Responding to the editor’s appeal to reflect on Bharat’s 80-year post-Independence journey, I find myself returning to a subject close to my heart – Indian cinema. What stands out today is not merely its technological evolution, but a deeper shift in its narrative confidence: the move from formula-driven escapism to storytelling that engages with contested…
Washington: An Indian-origin man has pleaded guilty in a federal court in New Jersey to accessing child sexual exploitation material involving a prepubescent minor, the Department of Justice said in a statement. Abhishek Vijaykumar, a resident of Hasbrouck Heights in New Jersey, knowingly accessed the illicit material in March 2024, it said. Investigators found more…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court said its earlier stay on OBC reservations to 114 classes has been revived as the current West Bengal government has withdrawn the previous dispensation’s special leave petition (SLP) before the Supreme Court challenging the order. The court, while declaring void the OBC-A certificate of a person, held that the petitioner…
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, saying restrictions on state levies could significantly reduce the state’s fiscal space and affect its ability to address the social and environmental costs of mining. In a letter to Modi,…
New Delhi: Delhi Traffic Police on Thursday said it has digitally mapped seven designated locations near the Red Fort to facilitate hassle-free parking and navigation for visitors and dignitaries attending the Independence Day celebrations. The initiative has been undertaken in collaboration with Google Maps and Mappls as part of the traffic police’s technology-driven efforts to…
The alleged theft of devotees’ offerings at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya is not merely a case of missing cash, jewellery or valuables. It is, above all, a betrayal of faith. Millions of devotees who contribute to the temple do so not as a commercial transaction, but as an act of devotion. To…
In response to the appeal made by the Editor of this daring portal, Orangenews9, this writer—who missed becoming a freedom fighter by at least 20 years—has come forward to pen a few thoughts on the occasion of our 80th Independence Day, when people eagerly look forward to the Prime Minister’s address from the ramparts of…
Greetings to the Orangenews9 Team and its readers. Responding to the Editor’s appeal, I chose to write about how India’s financial architecture has evolved during the last eighty years of Independence. The story of post-Independence India’s financial architecture is a remarkable chronicle of reinvention. Over nearly eight decades, the nation has moved from a rigid,…
Let me share my thoughts while extending warm greetings to Team Orangenews9 and its readers on the eve of our 80th Independence Day. May the years ahead take Bharat towards becoming a stronger, more developed nation by 2047, when it celebrates its centenary, and beyond. They say a few minutes is a long time in…
Each Independence Day is a reminder to reflect on our nation’s path to the past and contemplate its future. It is my belated attempt to remember some of the changes that Bharat has undergone in the last 80 years of independence. The shift has not just been seen in our economy, our cities, or technology;…
