Badar Bashir

1 week ago | theweek.in | Badar Bashir

Through My Eyes, written by Om Prakash Singh, the former DGP of Uttar Pradesh, is a collection of stories or rather first-hand accounts of his experiences handling chaos for the right cause to bring outcomes that can set up a maxim for how policing should be done in the country. Published by Prabhat Prakashan, it offers a glimpse into the challenges of men in khaki who are not always baton-wielding cops but can display empathy while discharging their duties.

2 weeks ago | theweek.in | Badar Bashir

Aam Aadmi Party launched the Association of Students for Alternative Politics (ASAP), a new students’ wing which will replace the existing Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) and subsequently aim to connect students from 50,000 colleges across India. Speaking at the event, party convener Arvind Kejriwal urged students to join active politics. "Now, most of the young people don’t want to do anything with politics.

3 weeks ago | theweek.in | Badar Bashir

After a humiliating defeat of the AAP in the Delhi assembly elections, the party faces another major setback as 13 of its councillors resigned, and announced the formation of a new political outfit. The chief rebel, who led the defections is believed to be Mukesh Goel, who was the leader of the house for AAP in the MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi). On Saturday the councillors under his leadership announced a new party, naming it Indraprastha Vikas Party.

3 weeks ago | theweek.in | Badar Bashir

After the senior Member of Parliament from the Congress party Shashi Tharoor was perceived praising the BJP-led government over its handling of national security during Operation Sindoor, the guns were out in the Congress questioning his disregard for party line. Later, as the government suggested his name for representing India in an all-party delegation for diplomatic outreach, there hinted at further schism within the party.

3 weeks ago | theweek.in | Badar Bashir

Former home minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram ignited a storm of speculations after he praised the ruling dispensation calling it a “formidable machinery” and at the same time pointing toward the weak functioning of the Opposition and framing it as frayed. The row began on Thursday at the launch of a book named 'Contesting Democratic Deficit', co-authored by the Congress's Salman Khurshid, when Chidambaram confessed uncertainty over the INDIA bloc.