In case you missed itVideo wars: Just hours after Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy assured that all is well in the Congress-JDS alliance, a video showing his predecessor Siddaramaiah expressing doubts about the longevity of the coalition government surfaced on Tuesday. This comes two days after a video clip purportedly showing Siddaramiah expressing his displeasure to a few Congress MLAs over presentation of a fresh budget had emerged, adding to the unease among the coalition partners. ICYMI, here's Kumaraswamy's exclusive interview with News18.Militant menace: Six security personnel were reportedly killed and five injured during an anti-Maoist operation in the Burha Pahar region of Jharkhand’s Latehar. Maoists triggered a landmine blast in the area and then attacked the security personnel who belonged to the Jharkhand Jaguars.Political courtesy: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday called RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav to inquire about his health, giving rise to speculation that friends-turned-foes could become friends once again. But Lalu’s son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav quickly shut down the talk and made it clear that the "the door is closed" for JD(U)’s return into the grand alliance fold.Passport revolution: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday launched the mPassportSeva Mobile App along with a new scheme by which an applicant can apply for passport from anywhere in the country, an official statement said. The mPassport Seva App is available on Android and iOS platforms and will have the facilities to apply, pay and schedule appointments for passport services. The announcement follows the recent instance of alleged Islamophobia against an inter-faith couple by a Lucknow passport officer.High stakes: Issuing new security guidelines to states in the wake of an “all-time high" threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the home ministry has said not even ministers and officers will be allowed to come too close to the Prime Minister unless cleared by the Special Protection Group (SPG).Another lynching: A 40-year-old woman beggar was killed and three others seriously injured in Ahmedabad on Tuesday when a mob allegedly thrashed them on suspicion of being child lifters. Police said the incident occurred at Juna Vadaj Circle when the four women were travelling in an autorickshaw. A mob of about 30 people caught hold of them and thrashed them, claiming they were child lifters. The killing follows a series of similar lynchings, all of them based on the rumours about child kidnappers that were circulated on WhatsApp.Impact: Plunged into darkness for 71 years, a village on Sitapur-Barabanki border finally saw the light of the day – quite literally. According to local residents of Kodra village in east Uttar Pradesh, electric poles were erected in the villages about two years ago, but they never received electricity. The plight of the villagers was highlighted by News18 last week, following which Barabanki district magistrate Sandeep Kumar Gupta took cognizance of the matter. The houses in Kodra are now lit.Forking road: Pravin Togadia, the ousted Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader, on Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2014 election slogan ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas.’ The former VHP chief warned the government of consequences if the construction of Ram Mandir is not commenced in next four months. He was speaking at a press conference while launching his own party. Meanwhile, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that ideally Ram Mandir should be built after consent from all the sides. The minister was speaking at an event in Lucknow.
“One thing which always puzzled my father was that how did someone as astute and shrewd as Indira Gandhi make the elementary political blunder of imprisoning various opposition leaders together and permitting them to interact with each other (during the emergency years) This allowed them to unite together against her." Ravi Visvesvaraya Sharada Prasad reminisces. Read the academic’s view on why Indira Gandhi lifted the Emergency in January 1977 and called for fresh elections to be held in March 1977.On reel
When 17,000 trees were ordered to be cut in Delhi, hundreds of Delhiites braved the scorching heat and humidity to come out and hug trees in what was the city’s own Chipko Movement. The protest bore fruit as the very next day, the Delhi HC, responding to petition filed against the felling, put a stay on the order until July 2. While the issue of the mass deforestation, part of the plans to redevelop South Delhi and accommodate government flats, is yet to be decided by the court, here’s a look at some landmark instances of judicial activism that saved India’s environment.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCyCByYhN8U
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