Harsha

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[Gabbar @Gabbar0099]

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How government controls NDTV !

An Ex-NDTV journalist explained it.

[Saurav Das @SauravDassss]

Important thread on Manan Mishra.

The need for accountability is a must. The Bar Council has been led by him since 2012 and will be till 2030. That’s atrociously long, especially when seen in the context of REPEATED misuse of powers.

@MishraManan01, please resign now!

#LegalCockroachesUnite

[Parth MN @parthpunter]

The lathicharge was political. The paper leak was political. The repression was political.

[Dr. Anshul Sadhale @AnshulGains]

Soya chunks is not a better protein source than eggs.

Eating eggs is your fundamental right.

[Vasudha Venugopal @Vasudha156]

Any mid-day meal policy should be driven by the nutritional needs of students. Nothing should matter more than that. Local eating habits should be the starting point. The joy of food lies in how safe, familiar and welcoming it feels. Schools are meant to nourish children, not impose anyone’s thinking…

[𝖢𝖺𝗍𝖺𝗅𝖾𝗒𝖺 @catale7a]

This is a vegetarian punishment on an already malnourished childhood

[Hassan Mafi ‏ @thatdayin1992]

"You strangle us for forty years and then criticize us for the way we breathe."

— Fidel Castro

[IndiaToday @IndiaToday]

NEET re-test: NTA got second chance. Students late by 2 minutes got none

#NEETRetest #NEETUG2026 #NTA | @roshnism

Read More: https://t.co/2lVTIepAOV

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

If thousands of studies say something is safe, and your counterargument is a podcast anecdote, you are not a skeptic.

You are emotionally attached to disbelief.

[Ram Subramanian @iramsubramanian]

Despite the Rupee closing at a historic 96.14 CJI, Justice Surya Kant, clocked the lowest today.

[Saurav Das @SauravDassss]

Such a valid point! The Chief Justice of India is using the language of the Nazis and that which was used before mass killings of Tutsis too!
There’s not a whisper from the Supreme Court Bar Association! Why @vikassinghSrAdv @parijatpragya?

[Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1]

This judge has tied herself into knots. First she refuses to recuse herself from a case where she was obviously conflicted. Then she initiates contempt proceedings against Kejriwal & Co for seeking her recusal. Now she recuses from the case. Making a mockery of herself!

[Hardik Rajgor @Hardism]

Everyone is "tolerating" this woman because she seems "ache ghar ki". She is wearing decent clothes, speaking in English. So the police will let her be, the minister will act cordial.

If in her place, it was a rickshaw driver (whose time is also equally important), he would be thrashed by the cops right there and the minister would laugh on his face.

That is the "system" we have created in India.

Ministers and politicians act like kings, and we are supposed to be under their mercy. The middle class will be tolerated but eventually shown their place. The poor have no say and only matter when their vote is needed.

[Gurdeep Singh Sappal @gurdeepsappal]

White towels are a legacy of British era, when there were few roads, fewer cars and no ACs. Officer toured on horses and towels were an integral part of hygiene routine.

British left, horses were sent away, but towels stayed!

It’s not just towels, the size of tables and colour of ink are also defined by hierarchy.

When I was working at Joint Secretary level with the Vice President of India, I had to fight a stiff battle of sorts to order a smaller table that would fit better in my office. The system would not approve of a smaller table!

Regarding the colour of ink to be used for noting and signature, Sh. Arun Shourie has written a hilarious, if not ridiculous, memoir as minister.

In 1999, two officers in the Ministry of Steel made notings on files using red and green ink.

This raised a furore as they were junior officers. The seniors were scandalised and an enquiry was initiated.

India’s bureaucracy spent 13 months debating which colour ink officers could use on files.

The enquiry was routed through several ministries and departments:

Ministry of Steel wrote to Dept of Administrative Reforms

It referred to Directorate of Printing (ink experts)

Printing referred to Dept of Personnel & Training (DoPT)

DoPT threw the ball back: “it’s your Manual, you decide”

National Archives was consulted for longevity of ink colours

Ministry of Defence consulted for Army ink hierarchy

Conclusion after 13 months: juniors wrote in blue-black or blue ink, because that has the longest life of impression. In British era, the files had to travel to Britain, so juniors would write in ink that would stay for the longest.

The top brass would sign in green and red.

Ruling:

Two new paras were added to the manual of office procedure:

Para 32(9) says that only officers of Joint Secretary level and above may use red or green ink, and that too only in rare cases. Para 68(5), on the other hand, does not limit the use of these colours to any particular rank (as modern ball pen ink have no issues of shelf life for any colour!)

The white towel on the officer’s chair. The red telephone on the desk. The peon standing at the door. The green ink reserved for the senior sahib.
These are not accidents of history. They are architecture, the physical grammar of a bureaucratic culture that worships hierarchy.

[Saurav Das @SauravDassss]

#BREAKING: A new turn in the Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma’s recusal case. Former Delhi Chief Minister @ArvindKejriwal has filed an additional affidavit in his application seeking recusal.

Relying on my report and RTI response, Kejriwal points to the empanelment and work-allocation figures concerning Justice Sharma’s children, Ishaan Sharma and Shambhavi Sharma. “I state that subsequent to the filing of my recusal application, certain material facts came to my knowledge when they were released in the public domain on 9th April, 2026 by a Legal Reporter, Mr. Saurav Dass... I state that these are not nominal or honorary post awarded by the Central Government. These are continuing professional engagements under the Central Government, carrying with them Government briefs, Government work, Court visibility and financial benefit arising from the allocation of legal work by Central Government,” he states.

Pointing out that the Solicitor General of India allocates cases to her children, the dischargee states that the political sensitivity of the case “materially sharpens the conflict and amplifies the apprehension of bias”.

“But in a criminal case of this nature, where the prosecuting agency is the CBI, where the Central Government’s highest law officers appear against me, and where the immediate family members of the Hon’ble Judge hold multiple live Central Government panel engagements and receive Government work through the same legal establishment and law officer, the apprehension becomes direct, grave and impossible for me to ignore.”

Kejriwal has also sought time for oral arguments, stating that the Court had not indicated it would conclude the hearing on the same day by sitting beyond court hours. He has further asserted his right to make rejoinder submissions.

[Ankur Bisen @AnkurBisen1]

The route to a demented autocracy always goes thru courts

[Oppressor @TyrantOppressor]

I agree, both are fictional anyway.

[Grouchy Maxx @softgrowl]

Imagine having to depend on Bollywood to defend a financial crime

Why don’t we have a Demonitization Day if the exercise was so brilliant?

[Truthstream Media @truthstreamnews]

“We stole all your knowledge and art, and now we’re gonna put a meter on it and sell it back to you. You’re welcome.”