Author: Niyati

The reinstatement of Odisha IAS officer Dhiman Chakma after a 10-lakh bribery arrest reopens a critical question: what does true accountability look like?

A man wearing cardboard antennae and a black raincoat sweeps a roadside while a friend records him for Instagram. In another reel, three students dressed as cockroaches stand outside a coaching centre holding handwritten placards saying “Rozgar Do” and “Cockroaches Need Jobs Too.” One viral clip shows a creator entering a metro station in full costume while people nearby laugh and film videos on their phones.These scenes have become common across Instagram and X over the past few days as the “Cockroach Janta Party” trend continues spreading online.The meme wave began after remarks linked online to Supreme Court judge Surya…

Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng was barely known in India before this week. Now, clips of her questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Oslo have turned her into a major talking point across political pages, meme accounts, and television debates.The moment happened at the end of a joint media appearance during Modi’s Norway visit. As reporters shouted final questions from the press enclosure, Lyng asked why the Indian Prime Minister rarely takes unscripted questions from journalists. Modi did not respond and continued walking with officials, but the exchange had already been captured on camera.Within hours, short clips from the event began…

In 2017, Farukh Ilahi Sayyad finished his electrical engineering course from the Finolex Academy of Management and Technology in Ratnagiri. Like thousands of engineering graduates across Maharashtra, he expected to collect his marksheet, apply for jobs and begin working in his field.That did not happen. For nearly nine years, the Beed resident remained without his final degree certificate because of a legal and administrative dispute linked to Maharashtra’s now-defunct Muslim reservation policy.Farukh, who comes from Jawalben village in Beed district, had secured admission through the Special Backward Category-A (SBC-A), a 5 per cent reservation introduced in 2014 for socially and…

Inside the CBI probe in Latur. RCC founder Shivraj Motegaonkar’s arrest over the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case shakes Maharashtra’s famous “Doctor Hub.”

An Indian national was among four people killed after Ukraine carried out one of its largest drone attacks on Russian territory since the war began, Russian regional officials and the Indian Embassy confirmed on Sunday.The overnight assault between May 16 and May 17 targeted several Russian regions, including Moscow, Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk and Tula, with Russian air defence units intercepting hundreds of unmanned aerial vehicles during the operation.Three other Indian citizens were injured in the attack and admitted to a hospital in the Moscow region, according to the Indian Embassy in Moscow.In a statement posted on X on Sunday, the…

Why did the DGFT move sugar to the “Prohibited” category? Inside India’s decision to extend the sugar export ban till September 2026 to control inflation

Fire breaks out on Train 12431 Rajdhani Express near Ratlam. Swift action by the train guard helps evacuate 68 passengers from the B-1 and SLR coaches safely

A 30-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped inside a private sleeper bus in West Delhi’s Nangloi. The driver and conductor have been arrested.

Supreme Court recently observed that free and fair elections are possible only if Election Commissioners are independent, the statement travelled far beyond legal circles almost instantly