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Rukma Rathore

Accidental journalist who is still trying to learn the tricks of the trade.

News Reports

‘NEP does not mandate Hindi’: As Annamalai questions DMK’s hollow outrage, read about the party’s hypocrisy over ‘Hindi imposition’

NEP's three-language formula makes no mention of language implementation, despite DMK's "Hindi imposition" accusations.

Rukma Rathore - 25 February, 2025

News Reports

Chhaava triggers old debate: As Islamists boast about alleged Mughal ‘victory’ over Marathas, here is how descendants of Aurangzeb live today

In 2021 and 2024, Sultana Begum made claims to the Red Fort but the Delhi High Court rejected her arguments both times.

Rukma Rathore - 21 February, 2025

News Reports

Kapil Mishra, vilified for Delhi anti-Hindu riots, wins from an area where Hindus were targeted and becomes a minister: Why this is a historic...

Kapil Mishra was maligned by political parties, the rioters and their ecosystem for anti-Hindu Delhi riots.

Rukma Rathore - 20 February, 2025

News Reports

Casting aspersions on Indian judiciary, provoking Muslims to revolt against India: BBC journo Stephen Sackur’s problematic interview with Omar Abdullah

Stephen Sackur voiced his lack of faith in the Indian institutions regarding the country's second largest majority.

Rukma Rathore - 20 February, 2025

Political History of India

Shivaji Jayanti: Why Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the architect of Hindavi Swaraj, is hailed as the “Father of the Indian Navy”

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's visionary strategies unprecedentedly modified India’s maritime history and coastal defence.

Rukma Rathore - 19 February, 2025

News Reports

Cash-strapped and struggling after promising freebies, Congress govt in Himachal Pradesh now plans to lease century-old property

Hotel Wildflower Hall was being run as a high-end hotel by the HPTDC before it was destroyed in a fire in 1993.

Rukma Rathore - 19 February, 2025

Opinions

Is the Indian system incapable of controlling the Indian ‘Bheed’? Stampede after stampede, the crowd behaviour stays unchanged, just like the bureaucratic incompetence

Larger problem lies in the lack of an effective apparatus to avert these incidents, which have become more common, especially during large gatherings or major events.

Rukma Rathore - 17 February, 2025

News Reports

As USAID stands exposed under Trump administration, read how it helped terrorist organisations from LeT in Pakistan to Hamas in Gaza via NGOs

USAID also granted aid to Pakistani terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)'s front Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF).

Rukma Rathore - 6 February, 2025

News Reports

As SC upholds Karnataka HC ruling that sex with corpse is not rape, read what the courts and the laws say about necrophilia

Supreme Court junked a plea from the Karnataka government contesting a ruling of the Karnataka High Court that did not classify necrophilia as rape under Section 375 of the now-shelved Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Rukma Rathore - 5 February, 2025

OpIndia Explains