Specials

Shaunak Ghosh -August 26, 2019

As the John Abraham starrer mints crores at the box office, Patriot revisits the Okhla locality to find out what impact the infamous encounter had on the residents On August 15, one of the most hyped movies of the year, Batla House, starring John Abraham in the lead, released nationwide to much fanfare. The movie […]

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Patriot Bureau -August 26, 2019

The roads in the national capital were jammed on August 21 as a rally of thousands of followers of Guru Ravidas moved from Ambedkar Bhavan to Ram Leela Maidan, protesting the demolition of the Ravidas Mandir.A similar protest of Dalits was held in Punjab over the same issue. The protest march in Delhi kicked off […]

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Patriot Bureau -August 26, 2019

The Guru Ravidas temple in Tughlaqabad was demolished by DDA and Delhi Police on orders of the Supreme Court The demolition of the Sant Guru Ravidas Temple in New Delhi has created a stir over the last 10 days. A bandhwas held in Punjab last week and exams were postponed in the state as protests […]

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Shaunak Ghosh -August 26, 2019

As the Delhi government prepares to provide citizens free wi-fi in three months, Patriot takes a look at the much proclaimed existing free wi-fi spots in Delhi-NCR Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s government announced on August 8 that the Capital will be the first city in India to have free Wi-fi, as the Centre has approved […]

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Ambica Gulati -August 26, 2019

Dance, drink and be merry—Aerocity has a new 24X7 café cum nightclub called Imperfecto Shor Café. With many popular dishes on the menu, this caters to all age groups and all travellers The moment Chef Manager Akanksha Dean says the interiors have been inspired by the Gothic era, my fingers want to hit the search […]

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Shubham Bhatia -August 26, 2019

For us kids, Independence Week was all about buying and flying kites – a happy ritual which we thought was in the past till we happened to get a pleasant reminder “Shubham…wake up. Help out your brother upstairs,” my mother would say on a sunny morning on Independence Day. The time is childhood. When the […]

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Patriot Bureau -August 16, 2019

A visit to the famous ecotourism destination in Noida — Okhla bird sanctuary— reveals a surprising lack of concern for the creatures to whom it is dedicated Mega skyscrapers, high voltage electricity towers, dome of a famous park, and no visible signs of animal life — this is the scenario one can experience on a […]

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Patriot Bureau -August 16, 2019

A ground report on the near-clampdown on press movement, information gathering and dissemination in the Valley Reporting in Kashmir after the revocation of Article 370 is not easy, especially for a reporter from outside Kashmir. It has become a ritual to invite contempt from the people of Srinagar right at the moment of introduction. The […]

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