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Three cheers for
@BeingSalmanKhan
.. he is offering to put cash in accounts of around 25,000 film workers directly and promising to fund their entire food and shelter needs during the lockdown! This is truly BIG BOSS like stuff!👍👍
We in India may not like this, but in terms of pure optics,
@ImranKhanPTI
at the moment is winning the day by taking the moral high ground .. we have a strong case on terror but too many of our leaders busy calculating votes at the moment..
I am told an ‘editor’ resigned from Editors Guild on live tv! For the record, the ‘editor’ did not attend single meeting of Guild in 12 years, never participated in any discussion or. stood up even when journalists were assaulted/killed. So much for commitment to press freedom!
I know this will be seen as troll bait but
@RahulGandhi
was probably the first national politician to warn of an impending corona crisis on Feb 12. Then he was typically mocked at. Had we acted swiftly then on visas and travel restrictions, things might have been better?Agree?
7 bills passed in parliament in 3 hours without opposition present. No parliamentary oversight, no bills being sent to committees for scrutiny. No MPLADS. No question hour. No major debates. Point to ponder: Do we really need parliament with your and my tax payer money? 🙏
Yes sir, my rock star pollster gets it bang on and we do a celebratory dance! Next time he will sing too. You on the other hand are an utter disgrace to what passes off as journalism and sing and dance to your Master’s voice. And spread hate. Good luck
My deep deep apologies for falling for fake news being circulated on Pranab Mukherjee passing away. I am deeply distraught for falling for this fake news.. it was unprofessional of me to not reconfirm it before tweeting. Apologies to all.. and prayers with the family.. 🙏🙏🙏
What if my name was Khan, I was an actor and said that being in Mumbai felt like being in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir! Time to call out the rubbish that is being put out only to get attention.. 🙏
TATAs opens the rooms at Taj hotel Colaba and Taj lands end Bandra for BMC doctors working on covid19 duty: well done! Time to make the heart as big and accommodating as possible.. 👍👍
Having just spent the last few hours reporting from Jamia, I can only say that this completely fake news is enough for this channel in most civilised democracies to be suspended for at least 6 months! Pure poison.
So a group of upper caste villagers in Hathras can hold a panchayat but the grieving Dalit families are barricaded and can’t meet anyone because of section 144. Wonder what Mahatma and Babasaheb would have said. Think about it. 🙏
#DalitLivesMatter
My taxi driver in Dubai tells me: I am from Multan, you from Mumbai. You are Indian,I am Pakistani,but our blood is the same. Only history and politics has divided us,can we not ask our netas to stop the khoon kharaba? I gave him a hug! आम आदमी कीं सोच ख़ास आदमी से बड़ी होती है!
First with Raghuram Rajan, now with Abhijit Banerjee.. as
@RahulGandhi
turns interviewer, maybe we need to look for an alternate career!😄 to be fair, he does listen to his guests without interrupting more than most news anchors do!😄
Breaking: Col Indrajit Chakraborty, Retd army surgeon breaks silence: congrats India ,you have arrested my son , am sure next in line is my daughter. .You have effectively demolished a middle class family. But of course for sake of justice everything is justified. Jai Hind!
Breaking news this morning: NDTV’s
@ravishndtv
to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award for journalism.. a tribute to his courageous spirit and unique story telling.. many many congrats to a friend and former colleague..
So here is most inconvenient truth: if NCB case stands in court,then Sushant if he was alive would have been prime accused as a consumer, procurer and financier of drugs! So much for Justice for SSR: this is what the campaign has done: a fine actor’s legacy tied to drug abuse!🙏
Until now, I have been occasionally told to go to Pakistan; today, I was called a ‘Chinese agent’ by
@sambitswaraj
. My alleged crime: I was allowing
@Pawankhera
to interrupt him. Msg loud and clear: need to get back to corona news from tomw! Less noise, more news is promise!🙏
Pakistan have had a pretty woeful World Cup but arguably the best cricket show on the World Cup has come from Pakistan tv: The Pavilion. No jingoism, no noise, just solid analysis and truth telling by former players . Wish our sports/news channels/experts would take a cue. This…
At every anti CAA rally, I have spotted only the tricolor and pics of Mahatma Gandhi.. at pro CAA rallies, the saffron flag is seen along with the tricolour.. think about it.. have a good Friday..
