Puneet Nicholas
@nicholas_puneet
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Journalist, agnostic, can't stand bigots. Views are personal, RTs are not endorsements.
Noida, India
Joined December 2012
Here's an archive version of The Print story on Hiren Joshi. https://t.co/EEZ8NhUE0p
The Print's story on Hiren Joshi goes missing.
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Govt’s clarification today that Sanchar Saathi is “optional” is an eye-wash. True optionality can’t coexist with compulsory factory pre-installation. For millions of users with limited digital literacy, a pre-loaded app is permanent by default. There are also widespread fears
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Constitution Day was instituted in 2015 to commemorate its adoption in 1949, but a decade later, it is worth examining how far the nation has moved from its foundational spirit, writes @nicholas_puneet. #ConstitutionDay #Democracy #India #Rights
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Archives | Kant faces allegations of grave misconduct. In 2012, a real-estate agent accused the judge of having participated in illegal property dealings involving undervaluation and cash transactions worth several crores. In 2017, a prisoner in Punjab filed a complaint listing
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#StoryAlert🚨 BR Gavai: A Chief Justice without a north star Chief Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, who retired on November 23, joins a recent streak of disappointing Chief Justices of India. Chief Justice Gavai did little on matters central to constitutional governance:
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HC cleared the way for #demolition on the 10th. By the 11th morning, #bulldozers rolled in. By afternoon, we filed the SLP. Today, on the 12th, we got a stay thanks to SC's kind intervention. Breakneck speed work, all thanks to Guruji @sanjayuvacha and our incredible team of-
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People's angst at the Nitish-led NDA govt’s failure to do anything meaningful for the 'Kosi visthapit' (displaced by the Kosi) in the last two decades is palpable - writes @nicholas_puneet. #BiharElection2025 #NDA #NitishKumar #Kosi
https://t.co/2ogxTnEntm
thefederal.com
Their angst at the Nitish-led NDA government’s failure to do anything meaningful for the 'Kosi visthapit' (displaced by the Kosi) in the last two decades is palpable
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#IndiaMonitorExclusive : Delhi’s fight against toxic air faces serious setback as ride-hailing & delivery platforms quietly reintroduce petrol vehicles, exploiting loopholes in 2023 EV mandate. Govt must take urgent steps to stop derailing of green push. https://t.co/sacxsfkIDe
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I wish more people would read these books again to recognise that prejudice is being repackaged as patriotism, that the line between sanity and madness in politics is perilously thin…. In an India that is replaying the ethos of Partition, why we need to read Toba Tek Singh and
indianexpress.com
At a time when India risks losing its civilisational promise of diversity and coexistence, we need to listen once again to Bishan Singh’s mutterings and Topi Shukla’s silences
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रहिमन धागा प्रेम का, मत तोड़ो छिटकाय टूटे से फिर न मिले, मिले गाँठ परिजाय हर अवसर के लिए प्रासंगिक... जय हिन्द
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#Gujarat man dies in custody two weeks after arrest for 'leaking' sensitive documents to journalist https://t.co/vdeuLfEj7p
@santwana99 @jayanthjacob
newindianexpress.com
AHMEDABAD: Nishidh Jani, a Gujarat Maritime Board clerk arrested for allegedly leaking sensitive documents to journalist Mahesh Langa, died in hospital after hi
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He doesn’t hit rock bottom—he excavates it, building monuments in the dirt to his own shame. Just saying !!
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Thank you @NewIndianXpress @ParulChandraP for this great review of my book and let's reaffirm..'to silence dissent is to weaken democracy. To embrace it is to strengthen the collective moral compass of a nation.' Jai Hind
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A lovely piece by @satydeep2002 …do read to understand the turbulence in the neighbourhood. Jai Hind
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हाल के वर्षों में, भारतीय राजनीति में भाषा का लगातार क्षरण देखा गया है, जहाँ सोच-समझकर चुने गए शब्दों का इस्तेमाल संवाद के साधन के रूप में कम और विभाजन के हथियार के रूप में ज़्यादा किया जाता है। सबसे परेशान करने वाले उदाहरणों में से एक है प्रधानमंत्री द्वारा बार-बार "घुसपैठिया"
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So @ECISVEEP & Gyanesh Kumar caught lying again. Says booth video recordings, cctv footage cant be shared due to privacy. Yet entire Telegana state ECI database was shared with private tech firm Hyderabad-based Posidex Technologies! @abhishekaitc
Election Commission shared voter data, including voter photographs, with a state government and private companies. Now it claims, it does not share photographic records of women to protect their privacy. @ayushikar1998 reports 1/3 https://t.co/64L0zWmRKR
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Election Commission shared voter data, including voter photographs, with a state government and private companies. Now it claims, it does not share photographic records of women to protect their privacy. @ayushikar1998 reports 1/3 https://t.co/64L0zWmRKR
reporters-collective.in
The revelation contradicts ECI’s recent statements that it won’t share facial data to protect the privacy of women.
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Respected @PMOIndia Respect for refugees is the hallmark of a civilisation shaped by the ideals of compassion and justice — values championed by leaders like Mahatma Gandhi….please don’t ever forget that. Jai Hind
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