Articles by Poulomi Ghosh
Supreme Court to hear petitions against ban on BBC documentary on February 3
The BBC documentary critical of Narendra Modi in the context of 2002 riots was not screened in India. The government blocked tweets and YouTube content sharing links to the documentary in India.

Published on Feb 02, 2023 09:57 PM IST
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Boris Johnson's brother quits Adani-linked firm; Cong says 'not a squeak' here
Amid the fraud allegations against the Adani Group, UK former prime minister Boris Johnson's brother Jo Johnson quit a firm that was linked to the Adani empire.

Updated on Feb 02, 2023 10:36 PM IST
YS Sharmila buys Telangana CM KCR a new pair of shoes. 'If it doesn't fit...'
YS Sharmila was earlier attacked and detained in November last year for her protest march against Telangana chief minister KCR and his party.

Published on Feb 02, 2023 06:40 PM IST
Name of Bhopal's Islam Nagar village changed to Jagdishpur | Details here
Bhoapl's Islam Nagar is famous for its fort and is a place of tourist interest. According to many accounts, Jagdishpur was named Islam Nagar 308 years ago.

Published on Feb 02, 2023 05:48 PM IST
'Zindagi ke saath thi': Cong's jab at LIC on Adani row; ‘Who’s Chung Ling?'
Congress raised the issue of Chung Ling, the Chinese link of the Adani Group, mentioned in the Hindenburg report and said this is the most crucial aspect of the issue.

Updated on Feb 02, 2023 06:41 PM IST
Watch: Bihar IAS officer abuses in meeting, 'deputy collector hai...'
Senior IAS officer KK Pathak was seen hurling cuss words one after another targetting the deputy collector in the viral video of an administrative meeting.

Published on Feb 02, 2023 02:36 PM IST
New tax regime better if deduction, exemption less than ₹3.75 lakh: Official
Old vs new income tax regime: Those who claim less than ₹3.75 lakh exemption will save money in the new tax regime, a ministry official explained.

Published on Feb 01, 2023 08:32 PM IST
Not Amrit Kaal, but 'Mitr Kaal Budget'; Rahul Gandhi says, 'PM doesn't care'
As finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman termed Budget 2023 as the first budget of Amrit Kaal and PM Modi too in his address later mentioned Amrit Kaal, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi played on the words and said it's 'Mitr Kaal Budget'

Published on Feb 01, 2023 06:15 PM IST
Sitharaman didn't mention ‘unemployment’ once in her speech: Congress
Chidambaram said Sitharaman's Budget speech did not have any mention of the words like poverty, unemployment, inequality.

Published on Feb 01, 2023 05:16 PM IST
Budget 2023 new income tax slabs: How to calculate your tax
New income tax regime 2023: In the mew income tax regime, there is no income tax up to ₹7 lakh. The tax slabs have been tweaked with the lowest starting from ₹2.5 lakh instead of ₹3 lakh as earlier.

Updated on Feb 01, 2023 07:44 PM IST
PAN common ID for businesses: FM's announcements on ease of doing biz
Budget 2023: Making PAN the common identifier for all digital systems of specified government agencies will bring ease of doing business and this will be done through a legal mandate, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced.

Published on Feb 01, 2023 11:50 AM IST
Sitharaman outlines 7 priorities of Budget 2023, calls them 'Saptrishi'
Budget 2023: Under PM Vishwakarma Kaushal Samman, traditional artisans, for the first time, will get a package of assistance which will focus on bettering the quality, scale and reach of their products.

Published on Feb 01, 2023 11:19 AM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman dons bright red saree with temple border for Budget 2023
Budget 2023: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman wore a bright red saree with black border – with intricate golden work.

Updated on Feb 01, 2023 10:02 AM IST
Hindenburg allegations lies, attack on India: Adani Group's 413-page reply
The Hindenburg report is neither independent nor objective and intended to create a false market in securities to enable Hindenburg to book gains, Adani Group said in a detailed statement issued on Sunday.

Updated on Jan 30, 2023 01:47 AM IST
Who was Odisha minister Naba Das who died after being shot by a cop? 10 points
The second-richest minister of Odisha, Naba Das had 80 vehicles and properties worth ₹34 crore, a PTI report said.

Updated on Jan 30, 2023 01:47 AM IST
Cop who shot Odisha minister Naba Das suffered from mental disorder: Wife
Accused ASI Gopal Das's wife said Gopal Das was under medication for mental disorder but appeared normal. He made a video call to their daughter on Sunday morning before the incident took place.

