Frnds
800 metres away from PM's residence there was a VVIP wedding on 11th March. The Guestlist was full of VVIPs starting with PM Modi,Rajnath Sing, Amit Shah, JP Nadda, FM Sitharaman & CMs from BJP-ruled states.
It was the wedding of Navika Kumar's son.
Stay here frnz. ☺1/12
In 1988 Times Group Hindi Newspaper NavBharat Times Editor Surendra Pratap Singh's wedding was attended by Chief Ministers from 7 states and many Central Ministers. It was highly criticized then. Anand Swaroop Verma in his Book "Patrakarita ka Andha Yug" wrote about this. 2/12
It was the view of the majority of the Journalist fraternity during then that against those your pen is expected to move if you make a sweet relationship with them, your loyalty towards your profession is no more trustworthy.
11th March wedding of Navika Kumar's son Siddhant in GymKhana Club. Other than BJP Mins Shehzad Punawala, Anand Rangnath, the owner of TimesGroup Vinit & Samir Jain, Rajat Sarma India Tv were present.
No @INCIndia or any other party leadrs were present.
Plz stay frndz. 4/12
With this Navika has established her Leadership in the elite or the Lutyen lobby class she often joked in past years.
It is a significant thing that she didn't care to hide her close bonding with the Ruling Govt. Maybe as all these are normalised these days. 5/12
In 2019 in an interview, Navika Kumar: Even today I'm hungry for news. That hunger is understood by a survey of Newslaundry where it has been found Jan22 to June22
Her 123 nos debates
Communal 45
Anti-Opp 36
Pro BJP 10
Others 32
That interview link.👇6/12 samachar4media.com/interviews-new…
2009 Neera Radia tape. Barkha Dutt still suffers from that leakage of 5000 talks betwn Politicians/Corporates/Journalists. 6-8 journalists were caught & Navika Kumar was among them. Surprised?☺
In that tape Neera Radia told Navika to not share information wid Arun Jetley. 7/12
Nothing to be surprised as Navika Kumar Had a strong relationship Respect/Guide/Mentor with Arun Jetley whom she used to call everyday Morning. She said that herself in 2019 after Arun Jetley's Demise. 🙂 8/12
Neera Radia Tape changed lives of Barkha Datt, Vir Sanghvi but strangely Navika hardly faced 2 wks suspension from studio. She was not even a big name like 2day. Again 2022 Nupur Sharma's row in her show resulted heavily for Nupur but Navika remained untouched.
Stay frnz🙏9/12
After Arnab Goswami left it is not R Shivsankar but Navika who took charge. Despite only 20% representation of Females in TV media hats off to Navika made it. It fastened from2020 #SSR case when she targeted Rhea Chakraborty insanely. Remember this Ekta Kapoor style Entry? 10/12
She is the boss of @TimesNow it can be understood well the rival Republic Group 2021 filed a defamation case Against Navika only.
But her devotion to Ruling made it easy to cross all obligations. In Jan24 when #HindenburgReport revealed she kept bashing @INCIndia 11/12
Finally
She is only a part of a machine built by whom u know well.
Endng this thread with the lines of Raj Kamal Jha, the Editor of Indian Express 6yrs ago who said this after PM's speech. Plz listen frndz.🙏
"Criticism from the Govt is a Badge of Honour"
Despite his case was pending in the SC Khairul Islam a Govt teacher born & brought up in Assam, was detained from his home on 23rd May & pushed into Bangladesh by security forces.
There the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) again pushed them to No man's Land & they stuck there. 1/13
Rita Khanam his wife told to National Herald "on 23 May personnel from Mikirbheta police station came to our house and took him away, saying they had a few questions & he could return home after that."
Later he was pushed to Bang but the family hadn't been informed. 2/13
After Khairul was forced out of Ind Border a Bang Journo took his interview & posted it into FB.
He told the journalist
“I told the Assam police that I am a teacher and asked them to respect me. My hands were tied like I was a thief and I was made to sit in the bus.".... 3/13
Long before his death on 21 June 1954, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote his 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 where he not only laid out his wishes for his body after death but also what India & his Ganga meant for him.
