कारगिल युद्ध में अद्वितीय पराक्रम का परिचय देने वाले, परमवीर चक्र से सम्मानित कैप्टन मनोज कुमार पांडेय की जयंती पर विनम्र श्रद्धांजलि।
कारगिल की चोटियों पर लिखा गया आपका शौर्य भारत की वीरगाथा का अमिट अध्याय है।
राष्ट्र आपके त्याग और बलिदान का सदैव ऋणी रहेगा।
Meet the Bhupen Hazarika Setu.
More than just a 9 km bridge, it’s the lifeline of the Northeast! It cuts down a 6-hour journey to just 1 hour, stands strong in any weather, and is tough enough to carry 60-ton military tanks to safeguard our borders.
A true symbol of a rising and progressive India! 🇮🇳
Remember Bundelkhand?
It used to be synonymous with drought. Every few months, newspapers would carry the same pictures: women walking miles under the scorching sun with a ghada on their heads, a child in their godi, cracked earth stretching to the horizon, and editorials declaring yet another water crisis.
Bundelkhand has largely disappeared from the national news cycle nowadays. Wonder why? I'll tell you. Because solving a problem is less newsworthy than endlessly talking about it.
Thousands of households that once depended on distant water sources now have tap water connections under Jal Jeevan Mission. The daily ritual of spending hours fetching water is being replaced by something most urban Indians take for granted, turning a tap and getting water. Women have gained time, children spend more time in school, and entire villages have been freed from a burden they carried for generations.
And it doesn't stop there.
A region once discussed only in the context of scarcity is now attracting tourism investment. Mahoba is getting a ₹24.98 crore cultural and heritage tourism project, while the district recorded nearly 28 lakh visitors in a year. A place that once symbolized drought is now being positioned as a destination for heritage, tourism, and economic activity.
This is why Bundelkhand no longer dominates headlines. The pictures of women carrying water pots make for powerful journalism. The pictures of water coming out of taps don't. But for the people living there, the second picture matters far more.
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This is Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2006
He is laying foundation stone of Dedicated Freight Corridor for railway from Delhi to Mumbai
Foundation stone: 2006
Construction began: after 2014
Grand total of ZERO kilometers constructed under his visionary leadership
This is what made him such an educated PM
When will urban developers' obsession with palm trees stop?
Residential societies, shopping malls, and along highways, wherever you go, you see this "Dubaification", rows of mostly non-native palm trees.
Compared to traditional Indian trees like neem and banyan, they offer little value: minimal shade, poor support for local biodiversity, limited particulate trapping, higher maintenance. Yet they are everywhere just because they are perceived as elite, and "global."
India's politics is ruthless to BJP
Covid pandemic --> Modi got blame
Ukraine war --> Modi got blame
Iran war --> Modi got blame
Why did Dr. Manmohan Singh, greatest economist in the world, fail to predict 2008 crisis?
Till date, nobody has dared to ask this simple Q
Debunking TMC lies about their loss with hard data:
1. Out of top 20 seats with maximum deletions in SIR, BJP won only 6, TMC won 13.
2. Top 4 seats with maximum deletions in Murshidabad Dist, TMC won ALL 4 - Samserganj, Lalgola, Bhagawangola & Raghunathganj.
3. Mamata Didi lost her own seat in 2021 also (Nandigram). There was no SIR then. Why blame SIR for Bhabanipur loss in 2026 then?
The writing on the wall was clear - people of Bengal wanted TMC to be out! The days of their politics of fear and intimidation are over.
Via @CNNnews18
RELAX EVERYONE. IT'S JUST THEATRICS.
CAN MAMATA REFUSE TO RESIGN?
NO.
Constitutionally, Article 172 fixes the Assembly’s five-year term, indirectly framing the tenure of a Chief Minister. Article 164 makes it explicit that the Chief Minister holds office during the pleasure of the Governor. In practice, that pleasure is contingent on majority support in the Assembly. Without numbers, continuation in office is untenable. Once results are notified, the Governor can invite the majority party to form the government, at which point she's history.
The Bengali word for "rainbow" is Ramdhonu, which means "Lord Ram’s bow." For thousands of years, Bengalis have referred to it by this name.
In 2017, in West Bengal school textbooks, "Ramdhonu" was replaced by the word Rongdhonu, which means "bow of colors." This word was not a part of traditional Bengali language and Mamata govt introduced it specifically to replace "Ram"dhonu.
To make matters worse, Rongdhonu comes from Bangladesh, where the Islamic government has been using it instead of Ramdhonu since they came into existence as an Islamic country.
Imagine the scale of appeasement!
Kharge handing out “double F” grades is political comedy at its peak.
This is the same Congress that had 60 years to build India’s energy sector and left it weak, dependent and directionless.
Sixty years. What did they build?
A system addicted to imports, allergic to reform, and paralysed by indecision.
Under Congress, exploration barely moved. Offshore potential was ignored. Large areas were locked as “No-Go”. Investment was choked. Energy security was never a priority.
Instead, oil companies were forced to bear subsidy burdens.
Over Rs 5.46 lakh crore was spent on under-recoveries.
Money that should have built India’s energy future was simply drained.
The result was obvious. Falling reserves. Weak domestic production. A country left exposed, with projections once showing reserves could last barely 13 to 14 years.
India was kept dependent. Not because options did not exist, but because urgency did not.
And today, the same Congress is lecturing the country.
Frankly, they should have the basic shame not to make claims so disconnected from reality.
Take imports.
When the US pressured India to cut Iranian oil, Congress complied quietly.
Today, India sources crude from 40+ countries. Decisions are based on national interest, not external pressure.
That is the difference. Then it was reactive. Now it is strategic.
Exploration today tells the story.
Over 4 lakh sq km under exploration.
18 discoveries under OALP.
Nearly 99 percent “No-Go” areas opened.
Now prices.
Under UPA:
Petrol up 112 percent
Diesel up 155 percent
Under NDA:
Petrol up around 33 percent
Diesel up around 58 percent
And this is despite global crises.
Globally, fuel prices surged.
In India, petrol stayed stable, even declined at points. Diesel saw minimal increase.
Because the government stepped in.
Excise cuts of Rs 8 and Rs 6, absorbing around Rs 1 lakh crore per year to protect citizens.
That is accountability.
Remember petrol pumps shutting at 10 PM earlier? Not crisis. Just poor management.
Today, even during global disruptions:
Pumps are open
Supply is steady
No panic
That is governance.
And access?
For decades, crores of women cooked on firewood.
Today:
10.4 crore LPG connections
33 crore LPG consumers
Subsidised cylinders around Rs 553 to Rs 613
That is real change.
Infrastructure has expanded massively.
Gas pipelines from 15,000 km to 25,900+ km
CNG stations from 738 to nearly 8,700
PNG connections from 25 lakh to 1.65 crore
Coverage almost the entire country
And the future is being built.
Ethanol blending from 1.5 percent to 20 percent
Saving Rs 1.7 lakh crore forex
Reducing emissions
Supporting farmers
So when Congress talks about fuel policy, the question is simple:
Where was this urgency for 60 years?
Because history is not speeches.
History is performance.
And on energy, Congress has none to defend.