Sanjay Sahni, a class 7 drop-out and then an electrician in the streets of Janakpuri in South-West Delhi vowed to expose corruption in MNREGA.
Author: Saurav Kumar
Exclusive: Susashan’s silence and creeping rectification in Bihar Police Constables recruitment fraud
In a time span of a month and a half, the consistent and exclusive revelations by Newsd on biggest ever fraud in the recruitment of Bihar Police Constables is on a verge to give crystal clear signals of state-sponsored forgery during the selection procedure. In the very first report, we[Read More…]
Ground Report: Bihar’s premier hospital (PMCH) to have super-speciality facility is a distant dream
Since last year, Bihar’s premier government hospital, the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) has become a priority for state government as many announcements, declarations with an installation of medical equipment have taken place. The above mentioned proclamations are as follows: PMCH to become a seven-storey hospital which will be[Read More…]
Remembering Kartar Singh Sarabha: The young legend of the Ghadar Party
November 16, 2018, marks the 103rd anniversary of Kartar Singh Sarabha’s martyrdom. He was one such glittering star of the Ghadar party which upheld the secular values as Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs joined it with equal passion against the imperial force. Here, are few important facts of his life which is nothing[Read More…]
Ground Report: Bihar Police Constable recruitment fraud continues to haunt Susashan
A month ago there were series of revelations about fraud in police constable recruitment which happened under the supervision of Central Selection Board of Constable, Bihar (CSBC). Newsd carried a detailed report which exposed the ongoing fraud wherein total 9,900 candidates were selected but in different pockets of Bihar. There are[Read More…]
Remembering the legendary Captain Lakshmi Sahgal
Born as Lakshmi Swaminathan to parents Dr S Swaminadhan, a lawyer and AV Ammukutty, social worker.
The painful saga of victims of Bihar Police Constable Recruitment Fraud
A week ago, as reported, there has been a massive organized fraud and forgery in recruitment drive for post of “Constables” in Bihar police which took place under Central Selection Board of Constable (CSBC), Patna. In 11 districts, there were sequential mismatch of information of candidates such as, thumb impression,[Read More…]
Bihar Police Recruitment Scam: Susashan’s pin drop silence on forgery in police recruitment drive
Under the supervision of the Central Selection Board of Constable, Bihar (CSBC) examination of police constable recruitment took place between 15-22nd October 2017 for selection of total 9,900 candidates. It had two levels of evaluation- first, the written and the last was Physical Evaluation Test (PET). On June 11, 2018,[Read More…]
Why India needs to follow Bhagat Singh’s vision?
There is no doubt that Bhagat Singh is one of the most celebrated martyrs of the Indian freedom struggle. He has left behind a legacy that everyone wants to appropriate, yet most do not wish to look beyond the romantic image of a gun-toting young nationalist. Perhaps the reason is[Read More…]
Ground Report: Bihar government’s cruelty streak against the Musahar community
Nitish Kumar as chief minister of Bihar has posed himself as “Saviour” for the Musahar community, has chest-thumped and boasted about new schemes to emancipate the Mahadalit community (Musahar community). But the antithetical stand of Nitish Kumar’s politics in name of uplifting state’s most backward community on the ground is[Read More…]
Bihar – A dry state to drug state
Bihar has been an experimenting ground for liquor ban in past. In 1979, Karpoori Thakur imposed a prohibition on liquor but the ban was lifted by Ram Sundar Das in wake of corruption and bootlegging. The chapter of liquor ban was again repeated by Nitish Kumar which came into action[Read More…]
A section of Indian media – The cocktail of capitalism and communalism
History of Indian journalism and media is no less than a prideful legacy which sets the bar of excellence and humanitarian values high when revisited and recalled. Its history is full of inspirational gestures with a deep social value but unfortunately, a rotten transition can be witnessed today when a[Read More…]
Modi government’s unfolding emergency through back door
On Tuesday morning, Pune police conducted a widespread raid and simultaneous arrests of activists in Ranchi, Hyderabad, Delhi, Faridabad, Goa and Mumbai. Stan Swamy in Ranchi, Varavara Rao in Hyderabad, Gautam Navlakha in New Delhi, Sudha Bharadwaj in Faridabad, Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde in Goa and Vernon Gonsalves and Arun[Read More…]
Patna High Court’s order gagging media is systematically draconian
In a recent hearing, the Patna high court in the context of Muzaffarpur shelter abuse case restrained print and electronic media from reporting anything on the case. The order said, “We have also noticed that in the media, both print media as well as electronic media, the reporting is made with respect[Read More…]
The myth of employment by Modi government
On 15th August 2018 from the Red Fort on Independence Day, prime minister Narendra Modi on the issue of employment said- “My dear countrymen, 13 crore Mudra Loans has been a major achievement. More so, if it includes 4 crore youth who have taken the loan for the first time[Read More…]
Ground Report: The Musahar community in Bihar at the bottom in peril
“If our cattle somehow enter agricultural fields of upper castes we are verbally abused, beaten up and forced to pay a certain amount as fine,” says, Ram Rati Devi, a daily wage landless labour of Saandhadumber Musahartoli, in Sandhadumber village of Motipur in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. Musahartoli is the[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar’s ‘Sushasan’ is a ‘Kushasan’ for Women and Girls of Bihar
Bihar, exactly a year ago had hit headline of every media house. The reason was the shocking political masterstroke by Nitish Kumar for his survival as Bihar’s Chief Minister anyhow by hook or crook. Year after, it is again in headlines but this time it is not about settling political[Read More…]
Scientific temper- A duty embedded in our constitution
Science in India has craze as a subject which needs to be learned further to be understood, ending up scoring marks in the respective exam which an individual faces. But its significance has a larger perspective to known to all definitely beyond the image of a subject. Probably, the Constitution[Read More…]
Post truth politics is the biggest achievement of Modi government
In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries declared ‘post-truth’ the word of the year in response to a rise in its usage in relation to political developments in the US for the presidential election and in the UK on Brexit. It is defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts[Read More…]
The fallout of marginalized by anti-liquor law of Nitish Kumar
Bihar often remains in the headlines due to the daily incidents and the political endgames it frequently witnesses. In a similar manner, the issue of the prohibition of liquor in the state has again become a topic for hot discussions and debate among the political circles, the civil society and[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar stand on 3C’s is a big farce
In national executive meet on Sunday, 8th July 2018 at national capital, New Delhi, the Janata Dal (United) sent a stern message to the Bharatiya Janata Party from its national executive meet, making it clear that it would not compromise on the 3Cs of communalism, crime and corruption even if[Read More…]
BJP not to miss any opportunity eulogising mob lynching
One needs to accept the fact, mob lynching was never a new phenomenon in India but it has attained a normalized form specifically under the Modi government. A dangerous trend of mob violence is grasping India and is becoming the normal way of dealing with displeasure. The right-wing Hindutva brigade[Read More…]
Rise in death of RTI Activists: A bad sign of democracy
On 19th June 2018 RTI activist Rajendra Singh was shot dead in Motihari town, Bihar. He had exposed discrepancies in the functioning of an LIC office, irregularities in the recruitment of teachers and police personnel, and misuse of funds under the Indira Awas Yojana housing project. After all these fights[Read More…]
Bihar’s education system is both political and a social failure
Bihar as a state keeps an important place historically, culturally and politically. A land which flourished long back in the 5th century, with Nalanda as a centre for excellence, a place where the brilliant mind like Aryabhatta pursued his mathematical and astronomical interests. Even Abul Fazal-i-Allami author of Ain-i-Akbari and[Read More…]