 | Wednesday, 23 October 2024 | TheFinePrint By Janki Dave, News Editor |  | |
| Wanted for 'promoting terrorist activities' in Punjab and the murder of a Shaurya Chakra awardee in Tarn Taran, Sandeep Singh Sidhu is an employee of the CBSA. In an official email, the Canadian Agency confirmed to ThePrint's Bismee Taskin that it takes allegations seriously. This comes amid a fresh flare-up of diplomatic spat between India & Canada over the Nijjar killing.
Sharan Poovanna reports how the Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government is mulling to revive a plan to develop a network of satellite towns on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The project which was first proposed 17 years ago with an aim to decongest Bengaluru, is now being looked at as a possible revenue stream.
Ahead of Maharashtra & Jharkhand assembly polls, Congress is facing the after-effects of its Haryana defeat in seat-sharing talks with allies. Sourav Roy Barman with the details in this story.
From book launches and exhibitions to conferences, Liddle's name is on every significant invite. She has exploded onto the scene and skyrocketed to a visibility that most academics don’t find beyond academic circles. And she has managed the trapeze artist’s act of speaking about history, openly and happily, without landing in hot water. At a time when history is a nuclear debate and historians are radioactive, Liddle approaches the discipline with aplomb, writes ThePrint's Vandana Menon. | | | | Opinion
This is Narakasura, the demon king who once reigned over Pragjyotisha, the mythical kingdom found in several Hindu texts. When I first moved to Goa, I encountered some 25 Narakasuras within a five-kilometre radius. Every 200 metres or so, a new demon loomed, each with a different aesthetic and backlit to perfection. The 20-foot one at our local supermarket was accompanied by a full suite of amplifiers blasting Bollywood songs, writes Karanjeet Kaur, former editor of Arré, and a partner at TWO Design.
No one doubts that policies to raise productivity and value addition in agriculture are necessary. But to transform India into an industrial powerhouse capable of competing with China and other Asian competitors, the government must create a pathway for workers stuck in low-paying farm jobs to shift to better-paying jobs in manufacturing and services. Playing the monopolist game for political benefits will not bring us anywhere close to Viksit Bharat, writes Congress member Amitabh Dubey. | | Video
As Chandrababu Naidu and MK Stalin urge couples in AP and TN to have more children, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta breaks down India's declining fertility rates, the looming ageing population crisis, and its political fallout. Watch this episode of 'Cut The Clutter'.
Waking up patients in a Gujarat hospital ward, asking MP students to give missed calls for AIDS awareness and promising benefits of government schemes are some of the things the BJP is doing to enrol members. Our Political Editor, DK Singh, analyses how the BJP is trying to become the world's largest party in The Print 'Politically Correct'. | | We hope you enjoyed our newsletter. If you have questions or feedback, please do contact us. | |
