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‘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 […]
Laid off workers wait for auto sector revival
Meet the twenty-something workers in Gurugram’s automobile industry who lost their jobs this year and now hang around NCR’s major intersections in the hope of being hired for a day’s unskilled work Seated at the roundabout in Manesar’s ‘Labour Chowk’, Malik is hoping that some work might come his way today. The worry lines on […]
A spy who loved Shakespeare
Director Ribhu Dasgupta and author Bilal Siddiqui talk about their upcoming project Bard of Blood, soon to premiere on Netflix The highly-anticipated Netflix Indian original series Bard of Blood is all set to premiere on September 27. The series, directed by Ribhu Dasgupta, stars Emraan Hashmi, Shobhita Dhulipala, Vineet Kumar Singh, Kirti Kulhari, Jaideep Ahlawat […]
Clean sweep
The bold anti-encroachment drive in Noida has led to reclaiming of acres of valuable government land. street vendors displaced from pavements have been promised rehabilitation in special zones In a bold step undertaken by the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA), an anti-encroachment drive has been carried out across Noida city. The crackdown brought nightmares […]
Till the cows come home…
…they create quite a traffic hazard on Noida’s roads. Who will stop dairy owners from sending their cattle to roam the city during the day? In Noida’s Sector 49, a herd of cows is seen creating hazards for both traffic on roads and pedestrians on footpaths. The scene is repeated in service lanes at some […]
‘Isa’s character not based on Dawood’
Saurabh Sachdeva, who has been an acting coach for about two decades, forayed into acting with Sacred Games – and there has been no looking back since then What’s common between actors Frieda Pinto, Jacqueline Fernandez, Vani Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Arjun Kapoor, Richa Chadda, Harshvardhan Rane and Rana Daggubati? They have all been taught by […]