portrait of …

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REAL ESTATE MONTHLY DIGEST: NOVEMBER 2024

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HARYANA REAL ESTATE REGULATORY AUTHORITY Haryana RERA Orders Raheja Developers To Pay Interest To Homebuyer For Delayed Possession Case – Dharampal Singh & anr Versus M/s Raheja Developers Limited Citation – Complaint No : 2385 of 2023 Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority bench, comprising Vijay Kumar Goyal, has directed M/s Raheja Developers Limited, to pay interest to the homebuyer for …

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On the face of it, you're corrupt person: Supreme Court to former Bengal minister

India Today

"On the face of it you are a corrupt person. Crores of rupees were recovered from your premises," the Supreme Court on Wednesday told former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, held in an alleged cash-for-job scam in the state. Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, appearing for ED said that even if Chatterjee was granted bail in this case, he …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Bohurupi becomes highest-grossing Bengali film of 2024

India Today

Bengali film Bohurupi, helmed by director duo Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy, has emerged as one of the biggest all-time blockbuster of Bengali cinema. With a staggering collection of Rs 16.50 crore in just seven weeks, the film has become the higest grossing Bengali film post pandemic. What sets Bohurupi apart is not just its unparalleled success in Bengal but …

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IFFI 2024: Rakhee opens up about re-release of her 1995 film Karan Arjun, says ‘young generation will really like it’

Hindustan Times

The ongoing 55th International Film Festival of India became a platform for cinematic nostalgia and fresh beginnings as veteran actor Rakhee returned to the silver screen after nearly two decades. Directed by the renowned duo Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy, Aamar Boss, scheduled to release in December, is a poignant tale of a single mother's unwavering determination to provide a …

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Rakhee Gulzar on Karan Arjun's re-release: Young generation will like it

India Today

The 55th International Film Festival of India served as a blend of nostalgia and fresh starts as veteran actor Rakhee Gulzar appeared as special guest. Gracing the red carpet for her comeback film Aamar Boss, Rakhee radiated elegance and excitement at the festival. Rakhee, who became a household name with her role as Durga Singh in Karan Arjun, spoke about …

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Ex-Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee's 'aide' gets bail in school jobs scam

India Today

A special ED court on Monday granted bail to Arpita Mukherjee, an 'aide' of former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, in connection with the teachers' recruitment scam. Mukherjee had filed a bail plea before the ED court, seeking bail in any condition. Advocate Niladri Bhattacharya, appearing on behalf of Mukherjee, said, "The provision of section 479 of BNS has been …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Andy Mukherjee: India’s more immediate worry is tomatoes, not Trump

Live Mint

Donald Trump is not India’s No. There’s plenty of reason to suspect that the incoming administration will push New Delhi hard on behalf of US technology firms. Starlink’s ties to the US intelligence and military establishment make it a “wolf in sheep’s clothing," a New Delhi-based think tank said this week. And that may be just one area where powerful …

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1 month, 1 week ago

After Delhi HC ruling, can you buy Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ in India now?

Live Mint

Here's some good news for Salman Rushdie's fans. A Delhi court ruled last week that India's three-decade-old ban on the import of the book, ‘The Satanic Verses’, has to be presumed to be non-existent. Following this, the then Rajiv Gandhi government banned the import of the Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" for law-and-order reasons in 1988. In …

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My Goa tourism post went viral because…: Entrepreneur slams police complaint

India Today

Ramanuj Mukherjee, an X user whose post on 'declining' tourism in Goa went viral, has now written an open letter to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant after a police complaint was filed against him. In his letter to Sawant, Mukherjee wrote, "Your tourism department has filed a police complaint against me for sharing data of plummeting tourism in Goa which started …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Social media user fights back against Goa govt’s attempt to ‘shut down criticism’

Live Mint

Ramanuj Mukherjee, founder of an online legal learning platform, alleges that instead of tackling the concerns raised by tourists about scams, the Goa authorities are using the legal system to suppress his criticism after he shared data on social media indicating a drop in foreign tourist arrivals to the state. The Indian Express reported on Saturday that Mukherjee, speaking to …

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Reading with Frontline | Anusua Mukherjee

Why Ambedkar quit Nehru Cabinet? Hindu Code Bill triggered his exit

‘PM lives in past or illusion, never in present’: Kharge slams Modi in Rajya Sabha

Manmohan Singh as PM doomed Congress's return to power: Mani Shankar Aiyar

'If Pranab Mukherjee Became PM...': Mani Shankar Aiyar Cites Congress’s 2 'Disasters' For UPA-II's 2014 Rout

'My Political Career Made, Unmade By Gandhis:' Mani Shankar Aiyar Says 'Got Used To Being Out Of Congress'

CBI summons senior Odisha IAS officer in corruption case

Are Spanx Bad For Your Health? Doctors Weigh In On Shapewear

‘Climate of terror’: New York’s migrants and asylum seekers brace for Trump

Aditya Mukherjee Book Review: Analyzing Nehru’s India Through History and Time

Book Review: In ‘Nehru’s India’, Aditya Mukherjee Counters False Narratives About India’s First Prime Minister

From the India Today archives (2017) | When Pranab Mukherjee thought he could be PM

CBI arrests government staffer over Rs 10 lakh bribe, finds cash in his car

Partition Memories Come Alive at India Photo Festival 2024

REAL ESTATE MONTHLY DIGEST: NOVEMBER 2024

On the face of it, you're corrupt person: Supreme Court to former Bengal minister

Bohurupi becomes highest-grossing Bengali film of 2024

IFFI 2024: Rakhee opens up about re-release of her 1995 film Karan Arjun, says ‘young generation will really like it’

Rakhee Gulzar on Karan Arjun's re-release: Young generation will like it

Ex-Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee's 'aide' gets bail in school jobs scam

Andy Mukherjee: India’s more immediate worry is tomatoes, not Trump

After Delhi HC ruling, can you buy Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ in India now?

My Goa tourism post went viral because…: Entrepreneur slams police complaint

Social media user fights back against Goa govt’s attempt to ‘shut down criticism’