“An atmosphere of fear” is stopping people from criticising the Modi government, industrialist Rahul Bajaj told Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal. The ministers dismissed his allegation.
Have you taken the dummy test, yet? Well, Bangalore traffic police have installed 200 life-sized mannequins in standard uniform at intersections across the city to make motorists follow road discipline. The idea stems from scarecrows on fields. Next up? CCTV cameras.
Nithyananda, Nation Builder
Godman. Rape suspect. Fugitive. Nithyananda, whom cops can’t find, yet pops up in videos regularly, has apparently founded a new country. Kailaasa is “a nation without borders created by dispossessed Hindus from around the world who lost the right to practise Hinduism authentically in their own countries”. Coordinates: a private island he has allegedly bought from Ecuador, near Trinidad and Tobago. Next up? Petition the UN for recognition.
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