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.
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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.
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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"
Do you watch movies? Even if not, it is my humble request to watch this clip from a 90s movie.
About a fictional Island- Manjira.
While watching the clip replace the name with the Great Nicobar Island, in the movie the island was saved.
What about Nicobar's future?
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Great Nicobar Island, is small but has extremely high levels of biodiversity.
95% of the island covered in rainforest and it’s home to 11 species of mammals, 32 species of birds, 7 species of reptiles & 4 species of amphibians, all found only here.
Watch the beautiful clip. 2/21
72000 crore project planned to transform the Nicobar Island of 8000 inhabitants into “Hong Kong of India”.
This incl
International shipping terminal,
Mil-Civil Dual use Airport,
Power plant,
Military base
Industrial park,
A Township.
Tourism development settle 650000 people. 3/21
By 9/05/23 NHRC had received 11 complaints of ARSON, Mob - violence in diff areas of Manipur.
12/05/23 NHRC meeting held in their HQ Subject was 1. Forced conversions 2. Museum of human rights 3. Illegal immigrants
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It is 2nd year in a row the GANHRI has deferred granting accreditation to India’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
Founded in 1993 NHRC in the early 2000s was known for taking firm stand on Human Rights issues.
Then in 2014 some non biological entity became PM. 2/15
In 2016 first time an active politician BJP's Vice Pres Avinash Rai Khanna was appointed as an NHRC member.
This was a clear violation of the Paris Agreement.
Independence: International law recognises that even NHRIs must be independent of GOVT and NGOs. 3/15
30 May 2015
Raj
Abdul Gaffar Qureshi was killed by a mob after a fake news circulated that Muslims had killed more than 200 cows.
Beat with sticks & iron rods till Hindu neighbour tore through the mob to save him. Ghaffar died later. 1/
2nd August, 2015
Dadri, UP
Nazim, Arif & Anaf breathed last that day.
A mob lynched them accusing them of being cattle thieves.
An FIR was filed against the dead men. Police said it would likely to file an FIR against Killers. 2/
28 Sept, 2015
Dadri, UP
Mohammad Akhlaq (52) an ironsmith, was lynched over rumours of storing beef crowd broke into his house in Bisada village in Dadri. His son, Danish (22) severely beaten, suffered grave head injuries but survived.
Read this letter dated 29/8/23 issued by the Ministry of Ayush, Govt of India.
It instructs State/UT licensing authorities to refrain from taking action against misleading ADS of Ayurvedic, Siddha & Unani Drugs that are without licensing authorities' approval.
Plz, stay. 🧵1/7
This letter came to the notice of the SC during the hearing of the Patanjali Case.
Yesterday after facing the SC wrath ASG KM Nataraj assured that the letter would be withdrawn "forthwith".
Modi's push for pseudoscience began in 2014, however some imp. data published today. 2/7
10 years of Acche Din.
Healthcare in India is still in misery, not taken a lesson from the devastating Corona Crisis.
Bhutan’s spending on health 2.5 times more than India’s while Sri Lanka’s three times more. Many BRICS nations spent 14-15 times more than India. 3/7
The man in Police custody, name is Shailesh Pandiya.
He is one of the 2 assailant shot an RTI activist Amit Jethwa from point blank range in 2010 outside the Bar Council building opp Guj HC.
Vid 4 yrs old. That time he said
"No Fear".
Today he got acquitted. 1/6
Amit Jethwa, was shot dead for exposing illegal mining in & around the Gir Wildlife Sanc in which Amit Solanki the BJP leader & then MP known for close to A. Shah was involved.
In 2010, he filed PIL against the illegal mining in the only abode of the Asiatic Lion. 2/6
At first Ahmd police's crime branch probed the case & gave Dinu Solanki a clean chit. Dissatisfied with the investigation, the HC handed the case to the CBI in 2013.
Amit Jethwa's Father Bhikhabhai Jethwa continued fighting the case despite several threats. 3/6
Chattisgarh Maoists killed -
30 April: 7 (2 women).
16 April: 29 (15 women)
2nd April: 13 (3 women).
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Pic: Somli Kunjam holding her disabled daughter Kamli’s bangle that was found in the forest, as claimed by police was one among the Maoists killed on 02/04/24.
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Kamli on 02/04/24 at 9.00 am due to her stomach ache was lying in her mud hut in Nendra Vill when police barged in, dragged her out of the hut, Somli & Grandmother Joggi tried to stop them but failed.
Instead of Road, they dragged her towards the forest.
She lost forever. 2/19
This story was covered by @shreyaraman18 @BehanBox read.
All papers Headlined 13 Maoists killed.
Nowhere else Kamli’s mother's version published
“My daughter couldn’t hear, she was deaf. She could not speak properly as well, how can she help Maoists?"3/19 behanbox.com/2024/04/18/tho…