Journalist @DeccanHerald, Previously with @PTI_News
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile
Articles by Shemin Joy
At least five Tibetan nationals detained near BRICS Summit venue ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's India visit
New Delhi: At least five Tibetan nationals were detained on Friday near Bharat Mandapam, the venue for BRICS Summit, for protesting against the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping for the event, officials said. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. Experience a more refined e-paper today Read E-Paper The protesters, who were detained, climbed poles on a tunnel road near the venue and unfurled flags and posters against China and demanded freedom for Tibet. Videos of the protest also surfaced on social media.
Parties fail to explain why candidates with criminal cases were picked for polls in 5 states: ADR report
New Delhi: Political parties have failed to adhere to a Supreme Court directive to publicise reasons for choosing candidates with criminal cases in 191 of the 1,405 instances during the Assembly elections to West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry earlier this year, according to a private election watchdog. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
Election Commission calls rival TMC factions for meetings on September 12 ahead of assembly bypolls
New Delhi: The Election Commission will hear the two factions led by Mamata Banerjee and Ritabrata Banerjee on Saturday regarding their claim on the party and its symbol. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. Experience a more refined e-paper today Read E-Paper The Ritabrata faction will meet the EC at 11 AM followed by the faction led by Mamata Banerjee at 12 noon. Both sides have been asked to provide a list of five leaders representing them in the meeting.
'Prosecution sanctions for BJP, JD(S) leaders pending': Congress slams political vendetta over ED raids on Jarkiholi
New Delhi: Congress on Wednesday described the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on Karnataka Minister Satish Jarkiholi as part of a "politically motivated witch hunt" unleashed by the Modi govt against party leaders and questioned why sanction to prosecute BJP and JD(S) leaders, including H D Kumaraswamy, has not been granted. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
Kharge 'purification' row: 29 days after protests & political verbal wars, Uttarakhand cops register FIR
New Delhi: Twenty-nine days after a 'shudhikaran' ceremony was held at a venue where Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge addressed a rally in Haldwani, the Uttarakhand Police on Tuesday registered a case against those involved in the event, as Congress’ Dalit and tribal MPs went to Parliament Street Police Station in the national capital for filing an FIR. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
'NCW acting like BJP proxy': Congress women MLAs walk out of workshop
New Delhi: Congress women MLAs on Tuesday walked out of a workshop organised by the National Commission for Women (NCW), accusing it of acting like a “proxy” of the ruling BJP by trying to push its agenda on delimitation. They alleged that no opportunity was given to Opposition lawmakers to air their views and conducted the proceedings only in Hindi. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
CPI to organise 'Jail Bharo Aandolan' against Modi government’s 'anti-people' policies in December
New Delhi: At least five lakh workers of CPI will court arrest between December 1 and 3 as part of the Left party’s 'Jail Bharo Aandolan' (fill the jails agitation) against Modi government’s “anti-people” policies affecting various sections of the society, including youth, students, women and farmers. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
Voters' lists in Manipur, Sikkim and Mizoram shrink, see 2.24 lakh deletions after SIR
New Delhi: The number of voters have shrunk by 6.51 per cent or 2.24 lakh in Manipur, Sikkim and Mizoram where final electoral rolls have been published after the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Interestingly, Sikkim is the only state where the number of voters have shrunk below the draft list prepared during the cleaning up of voter lists. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
Are CPM leaders chasing power? The party launches rectification drive with 73 questions
New Delhi: Identifying Parliamentary deviations, lack of collective functioning and weaknesses in adopting mass line as ills within the party, the CPI(M) has embarked on a rectification campaign among its leaders, especially after the electoral setback in Kerala, its last bastion of power. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
CPI(M) launches rectification drive after Kerala poll setback, flags ‘Parliamentary deviations’
New Delhi: Identifying Parliamentary deviations, lack of collective functioning and weaknesses in adopting mass line as ills within the party, the CPI(M) has embarked on a rectification campaign among its leaders, especially after the electoral setback in Kerala, its last bastion of power. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
57.6 lakh voters added post LS polls, 6.15 crore deleted in two months in SIR Phase 3
New Delhi: Around 57.57 lakh voters were added to electoral rolls in 17 states after the Lok Sabha elections and before the start of the latest edition of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). However, names of a whopping 5.57 crore voters were deleted in the past couple of months, with the publication of draft rolls in the past two months. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
SIR: 57.6 lakh added in two years, 5.6 crore deleted in 2 months
New Delhi: Around 57.57 lakh voters were added to electoral rolls in 17 states after the Lok Sabha elections and before the start of the latest edition of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). However, names of a whopping 5.57 crore voters were deleted in the past couple of months, with the publication of draft rolls in the past two months. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
From 36 crore to 29.9 crore: SIR deletes 5.57 crore voter names
New Delhi: Around 57.57 lakh voters were added to electoral rolls in 17 states after the Lok Sabha elections and before the start of the latest edition of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). However, names of a whopping 5.57 crore voters were deleted in the past couple of months, with the publication of draft rolls in the past two months. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
CPI(ML)L pushes for Opposition unity over SIR in attempt to ride on 'Gen Z anger'
New Delhi: CPI(ML)L is prodding I.N.D.I.A bloc to have a “collective response” nationally to the contentious Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and expand “Gen Z anger” against the Modi government on education sector to other areas, including challenging “electoral corruption”. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
Congress reshuffles state in-charges, Sachin Pilot gets Punjab, Randeep Surjewala to handle Gujarat and Bhupesh Baghel shifted to Assam
New Delhi: Congress on Saturday (September 5) effected a reshuffle among its points-persons in states by bringing in Sachin Pilot as in-charge of faction-ridden Punjab ahead of Assembly elections while giving Randeep Surjewala the assignment of looking after Gujarat while having additional responsibility of Karnataka. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
Census 2027: Population enumeration advanced in four poll-bound states in December
New Delhi: Population enumeration for Census 2027 will be undertaken in Goa, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab as well as in places other than snowbound areas in Uttarakhand from December 1 to January 4, keeping in mind the election schedule of these states. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. Experience a more refined e-paper today Read E-Paper These four states are all set to go to Assembly elections in February, which is usually the month when population enumeration is held.
