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Narendra Modi: India’s authoritarian leader with his own app

India’s 14th prime minister, Narendra Modi, is emerging as one of the country’s pivotal post-independence leaders – along with its founding PM Jawaharlal Nehru, who set the template for a secular, democratic nation in 1947, and his daughter Indira Gandhi, who ruled for 15 turbulent years.

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Congress claims no evidence of 'Sengol' being symbol of transfer of power by British to India

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on May 26 claimed there is no documented evidence of Lord Mountbatten, C Rajagopalachari and Jawaharlal Nehru describing the ‘Sengol’ as a symbol of transfer of power by the British to India.

The Hindu

New Parliament building inauguration | Parties talking today about President’s eminence spoke ill of her before she got elected: Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the media at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai, on Thursday that the Opposition parties, now speaking of President Droupadi Murmu as an eminent leader from a tribal community, had ran a bitter campaign against her before she got elected as the President.

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New Parliament building opening | How a letter to PMO set off a search for the Sengol

A letter to the Prime Minister’s Office by danseuse Padma Subrahmanyam set off a research into the Sengol, the golden sceptre, that would be installated in the new Parliament building

The Hindu

The ‘Sengol’, a historic sceptre with a deep Tamil Nadu connection

On May 28, 2023, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicates the new Parliament building to the nation, a slice of history will would be revisited.

The Hindu

Here are the big stories from Tamil Nadu today

Welcome to the Tamil Nadu Today newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories to follow today.

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Inspired by the Cholas, handed over to Nehru: historic ‘Sengol’ to be installed in new Parliament building

A sengol or sceptre is going to be installed in the new parliament building. What has it got to do with India’s independence, Chola dynasty and Tamil traditions? Read to find out.

The Hindu

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BJP disrespecting history, says Pinarayi

Removing episodes involving Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Abul Kalam Azad, besides the Mughal reign from history textbooks is unpardonable, says Pinarayi

The Hindu

Narendra Modi in Australia: a polarising leader meets a divided Indian diaspora

More than 20,000 supporters are expected at a public rally for the Indian PM in Sydney this week. But critics will be just as strident

The Guardian - AU

The LAC crisis and the danger of losing without fighting

India is under pressure on the Line of Actual Control and needs to find a way to transfer that pressure back to China

The Hindu

The end of Vigyan Prasar is the death of another Nehruvian idea

As Vigyan Prasar has veered away from its original mandate of promoting scientific temper, it matters little even if it survives in any other form

The Hindu

Mughals, RSS, evolution: Outrage as India edits school textbooks

Government removes significant historical and scientific facts from textbooks as it pursues a Hindu supremacist agenda.

Al Jazeera

A fresh era for India or a ham-fisted ego trip? Welcome to Modi’s new seat of power

The prime minister says his £120m parliament building will establish a new order – critics say the design doesn’t match that ambition

The Guardian - UK

‘Not a virtue but necessity’: What it’s like attending a Rahul Gandhi press conference

In a luxury hotel atop a hillock overlooking Srinagar’s Dal Lake, the enthusiasm was evident, and the hall packed ahead of schedule. It was the 13th and final press conference of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, before the march came to an end after travelling over 135 days from Kanyakumari in…

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A chronicle of Nehru, his missteps, and Modi’s magic: The new Nehru museum

With the Rashtrapati Bhavan to their south, and the Nehru memorial to the north, the three statues at Delhi’s Teen Murti Circle have long stood witness to India’s tryst with destiny: from a brutal repression of the freedom struggle to the fall of the British Empire, and Independence.

Investors Business Daily

Inspirational Quotes: James Thurber, Dr. Joyce Brothers And Others

Read inspirational quotes about trusting your gut, asking the right questions and stirring passion in what you're doing.

Newslaundry

Newsance 194: India-China border clash and why it’s all Nehru's fault

TV Newsance is back after a break! And guess what, nothing much has changed when it comes to the world of TV news. The big news of the week was the clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, and we saw news anchors tripping over each other…

Newslaundry

Using data to tell the story of India’s infrastructure issues, and the way ahead

In October 1963, while inaugurating the Bhakra dam on the Sutlej river in Himachal Pradesh, then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru used the evocative phrase “temples of modern India” to describe the infrastructural milestones in the formative years of India’s post-Independence economic rebuilding. The dam, which took nearly 15 years to…

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A ‘march to unite India’, led by Congress, reaches half-way mark

The nationwide march on foot, led by India’s main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, has reached its 80th day.

Dynamite News

J&K: "Youth Got Connected With PDP After Article 370 Was Scrapped," Claims Suhail Bukhari

PDP leader Suhail Bukhari claimed that the Kashmiri youths got connected with the party after 5 August, 2019 when Article 370 and 35A were revoked from Jammu & Kashmir. Read on for details:

The Conversation

Why you should know the exciting experimental, political and feminist work of senior Indian artist Nalini Malani

Contemporary Indian artist Nalini Malani, born in 1946, is infinitely experimental.

The Conversation

1962's Sino-Indian border war lasted four weeks – internment of India's Chinese community lasted years

As the Cuban missile crisis gripped the world’s attention 60 years ago, a less remembered conflict broke out high in the mountain passes of the Himalayas. Tensions had been mounting for months on the border between India and China and on October 20 the Chinese People’s Liberation Army attacked Indian…

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Mallikarjun Kharge Takes Charge As Congress President

Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday took charge as Congress President in the presence of Gandhi family's. Read on for details:

Al Jazeera

Mallikarjun Kharge elected president of India’s Congress party

Mallikarjun Kharge, 80, defeats Shashi Tharoor to become the first Dalit Congress president.

The Independent UK

India's opposition Congress party elects new president

India’s main opposition Congress party has elected Mallikarjun Kharge as its new president in a contest in which the Nehru-Gandhi family, which has led the party for more than two decades, did not compete

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