India Archive

When blatant lies fail to make their point, some outlets resort to twisting facts or hiding inconvenient details to push their agenda. Recently, a storm erupted over claims that a majority of MBBS seats at the newly launched Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME) had been given to Muslim students.

The police in Nuh district, Haryana, have arrested a practising lawyer after investigators uncovered what they describe as a direct link to Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the ISI.

A 19-year-old young man named Mohammad Sajid was taken into custody in Jammu on 23rd November after police suspected him of online radicalisation and planning a terror-related activity.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tourism plans have caused a clear rise in foreign visitors across India, and this wave of growth has helped several states move forward. West Bengal is one of the biggest beneficiaries.

The Panjab University Bachao Morcha — which has been protesting for nearly a month to demand restoration of the university’s Senate — declared on Wednesday (26 November) that on 3 December it will surround (gherao) offices of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Chandigarh and throughout Punjab.

The Madhya Pradesh government has taken a strict step against senior IAS officer Santosh Verma after his controversial comment created a storm across the state. Verma, who heads the state unit of AJAKS — a body representing SC/ST government employees — was served a formal show-cause notice for linking the issue of reservation to the willingness of Brahmins to marry their daughters into his family.

On Sunday, 23 November, a group of urban naxals — people posing as anti-pollution protestors — descended on the monument at India Gate. Under the pretext of addressing environmental pollution, they turned the gathering into a display of extremist sympathy. They raised slogans praising a deceased Maoist commander, Madvi Hidma, and attacked police officers using chilli spray.

On 24 November, the Patiala House Court sent five accused individuals — who were involved in pepper-spraying police officers during an anti-pollution protest — to two days of judicial custody.

On 25th November, Ayodhya witnessed a major and emotional moment during the Dhwajarohan (flag-hoisting) ceremony held at the newly constructed Ram Mandir.

A detailed investigation has revealed new insights into the case involving Dr Ahmed Mohiuddin Saiyed, identified as the primary accused in the Ricin-based bio-terror plot uncovered earlier this month by the Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad (ATS).