Sreenivasan Jain

"MLAs Threatened": V Narayanasamy To NDTV On Losing Power In Puducherry

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday February 24, 2021

Former Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, whose government collapsed on Monday after a series of resignations, today claimed proof that MLAs "were threatened" and forced to quit the Congress. He also denied that the exits were linked to any resentment in the ranks because of him.

Why Activist Disha Ravi, Arrested Over "Toolkit", Argued Her Own Case

India News | Reported by Mukesh Singh Sengar, Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday February 15, 2021

The arrest of 22-year-old activist Disha Ravi in Bengaluru over a "toolkit" tweeted by climate campaigner Greta Thunberg is at the centre of rising outrage, with activists, opposition leaders and others questioning the manner in which she was arrested, flown to Delhi and produced in court on the weekend.

"Aggressive Surveillance": US Expert On Activist Rona Wilson's Laptop

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday February 11, 2021

Writer-activist Rona Jacob Wilson's computer was hacked two years before his arrest in the Bhima-Koregaon case, and the purpose was "aggressive surveillance" and inserting fake documents, Mark Spencer of US-based digital forensics firm Arsenal Consulting told NDTV on Wednesday. Earlier this year, the firm was asked by Mr Wilson's lawyers to examine...

Watch: Protesting Farmers Reach Delhi's Iconic Red Fort

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Sreenivasan Jain | Tuesday January 26, 2021

As protesting farmers breached barricades and changed their agreed route of a tractor rally to enter central Delhi on Republic Day, dozens of tractors rolled into the Red Fort.

"UP Epicentre Of Politics Of Hate": 104 Ex-IAS Officers To Yogi Adityanath

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday December 30, 2020

The UP government's controversial anti-conversion ordinance has transformed the state into "the epicentre of politics of hate, division and bigotry", a letter signed by 104 former IAS officers and released Tuesday said

PM-CARES "Controlled By Government" But RTI Doesn't Apply: New Flip-Flop

India News | Written by Sreenivasan Jain | Friday December 25, 2020

The PM-CARES fund set up for Covid donations is "established by the government" and therefore a public entity, the centre has said in a new RTI reply that appears to contradict its own recent claim on its website that the fund is private.

"Won't Fight Elections Till Article 370 Restored": Mehbooba Mufti To NDTV

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday December 23, 2020

The results of the Jammu and Kashmir local polls have "exposed" the BJP-led central government and prove that people have not forgotten Article 370, former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said today as the Gupkar alliance won big in district council elections.

UP Anti-Conversion Law Must Be Struck Down Immediately: Ex-Judge AP Shah

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Friday December 18, 2020

Uttar Pradesh's new anti-conversion ordinance, aimed at curbing cases of "love jihad", reflects the philosophy of a khap panchayat, with the objective essentially being to subjugate women, former Delhi High Court Chief Justice AP Shah has said. The retired judge told NDTV that several of its provisions violate the fundamental right to practice reli...

Rahul Gandhi, Sister Priyanka To Attend Meet With 'Rebels' Tomorrow: Sources

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday December 18, 2020

Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are likely to be present in Congress president Sonia Gandhi's meeting tomorrow with a group of 23 "rebels" dubbed the "G-23", sources say.

Sonia Gandhi Finally Agrees To Meet Congress Rebels. How It Happened

India News | Written by Sreenivisan Jain | Thursday December 17, 2020

A group of 23 Congress "rebels" who wrote a letter flagging a leadership drift and calling for sweeping organizational changes may finally get to meet with Sonia Gandhi. Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath was key to setting up the meeting, sources say.

"Cow Vigilantes Were At Risk": Karnataka Minister's Shocker On New Bill

Karnataka News | Written by Meher Pandey, Sreenivasan Jain | Friday December 11, 2020

"Earlier, life was at risk for vigilantes... not those who were in the (cattle) trade," CN Ashwath Narayan, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka told NDTV, in response to concerns that the state's new anti-cow slaughter bill will protect and embolden 'Gau Rakshaks'.

"Parrikar Never Objected": Goa Chief Minister On Mollem, But Records Say...

India News | Written by Sreenivasan Jain | Tuesday December 1, 2020

A controversy has erupted in Goa over Chief Minister Pramod Sawant's comment to NDTV, in which he said a former Chief Minister - the late Manohar Parrikar - had not objected to a contentious infrastructure project that is at the heart of citizens' protests

"#SaveMollem, No to Coal": Why Goa Is Up In Arms And On The Streets

India News | Written by Sreenivasan Jain | Tuesday December 1, 2020

Goa is on the boil over three infrastructure projects - the expansion of a railway track and highway, and a new power line - that residents of the state believe will harm its pristine forests and pollute its picturesque towns with coal dust

"Should We Serve Them Tea?": BJP's Dilip Ghosh Repeats Violence Threat

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday November 20, 2020

A defiant Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Friday doubled down on his open threat of an eye-for-an-eye, saying anyone targeting him or his party's workers will be met with violence even from central forces sent for next year's assembly elections.

Parliament Panel Grills Twitter Over Comic Kunal Kamra's Tweets: Sources

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday November 19, 2020

Twitter official asked by parliamentary panel why comic Kunal Kamra's tweets against Supreme Court allowed to stay: sources