Updated on Jan 29, 2023 09:38 PM IST
'Kerela, Tamil Naidu?': Tharoor slams 'Hindi Rashtravadis' over R-Day poll
As Shashi Tharoor pointed out the spelling mistakes of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in a poll run by a government site (corrected later), many social media users asked why the Congress MP was creating a North vs South issue.

Published on Jan 29, 2023 06:25 PM IST
BBC documentary row: AK Antony's son targets Jairam Ramesh, says ‘perfect ally’
Anil Antony who recently resigned from the Congress in the middle of the BBC documentary row on Sunday targetted the Congress as he shared old BBC reports where truncated India maps were used.

Published on Jan 29, 2023 05:18 PM IST
Not sure whether any PM other than Modi would have...: Jaishankar
Jaishankar said when he was the secretary of the external affairs department, he had a very good minister and the combination of minister Sushma Swaraj and secretary Jaishankar was very good.

Updated on Jan 29, 2023 06:31 PM IST
Bird hits Air Asia's Lucknow-Kolkata flight, plane makes emergency landing
Air Asia's Lucknow-Kolkata flight on Sunday made an emergency landing at Lucknow airport after being hit by a bird during the take-off.

Published on Jan 29, 2023 02:40 PM IST
'International Khiladi?': Tiger, Akshay, Anurag Thakur's 'Make-in-India' moment
As Akshay Kumar said he believes in ‘Aatmanirbhar’ concept and will only do Indian films, Anurag Thakur, Tiger Shroff, Sajid Nadiawala burst into laughter.

Updated on Jan 27, 2023 09:34 PM IST
'2+2 not always 4,': CM Shinde on survey projecting MVA's win; Uddhav says...
Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde said he knows how many people were interviewed for the survey. “In politics, two plus two is not always four,” Shinde said commenting on the Maharashtra result of India Today-C Voter's Mood of the Nation Poll.

Published on Jan 27, 2023 07:20 PM IST
On Pompeo's 'Sushma Swaraj was not important', former Pak ambassador's 'no'
“I have met Sushma Swaraj several times and she was a great nationalist and robust speaker,” former Pakistan ambassador Abdul Basit said commenting on Mike Pompeo's observation on late Sushma Swaraj.

Updated on Jan 27, 2023 06:32 PM IST
Section 144 at DU arts faculty over BBC documentary row, 24 detained
Delhi University proctor Rajni Abbi said no permission was sought from the authorities to hold the screening and the authorities sought police help.

Updated on Jan 27, 2023 06:29 PM IST
Not asking proof but show surgical strike video: Rashid Alvi; ‘Sushma ji said…’
Congress leader Rashid Alvi said the government should apologise to the country if it can't release the video of the surgical strike. Sushma Swaraj, Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath said different things about the strike, Rashid Alvi claimed.

Published on Jan 27, 2023 02:32 PM IST
BJP leader says he watched Kashmir Files but not Pathaan because...
BJP's Shehzad Poonawalla said he watches one film in 4-5 years and loved Vivek Agnihotri's Kashmir files ‘based on reality’.

Published on Jan 26, 2023 01:29 PM IST
Agniveers at Kartavya Path parade: All the firsts of Republic Day 2023
The first-ever women riders took part in the camel contingent of the Border Security Forces. Sonal, Nisha, Bhagwati, Ambika, Kusum, Priyanka, Kaushalya, Kajal, Bhawna and Hina were among those 12 women riders.

Published on Jan 26, 2023 12:16 PM IST
Egyptian Army takes part in 74th Republic Day parade. Watch
This is the first time the Egyptian Army forces marched in the Republic Day parade bearing testimony to India-Egypt longstanding relationship.

Updated on Jan 26, 2023 10:57 AM IST
PM Modi wears multi-coloured Rajasthani turban, President chooses Odisha silk
Republic Day 2023: In the black and white ensemble of PM Modi's attire, the multicoloured turban stood out as a symbol of diversity. President Droupadi Murmu chose Odisha silk with a temple border for the occasion.

Published on Jan 26, 2023 10:10 AM IST
'No boycott calls will work': Opposition on Pathaan; Narottam Mishra says…
Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra said there is no point in protesting against Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan now as a corrected version has been released.

Updated on Jan 26, 2023 08:40 AM IST