The unspeakable communal HATE being spread on a daily basis by this channel is shocking, shameful, dangerous. And it’s a channel owned by a govt supporting MP! Will anyone in power take note and stop this shit? Or indulge this further?
@PrakashJavdekar
@DelhiPolice
Dr Manmohan Singh once said history would be kinder to him than the media. Well forget history, 24 hours is enough. He makes vaccine policy recos on Sunday, gets attacked by health min on Monday afternoon, only to have his recos accepted the same evening! Good night, shubhratri!
Covid cases keep rising; unemployment figures keep rising; flood waters keep rising.. don’t worry, all izz well.. CBI team has reached Mumbai in Sushant case.👍🙏 Good night , shubhratri!
7 years ago on this day, rationalist Narendra Dabholkar was killed in Pune while on a morning walk. Case was handled, first by Maha police and now CBI. 7 years later, the killers have not been caught. No prime time outrage over a murder because Dabholkar was not a celeb! Tragic.
When a picture says more than a thousand words ever could. Morbi civil hospital being painted and refurbished ahead of PM visit tomorrow!! Do we really need this VVVIP ‘chamak’ at a time like this?🙏
Dr Trupti and Dr Zakia went back today to the same area in Indore where they were pelted with stones yday and carried on with their corona testing: the nation salutes you brave lady doctors! 👍👍
I hope one day India will stand up for jailed academic activists like Sudha Bharadwaj, Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha, and not for hate mongers, communal bigots, liars and plagiarists. Good night, shubhratri.
Agree with his views or not, appreciable that
@RahulGandhi
does these unscripted press conferences, takes qs from all reporters, young and ‘old’. Q and a, transparency, accountability are at heart of a democracy. In age of Zoom, ALL netas should be open to free-wheeling Qs.
Some people in my area now bursting crackers. What kind of utter nonsense is this. You have singularly mocked at PM’s appeal: this is not bloody Diwali but a solemn occasion. Spend money you just did on crackers on meals for the poor. Absolutely shameful. Sorry, just not done!
So reporter of ‘banana’ republic tells police officers trying to ensure Rhea reached her home safely, ‘kya lagti hai Rhea aapki’! This is the ‘journalism’ of our circus channels. And the IT cells with their paid propaganda won’t ever trend shame on xxx! Good night, shubhratri!🙏
We often call Dr Manmohan Singh thr father of economic liberalisation.. but remember there would have been no Dr Singh without PV Narasimha Rao. On his 99th birth anniversary, remembering the PM who deserves better 🙏
Moral of events in Maharashtra: the BJP should never again lecture on corruption, the Cong should not lecture on secularism and the Sena should not sermonise on Hindutva. And NCP? Well, what does one say about the Pawars now!! There is only ideology in politics.. OPPORTUNISM!
Big breaking: Supreme Court imposes a COMPLETE BAN on Patanjali advertisements after SC comes down heavily upon Baba Ramdev and Patanjali for 'false and misleading' ads. Notice for contempt of court issued to Patanjali and Acharya Balakrishnan.
Supreme Court comes down heavily…
So
@KanganaTeam
can say what she wants under freedom of speech and if a Kafeel Khan was to say one word about the UP CM, he will be arrested: Shiv Sena MP
@priyankac19
tells me.. 9 pm tonight on
@IndiaToday
The image of the day comes from parliament: Dr Manmohan Singh who turns 91 next month sitting silently listening to the furious debate while on a wheelchair . Whichever side of the political divide you happen to be, there is much that the rising middle class owes to the Rao-Singh…
This young student Minajuddin has lost his eye. His crime? He was studying in the Jamia library when the police entered! Will any Govt minister have even a word of condolence for the young man? Whither compassion?