His 'Will & Testament':
"I have received so much...1/14🧵
Love & affection from the Indian people that nothing I can do can repay even a small fraction of it & indeed there can be no repayment of so precious a thing as affection.
Many have been admired, some have been revered, but the affection of all classes of the Indian people..2/14
has come to me in such abundant measure that I have been overwhelmed by it. I can only express the hope that, in the remaining yrs I may live, I shall not be unworthy of my people & their affection...
When I die, I should like my body to be cremated. If I die in a... 3/14
India didn't claim itself Vishwaguru back then,
There was no attempt of any cringeworthy Hug show.
Nor was its Foreign Minister a laser eye one,
Yet united India silently dismantled the Pak attempt to internationalise Kashmir under leadership of PV Narasimha Rao
Yr 1994.🧵1/20
And it all began in early 80s when Pak Pres Zia ul-Haq sought to replicate the Afghan jihad model in Kashmir.
Since late 80s Jihadis of mujahideen groups armed & trained by US & Pak to fight the Soviets infiltrated the land of the valley & disrupted its unique Kashmiriyat. 2/20
Kashmiriyat is that old culture of respect & harmony showcased in Shah Mir's successor grandson Sultan Shihab al Din's shock when his Hindu finance minister suggested him to melt down a brass image of Buddha to increase the treasury which the shocked Sultan strictly refused. 3/20
No Indian Army isn't like the IT cell coolies are potraying them in Israeli version - their fab as white skin linked to their intergenerational inferiority complex rooted in 200 yrs slavery.
Pic 1999: Brigadier M P S Bajwa with captured Pak Sepoy Mohammad Arshad. 🧵1/10
Brigadier MPS Bajwa was the Commander of the 192 Mountain Brigade then. This time Sepoy Md Arshad of 19FF PAK had been captured while lying injured among dead bodies of Pak soldiers by troops of Gorkha Rifles after an attack by Indian Army in the Zulu Top sector. 2/10
The Gurkha soldiers were asking him in Gurkhali beyond his understanding. Brigadier Bajwa later recounted when he first saw the Pak soldier he was blindfolded and appeared quite scared and under trauma.
So he addressed in Punjabi "Mohd Arshad kee haal hai, kaka tagro ho” 3/10
“You saved us by risking your life, we will never be able to repay the favor of Nazakat Bhai."
Bjp worker Arvind S Agarwal, Chattisgarh expressed his gratitude to the Kashmiri Guide Nazakat Ahmed Shah on SM for saving his life.
Did the Hindutva Rightwing target him? No.
Why?🧵1/5
Nazakat Ahmad Shah (28) was the guide to a group of 11 : 4 couples and 3 children.
He saved them all.
Nazakat's cousin Pony wallah Syed Adil Hussain Shah who was killed by those terrorists when he stood between gun and unarmed tourists.
Adil Hussain got three Bullets. 2/5
Nazakat was with the group of 11 when the gunfire began. The families told him to first save the children.
The area was fenced but there was a small opening in the fence Nazakat slipped through it with kids & ran. After keeping those kids in a safe place he again returned. 3/5
Indra Nagar in the Syana Choraha area, Hapur, Uttar Pradesh. 41 Dalit families -
They all received an official eviction notice dated 8th April 2025.
Drafted by a Lawyer on behalf of the Municipal Council in a derogatory, casteist and dehumanizing language.
What a Disgrace! 🧵1/8
It reads
“Municipal officials have told you orally several times to vacate the land but you refuse to vacate the land without following statutory provisions. And in your ego (‘apni hekdi ke bal par’) you say the said land has been given to us..."
An official notice! 2/8
However the local residents have copy of the notice earlier issued on 18 July 1986 instructing to settle here in the present area under relocation program.
Also 40 of the 41 houses newly built under PMAY homes. After receiving the notice they went to meet the Exe Officer. 3/8