CPI(ML) Liberation to launch campaign for education reform on September 6
New Delhi: Seeking to capitalise on the "GenZ anger" against Modi government and expand its reach ahead of the next round of Assembly elections, the CPI(ML)L is launching a 'School Teek Karo-Sikhsha Sudharo' (Improve the Schools, Reform Education Sector) campaign from Sunday, which will see at least eight programmes in Uttar Pradesh this month. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
Hindutva activist Swatantra Bhardwaj detained in UP amid row over his 'cracking skull' remark
New Delhi: Hindutva activist Swatantra Bhardwaj, who claimed that he cracked the skull of a protester's father during the students' agitation here only to recant it fearing legal trouble, was detained in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Friday, hours after police promised activists of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and Youth Congress as well as Lok Sabha MP Chandrasekhar that he will be put behind the bars within 72 hours ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
'Dramatic account, epic yet intimate': Sonia Gandhi's memoir 'Belonging' set for release by HarperCollins amid Penguin row
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi's much-awaited memoirs 'Belonging: A Journey of Love' will be published in the country by HarperCollins India, an announcement that ended the suspense over the publisher after Penguin India backed out following disagreement with the top Congress leader over changes it wanted her to make in the manuscript. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
'Cracked his skull, didn't go to jail': Row erupts as accused in Jantar Mantar assault claims political backing
New Delhi: A rightwing worker claiming credit in a video interview for the attack on a protester’s father at Jantar Mantar during the students' agitation triggered an uproar with top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday pledging support to the victim's daughter and the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) announcing that they will approach police. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
Punjab SIR |Raghav Chadha's name deleted from draft voter list, BJP MP alleges 'revenge politics' by AAP
New Delhi: Raghav Chadha's name has been deleted from the draft voter list in Punjab prepared after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) citing he has "shifted", triggering a war of words with the BJP Rajya Sabha MP pointing fingers at his former party AAP that governs the state. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
Delhi Police picks up former bureaucrat Ashish Joshi to question him over his X post, releases him later
New Delhi: Two Delhi Police constables in plain clothes took former bureaucrat Ashish Joshi into custody from Nehru Park here during his morning walk but was released later in the evening after questioning in connection with a case. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. Experience a more refined e-paper today Read E-Paper Police officials said he was not arrested but his statement was recorded in connection with the case, details of which they did not provide.
Delhi Police picks up former IAS Ashish Joshi to question him over his X post, releases him later
New Delhi: Two Delhi Police Constables in plain clothes took former IAS officer Ashish Joshi into custody from Nehru Park here during his morning walk but was released later in the evening, Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit said. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. Experience a more refined e-paper today Read E-Paper Post his retirement as Additional Secretary, Joshi has been critical of the Modi government and used to post regularly on social media.