An Indian election where an
@AtishiAAP
despite her super work in education comes third in the election and a terror accused Pragya Thakur wins must ask some searching questions of what is the future of electoral democracy. Do elections ‘reward’ lowest common denominator?
To those who have put my phone number on social media, and then getting people to abuse on phone, all I will say Jai Siya Ram.. khush raho.. good night, shubhratri.. 🙏
9 Gujarat Cong MLAs have now resigned before Rajya Sabha elections and will join BJP; in 2017 elections, Cong got 78 MLAs,now down to 65; cases against MLAs who defect being removed; as for cash, who is to tell? All for 1 RS seat. Mahatma’s soul must be churning in ‘new’ Gujarat
And here folks is the BIG BREAKING NEWS: Vikas Dubey KILLED in an encounter. Guess my IPS friend was right after all. Hate to say this: Rajdeep 1, trolls 0.. 🙏
And here is the BIG BREAKING NEWS: Vikas Dubey ARRESTED from Ujjain. Hopefully, the
@myogiadityanath
govt will ensure all his political/VIP links are now brought out.
Rajdeep says that his reporter says that the CRPF pulled out & killed the civilian ..He would love to believe the Army ..BUT ...hmm
I said I don’t have to listen to reporters I close my eyes & believe my army ..
That’s the difference between you & Me Rajdeep
Subh Ratri 🙏🙏
Breaking: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award is renamed after Major Dhyan Chand! Not a moment too soon. The country’s top sports award should be appropriately named after the country’s first Olympian hero. Well done
@narendramodi
! Hope Cong too embraces this! 👍
No video evidence of anti India slogans at India match in Sri Lanka: the video with such slogans on social media is doctored. Only Kohli Kohli chants were genuine. Fact check:
For those bashing me for hailing Kerala model of investing in public health, here is another factoid: Kerala is an oxygen surplus state and has augmented capacity by 58 % in last year. Plenty for other states to learn and embrace: no other solution but increase invt in health 🙏
Last night,a doctor turned politician
@sambitswaraj
was on 9 pm news; tonight it was Dr David Nabbaro, one of the world’s leading public health doctors. The first iview was noisy and trended; the 2nd was newsy and informed but won’t trend. What does that say? Gnight, shubhratri!
The new game in town: China attacks our soldiers, the Cong attacks the Modi govt, the BJP attacks the Cong. Beijing has the last laugh. Tragic. Good night, shubhratri..
Sitting in the newsroom and forced to watch several news channels I really do wonder whether we are in 2020 or 2005: who is in power, the BJP or the Cong? Who must answer Qs, the govt or the oppn? Gnight, shubhratri..
While the Arvind Kejriwal arrest story has taken over the news cycle, here is something for all of you to mull on. The SBI had sought time till end June to complete the matching of electoral bond donors to political parties saying it was a time consuming exercise (end June yaane…
One leader who has got his messaging right from day one of the virus: no theatrics, calm but firm.. now speaking out against fake news/.communal messages on virus. Well done
@OfficeofUT
When a brave young police officer stops a minister’s son and friends for violating curfew rules in Surat, she is transferred out. Now, Sunita Yadav has resigned. Is this how we treat law enforcers in corona times? Good night, shubhratri..
Just OVERWHELMED with response for
@Tweet2Rhea
interview. So thank you all! Maybe most ‘normal’ Indians do want to hear BOTH sides to a story like this, not a one sided slanted narrative. Let courts/agencies decide who is telling TRUTH. We have done our job, let cops take over!
GOI bans Tik Tok and 59 Chinese apps. Ok, GOOD!👍 but only hope that they don’t next ban journalists who ask questions and call them ‘Chinese agents’! Stay well. Good night; shubhratri!
