Balakot: A TRP blessing for Hindi news channels

This is likely the first time when news beat general entertainment channels in terms of TRP. But there’s a catch between march 2 and 8, two Hindi news channels beat the most-watched general entertainment channel (GEC) in the weekly viewership numbers game. These two were Aaj Tak and ABP News. While the most-watched GEC of […]

WHODUNNIT?

The 14-hour blackout on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp on March 14 spelt trauma for addictive users. Most of them think there was some mischief afoot “At first I was confused. But then I went straight into panic mode,” confesses 18-year-old Batul, who’s gearing up for college. As she was scrolling through her Facebook feed on […]

Forgotten cluster

There are pockets like Gautam Puri in South Delhi where voters have no hope that any political party will keep the promises made with such a rhetorical flourish In Gautam Puri, a JJ cluster in Badarpur, there’s no sign of any MP nursing his constituency. No haste to show ‘development’ by paving a road or […]

Shop talk

Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Patriot visits Chandni Chowk to find out how the effects of GST and demonetisation will impact traders’ votes The Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency is one of the major constituencies not only in Delhi, but the whole of India. And at the heart of this constituency lies the […]

Lutyens plus

Different areas with divergent issues and an unusual voting pattern makes the New Delhi constituency intriguing Posing a striking contrast to the posh enclave of Lutyens Zone, which first comes to mind when one thinks of the New Delhi constituency, Sujan Singh Park is an area with few redeeming features. The shabby quarters where around […]

Murders in cold blood

Three months into the new year, the Capital has seen more than a heinous murder a month. Are the Delhi Police claims of vast improvements in the security environment actually reflective of the situation in the Capital? The numbers suggest that as compared to last year, the cases of heinous crimes and crimes against women […]

To align or not to

The grapevine is ripe: Sheila Dikshit wants the East Delhi seat for the Congress and her favoured candidates are either her daughter Latika or Pawan Khera The Congress party is at the rock bottom of its political fortunes in the Capital — it has not had a single MP or MLA from Delhi in last […]

A court face-off

Advocate Vikram Singh Chauhan had filed a defamation case against then Times Now editor-in-chief for calling him a ‘goonda’ during a February 2016 primetime debate As difficult as it might be to believe, there have been a handful of times when Arnab Goswami, current managing director of Republic TV and former editor-in-chief of Times Now, […]