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Booked without orders
Daryaganj Sunday book market vendors claim that there were no High Court orders to relocate them and MCD is backed by some powerful names in initiating their displacement In july, vendors of Daryaganj’s second-hand book market were forced by MCD to clear the pavements where they sell books on Sundays. The order for relocation to […]
Smoke and mirrors
Indian government’s ban on e-cigarettes sparks debate about its intention. its announcement sent soaring stock prices of the tobacco companies in which the government is invested Latching on to an emerging global trend, the Indian government on September 18 banned e-cigarettes, citing health risks to youth and children. The ban covers the manufacture, sale, import, […]
Dream Girl: A missed chance?
The disappointment with the film lies in its inability to actually engage with and address the issues arising out of small town Indian male fantasies and loneliness “Ayushmann Khurrana’s Dream Girl is on a rampage. The film has minted Rs 16.42 crore on the second day of its release,” gushed India Today on September 15. […]
‘I like to steal people’s hearts’
Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav, who’s been in the industry for two decades, opens up about his journey Rajpal Yadav has never looked back ever since he made his debut with Ram Gopal Varma’s Jungle in 2000. Over the last couple of decades, he has managed to carve a niche for himself as a bankable character […]
Chinmayanand’s experiments with piety and power
With friends like Yogi Adityanath, opinion-makers in Shahjahanpur believe the law can’t touch this Swami Soon after Independence, Sukhdevanand set up the Daivi Sampad Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya in Shahjahanpur. By the time he passed away in 1965, he had established three educational institutions in Shahjahanpur, three ashrams (in Shahjahanpur, Rishikesh and Haridwar), a “Hindu Jain temple” […]
‘A predator is more powerful than his prey’
Senior journalist Priya Ramani gave evidence at a district court in Delhi in connection with the criminal defamation case filed against her by ex-Union minister MJ Akbar. Excerpts: Journalist Priya RAMANI first gave her testimony and then faced cross-examination in the MJ Akbar defamation case in the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Samar […]
Endeavour vs i20
A class divide has led to controversies and violence in Amity University – not over any academic or political issue but over parking of student cars While JNU and DU hog the limelight, especially during student elections, the world of private universities is also filled with churn and controversies; those which make the headlines on […]
Fewer footfalls
As per recent statistics given by SIAM, more than 300 dealerships across the country downed their shutters in just the last year, most of them from Delhi and Mumbai. Patriot asked sales executives in Okhla what is the situation in their corner. At a dealership DD Motors in Okhla, senior sales executive Akhilesh Chaudhary explains […]