As promised on the counting day show yesterday, a box of
#MysorePak
, freshly packed, is being sent to
@amitmalviya
ji . Elections will come and go, parties will win and lose, Mysore Pak lives forever. Hope Mr Malviya has a sweeth tooth like me! Happy Sunday everyone, time to…
So AIIMS forensic team confirms what some of us said for weeks/months: Sushant Singh Rajput is a clear cut case of suicide not murder. Will CBI now have courage to say it openly or will politics still be played with an eye on polls? Watch this space: Satyamev Jayate!🙏
Kudos to Maharashtra police which refused permission to a Tableeghi Jamaat event on March 6th near Mumbai which was to be attended by thousands. Begs the Qs: if Mumbai police could act swiftly on March 6, what was the Delhi police doing till March 23rd?
The day we realise that standing with the army/nation is not the same as standing with a govt/individuals, we will be in a more patriotic place as citizens! 🙏
Breaking: Rs 1 token fine imposed by SC on
@pbhushan1
in contempt case.. if he doesn’t pay it, then 3 months jail sentence! Clearly, court looking to wriggle out of an embarrassment of its own making.
Breaking: Mumbai police comr claims to have busted fake TRP racket.A local Marathi channel, a movie channel and Republic tv accused of manipulating ratings by bribing households. 2 owners arrested, third to be summoned. Crime proceeds to be confiscated. More details awaited.🙏🏻
In remand copy, NCB says
@Tweet2Rhea
has not accepted that she has consumed drugs. For hours together, our banana republic noise channels have claimed that she had confessed to taking drugs. This isn’t trial by media but conviction in studio! 🙏
Ahmedabad crowd booing
@babarazam258
when he begins speaking at the toss . Not done. Sorry to all those in the city of my birth.. this is NOT cricket.
#INDvsPAK
Breaking now: Bombay high court stays demolition of
@KanganaTeam
house: the law acts to protect a citizen from misuse of state power. Will it happen in Rhea case too?🙏
News channels running a TRP driven campaign for
@msdhoni
badge at World Cup should be focussing on far more grave issues, from the rape of a little girl in Aligarh to the long queues for water in tha country. BCCI can handle ICC; let’s do some ‘real’ news folks!!
The one neta who deserves a big salaam today is
@Naveen_Odisha
. At a time when most netas want to be BCCI members,corporates want IPL glamour, Odisha govt has invested in hockey, sponsored both women and men’s team, built world class infra. Take a bow Odisha!👍👍🙏
#hockeyindia
Just asking:do local authorities serve notice to those who live in jhuggi-zopdis when their ‘illegal’ homes are demolished? would a court speedily intervene to stop it? Would we cover it with 24x 7 outrage?Every citizen must be protected from abuse of power!🙏Gnight, shubhratri!
UP govt says other states can’t hire migrant labour without their permission! Really? A) clearly govt is unaware of constitutional right to free movement b) failure to provide gainful employment leads them to move c) stop playing politics with migrant labour lives. ENOUGH!
Dr Manmohan Singh in hospital and under observation. Complained of breathlessness earlier today. Wish him a speedy recovery. He is a man of great wisdom, decency and dignity, qualities often missing in public life. Get well soon. 🙏
A retired IPS officer tells me: ‘It’s unlikely Vikas Dubey will be caught; he and associates will be mostly ‘encountered’, they know too many secrets about too many ‘big’ people’” well, it’s day 6 since the gangster escaped after killing 8 policemen. Watch this space!
Meanwhile, in other news, India has now recorded the highest single day Covid cases in the world, and the Centre says it can’t pay GST to states because of an ‘act of God!’ Have a super weekend folks 🙏
India has crossed 42,500 mark of positive corona cases; Kerala reports zero cases in last 48 hours, has lowest mortality rate in the world for a corona affected region .. Fingers crossed, is there a Kerala model worth emulating?
@amitmalviya
My friend, carry on with this brazenly slanderous and incendiary campaign. My new year resolution is to stay calm! Have a peaceful and happy new year.. may spirit of India shine bright!
