Pankaj Vohra

Kejriwal getting ready for yet another confrontation with Centre

November 4, 2023

It is more than evident that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is preparing himself for yet another round of confrontation with the Centre, after ignoring summons issued to him by the Enforcement Directorate, and instead going to Madhya Pradesh to campaign for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) nominees there. Spokespersons...

Delhi needs to be decongested for containing Pollution

October 30, 2023

Every year around this time, there are media headlines which speak about poor quality air in Delhi due to pollution, as a result of stubble burning in both Punjab and Haryana. This is also the period when there is reiteration of the movement which calls for saying no to crackers...

Ashok Tandon produces Reverse Swing to Excel

October 28, 2023

Ashok Tandon was not only Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s media advisor, but he has always been a very well-informed journalist, completely low-key and never boastful of his immense knowledge about the country’s affairs. He has witnessed the unfolding of history from very close quarters; he served the Press Trust...

Ghar Wapsi by leaders to Congress leaves BJP red faced

October 23, 2023

The decision of some prominent leaders who had moved to the Bharatiya Janata Party from the Congress, following the fall of the Captain Amarinder Singh government in 2021, has caused acute embarrassment to the saffron brigade. On Friday, former ministers, Balbir Sidhu, Gurpreet Kangar and Raj Kumar Verka and erstwhile...

Akhilesh toughens stand on seat sharing with Congress in UP

October 21, 2023

Samajwadi Party boss and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav is not amused with the statements made by the State Congress Chief Ajay Rai that the grand old party was preparing to put up nominees in all the 80 seats for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. Rai had earlier...

Madan Lal Khurana, Delhi’s iconic BJP leader

October 16, 2023

He would have been 87 years old on Sunday if he had lived. Madan Lal Khurana was indeed one of the most iconic leaders of Delhi, and was the architect of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the capital, in the same manner as Lal Krishan Advani, was in the 1980s...

Waheeda Rehman, the understated Phenomenon

October 14, 2023

Waheeda Rehman has by far been one of the most outstanding Indian actresses, and therefore when the government decided to confer the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award on her for her outstanding achievements in the cinematic world, it came as no surprise. In fact, the honour should have been hers...

70 years on, Chandigarh searches for its Soul

October 9, 2023

Chandigarh is arguably the best city in the country so far as quality of life goes. It is also one of the most well-planned townships created after Independence, and has the rare distinction of being the capital of two States—Punjab and Haryana. A brainchild of Swiss French Architect and Urban...

Vulnerable Kejriwal determined to Fight Back

October 7, 2023

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is appearing to be vulnerable, particularly after the arrest of Sanjay Singh, a Rajya Sabha MP of the Aam Aadmi Party, by the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday. However, he is determined to fight back and has claimed that the arrests of AAP leaders were of...

Indian High Commissioner’s visit to Glasgow Gurdwara was avoidable

October 2, 2023

Vikram Doraiswami, the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom was in news, after he and the Consul General, were stopped by pro-Khalistan elements, from entering a Gurdwara in Glasgow on Friday. Sensing the danger, the two diplomats decided to leave the premises, though the incident did lead to the...

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