The Election Commission of India is under fire like never before.
The SIR has struck 13 crore names off draft rolls, putting the EC at the centre of intense public debate over its role in deciding who gets to vote — and who doesn’t.
HOWEVER, what nobody knew: through that same period, some of the sharpest questions were being asked from inside.
Out today, after months of work. Our #ExpressInvestigation 🧵
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You don't buy gold.
You don't travel abroad.
You do a car pool.
You sacrifice for the nation.
But we will burn Rs 50,00,000 worth of oil - in just one city - in a single day - to celebrate the birthday of a public servant.
Gujarat cops (accompanied by Delhi police) came to journalist Ravi Nair’s home over a story he did with The Washington Post on Adani. An FIR has been lodged against Ravi, but not The Washington Post, based on a complaint by an Adani Group staffer.
The police took away two of Ravi’s phones, his son’s laptop, and the laptop and iPad of a colleague who happened to be at home and is not an accused in the case. The cops had a judicial magistrate’s order. Refused to give hash value of the devices
🚨 NEW: Giorgia Meloni hits back after Donald Trump makes explosive remarks about Iran and nuclear war.
🇺🇸 Trump: “She’s the unacceptable one; she doesn’t care if Iran gets a nuclear weapon and blows Italy to bits in two minutes.”
🇮🇹 Meloni: “As far as I know, nine nations possess nuclear weapons, and only one has ever used them. That nation is the United States.”
“Mr. Trump needs to tone it down. No one throws around nuclear threats like Washington does, and he should watch his words.”
A European leader directly calling out Trump like this - in these terms - is rare.
James Anderson's daughters rang the bell at Lords on Anderson's farewell match, ECB planned the farewell game 6 months in advance.
Rohit Sharma & his family also deserve something like this but our board BCCI can't think beyond money & greed!!
@kadaipaneeeer Not leaving before time and expecting the world to help you is some different kind of stupidity though kindness is very difficult to find these days
Dinesh Karthik for RCB in IPL:
- 937 runs.
- 162.95 strike rate.
- 82 fours.
- 53 sixes.
He did everything as a finisher 👏 But can't win the Trophy for RCB 💔
Happy Retirement @DineshKarthik#RCBvsRR
THINK TWICE before you order anything from @amazonIN. A colleague of mine ordered a #SamsungGalaxyZFlip5 smartphone from Amazon recently. What happened next is an absolute nightmare & I hope no customer has to ever go through such a harrowing experience.