Would Delhi police enter any other university campus and treat the students with such callousness and brutality as they have done in Jamia? Or after JNU is it now time to demonise Jamia students as ‘anti national’ to suit a political agenda?
Big Breaking: Delhi Govt to start random testing in areas of the NCT which are being seen as Coronavirus hotspots.. First state govt to begin random testing.. 1 lakh tests to be conducted in Delhi in the next few days.. well done
@ArvindKejriwal
@msisodia
@SatyendarJain
.
अब Corona की मौत मरेगा Pakistan! क्या corona से ज़्यादा ख़तरनाक Shaheen Bag? Just two random headlines on the noise channels! Virus or no virus, Hate factory is alive and well.. 😂
Breaking now:
@Tweet2Rhea
complains at Santa Cruz police station against those who trespassed by trying to enter her home, enter house lift and were preventing her from entering her building. Wants protection. Some ‘reporters’ have violated every rule of decency.. shameful!
So it was a leading Marathi news channel that spread a rumour that trains were about to resume that led to migrants to flock to the station. Now the same network tries to communalise the issue! For god sake, in COVID times at least let’s look for a life beyond rumours!🙏
I don’t think in the history of parliament such abusive words have been used by an MP against fellow MP : Ramesh Bidhuri has brought down parliament’s image to a new low. Yeh kaise ‘sanskar’ bhai? What’s the use of a new building when this is the level of discourse of our MPs?…
BIG Breaking:
@PMOIndia
and CMs all come to consensus on 2 week extension in lockdown. PM recommends 3 zones: red, green and yellow for lockdown depending on severity of virus spread. Kerala model may be adopted by country!
Really lovely ad from
@TanishqJewelry
.. only a mindless bigot would see it in context of Hindu Muslim relations. By withdrawing the ad, you are succumbing to the hate mongers. As a lifelong Titan watch man, I expect better! Let’s fight hate with harmony.. 👍🙏
No attacker named by cops, no arrest made against the ‘masked mob’ with sticks and rods 36 hours on but case filed against JNU student union president Aishe Ghosh who suffered head injuries! Has Delhi police lost its marbles?
Terrible news to share this morning: the young Hathras gang rape survivor passed away this morning. The world can be a a cruel, cruel place.. Nirbhaya fund, beti bachao, tougher laws but when will things ever really change? RIP🙏🙏
This is for
@amitmalviya
who falsely claimed on 9 pm show that Maharashtra and Delhi had worse death rates than Gujarat! Maharashtra
Cases: 90787
Deaths:3289
CFR: 3.62%
Delhi
Cases: 29943
Deaths: 874
CFR: 2.91%
Gujarat
Cases: 21044
Deaths: 1313
CFR: 6.23%.
Sending a BJP worker to jail for sharing a meme of Mamata Banerjee? Sorry, not done. Brazen abuse of power by WB govt. Don't forget Tagore immortal words Didi: where the mind is without fear, head is held high! Priyanka Sharma should be released ASAP.
MNREGA was once described by the BJP when in opposition as a ‘monument to the UPA’s failure’.. now the same MNREGA is being seen as a saviour for the poor in a crisis! Old political saying: where you stand on an issue depends on where you sit! 🙏
Interesting link between electoral bonds and Delhi liquor policy case in which Delhi CM Kejriwal has been now arrested. *
* Sarath Reddy, Hyderabad based biz man, arrested by Enforcement Directorate on November 11, 2022 in…
When Hindu Muslim didn’t work, now attempts being made to turn horrific Palghar lynching into left v right! The local MLA is CPIM and the village where incident took place has a BJP sarpanch! So stop playing ugly politics with a crime and deliver justice to sadhus!
#Palghar
If there is one country that should stop lecturing India on Kashmir, it is China; please deal with the genuine pro democracy protestors in your backyard in Hong Kong before sermonising India on Kashmir. Our democracy can’t be compared to Chinese authoritarianism. Not yet anyway!