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What Example Are Our Leaders Setting When Private Relationships Enter Public Ceremonies?

By BPN News Desk August 15, 2026

An Independence Day ceremony is not a film premiere, a birthday celebration or a private family gathering. It is a State function. The venue belongs symbolically to the people. The hospitality is State hospitality. The seating arrangements carry the authority and prestige of government. Those accorded conspicuous prominence at such an occasion inevitably acquire a […]

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BJP Needs a Federal Consensus on Delimitation

By BPN News Desk August 14, 2026

Delimitation has returned to the centre of India’s political debate, and it is no longer an abstract argument about what might happen sometime after 2026. The government has already placed a new delimitation framework before Parliament, accompanied by a constitutional amendment proposing a substantial expansion in the permissible size of the Lok Sabha. The Delimitation

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Dear Indian Bureaucrats, Look at the Crowds Cheering Tukaram Mundhe

By BPN News Desk August 11, 2026

There is something striking about the public reaction to Tukaram Mundhe in Maharashtra. He is not a film star, cricketer or politician walking into a rally. He is a serving IAS officer heading Maharashtra’s Food and Drug Administration. Yet recent public appearances have seen people greet him with the kind of applause normally associated with […]

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Maharashtra Has Barren Land. So Why Does Development Keep Coming for Its Forests?

By BPN News Desk August 11, 2026

Maharashtra has cleared nearly 83,700 sq ft of forest land for two projects associated with Adani Group companies. Nearly 70,000 sq ft of this involves reserved forest and mangrove land in Raigad for Adani Cementation’s proposed cement terminal, while another roughly 13,800 sq ft of forest land in Amravati has been cleared for a gas […]

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Why India Needs the FCRA: From Nuclear Plants to Ports, Religious Groups Have Protested Development

By BPN News Desk August 10, 2026

India’s debate over the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act is too often conducted as though the law exists in a vacuum. Every attempt to tighten scrutiny of foreign contributions is immediately converted into an argument about civil society, dissent, charitable freedom and government overreach. What disappears from that discussion is the reason India created a regulatory

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Rahul Gandhi Is Attacking E20 From the Wrong Car – But Modi Still Has Questions to Answer

By BPN News Desk August 8, 2026

Rahul Gandhi has entered the debate over E20 petrol with what was clearly intended to be a visual demonstration of the concerns many Indian motorists have been raising. In the video, he stands beside a modern vehicle, opens the fuel flap and talks about ethanol-blended petrol, vehicle compatibility, mileage and the financial burden that motorists […]

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Bhullar Busted an ISI Terror Module. Days Later, AAP Removed Him. Why?

By BPN News Desk August 8, 2026

Something deeply uncomfortable has just happened in Punjab, and instead of allowing it to disappear beneath bureaucratic language about transfers and postings, India needs to ask a much harder question. Gurpreet Singh Bhullar was the Commissioner of Police in Amritsar. Under his watch, Amritsar Police announced the busting of two alleged Pakistan ISI-backed terror modules.

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In Yogi’s UP, a Stray Cow Is Worth More Than a Hungry Child

By BPN News Desk August 6, 2026

A disturbing video from a government primary school in Uttar Pradesh has once again exposed the humiliating reality hidden behind official claims about welfare, nutrition and good governance. The footage, reportedly recorded at Changapur Primary School in Sitapur district, showed young children sitting with burnt rotis and what appeared to be an extremely watery vegetable

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Dear Narendra Modi, Don’t Let Government Babus Put a Toll on UPI

By BPN News Desk August 6, 2026

The Unified Payments Interface is not merely another government programme that looks impressive in a presentation but remains distant from the everyday lives of ordinary Indians. UPI has genuinely transformed how India functions. It has changed how a family pays its electricity bill, how a commuter pays an autorickshaw driver, how a patient buys medicines, […]

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Rahul Defended Abuse of Modi’s Mother, But Is Silent on Vijay’s Arrest of Udhayanidhi

By BPN News Desk August 5, 2026

India has just been handed a remarkably clear demonstration of how selectively the language of free speech is applied in contemporary politics. Within the space of a few days, Rahul Gandhi has adopted two visibly different standards for offensive political expression—one when Narendra Modi was the target and another when the government involved belonged to […]