'PR can polish picture of GDP, but not economy': Congress slams government
New Delhi: Congress on Wednesday pounded on the Modi government over GDP numbers riding on questions raised by former Finance Secretary Subash Chandra Garg and said it exposed the "true reality" about the "fabricated" growth story while warning that “PR can polish” the picture of GDP but not the economy itself. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
'Only goal is BJP's victory at any cost' | Rahul Gandhi revives ‘vote chori’ campaign
New Delhi: Citing the deletion of 2.07 crore names from Maharashtra draft electoral rolls, top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi revived the ‘vote chori’ campaign on Tuesday claiming that the “goal of the BJP and ‘Vote Chori’ Commission” is to ensure the saffron party's victory. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
SIR 3.0: Draft voter lists see over 6.15 crore deletions in 17 States, UTs
New Delhi: Nearly 6.15 crore names have been deleted from voter list in 17 States and Union Territories where draft electoral rolls have been published during the third phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), which is nearing its culmination. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
'Benefits Adani': Congress demands scrapping or diverting Samudra Manthan scheme to ONGC
New Delhi: Claiming that the Rs 84,084 crore 'Samudra Manthan' scheme for oil and natural gas exploration has been launched to benefit the Adani Group, the Congress on Monday demanded its scrapping or diversion of the entire outlay to the public sector Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to create jobs and expand its operations. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
‘Pot calling the kettle black’: Congress fires back at BJP over FIR against Rahul
New Delhi: The registration of a case against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in Uttarakhand, accusing him of making "casteist" remarks against Dalits during a press conference, prompted the Congress on Monday to target the BJP, asking why it was shying away from filing an FIR against those involved in a "purification" ritual at a venue where party chief Mallikarjun Kharge had addressed a rally. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
July 20 student stir: 'Info sought related to security matters': RAF declines to reveal details of pellet gun injuries
New Delhi: The Rapid Action Force (RAF) under the CRPF has refused to provide details of pellet gun firing during students' protest on July 20 under the RTI Act, saying it covers "operational and security related matters" and do not cover under the exceptions related to violation of human rights. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. Experience a more refined e-paper today Read E-Paper Former Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale has sought information under RTI Act but it was denied.
Congress to transform election-oriented 'war rooms' to 'connect centres’ to change organisational communication
New Delhi: Seeking to change its organisational communication radically, the Congress is transforming its election-oriented 'war rooms' to 'connect centres’ that are operational throughout the year. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. Experience a more refined e-paper today Read E-Paper This will help the leadership monitor tasks assigned to grassroots workers, gather feedback, and assess leaders' performance.
Youth Congress workers protest outside RSS office in Delhi, burn Manusmriti copies over ‘purification’ of Kharge rally venue
New Delhi: Youth Congress workers led by its president Uday Bhanu Chib protested near RSS headquarters here burning 'Manusmriti' copies, against the 'shudhikaran' ceremony conducted at a venue where Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge addressed a rally. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
CPI to hold ‘Badlaav Zaroori Hai’ rally against Modi govt’s ‘deepening crises’
New Delhi: Vowing to make it a “powerful expression of the people’s demand for change”, the CPI will hold a ‘Badlaav Zaroori Hai’ (There is a Need for Change) rally at Ramlila Maidan here on Tuesday to highlight the “multiple and deepening crises” in the country under the Modi government. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
'Incident displayed BJP-RSS mindset': Rahul Gandhi on Kharge 'purification' row, demands FIR
New Delhi: Targeting the BJP-RSS for the 'shuddhikaran' (purification) carried out at a venue in Uttarakhand's Haldwani where Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge addressed a rally, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said it was a "crime" and demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi order the registration of an FIR. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
Won't publish Sonia Gandhi's memoir, says Penguin India; Congress alleges pressure over Modi, RSS, China references
New Delhi: Penguin Random House India (PRHI) will not publish Sonia Gandhi’s memoirs ‘Belonging: A Journey of Love’ in India, as the top Congress leader refused to make changes in the text suggested by the publisher. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. Experience a more refined e-paper today Read E-Paper There was no statement from Sonia on the developments while the PHRI said it is “not the publisher” of the much awaited-memoirs that runs into 544 pages, which is expected to hit stands on November 10.
'Modi govt knew about sugar shortage months ago, but didn't act': Congress
New Delhi: Congress on Thursday claimed that the Modi government is handing over a Rs 36,000 crore bonanza to hoarders and black-marketeers during the festival months by not acting on time to deal with anticipated shortage of sugar and making it "bitter" for the common man. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
Congress attacks BJP over its Uttarakhand chief 'defending' purification ritual at Kharge rally venue
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday attacked the BJP for its Uttarakhand chief Mahendra Bhatt defending the “shudhikaran" (purification) of a venue where party chief Mallikarjun Kharge addressed a public meeting, saying that the saffron party's “casteist nature” keeps coming out despite its leaders trying to cover it up and demanded his ouster. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
Delimitation bill: Mallikarjun Kharge warns PM Modi against convening special session of Parliament
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi against calling another special session of Parliament to pass a Constitution amendment bill for a new delimitation regime, as he reiterated the demand for an all-party meeting on the issue and adequate time for studying the government proposal. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
'BJP is turning police into weapon to evade accountability': Rahul Gandhi on BPSC exam row
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday came out in support of protesting students who faced police action in Bihar, saying what they want is accountability and questions do not stop with batons. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
No drop-down caste menu: Congress flags Census flaws
The Modi government has chosen not to provide a drop-down menu of castes in the Census 2027 questionnaire, even though it had identified the absence of such a mechanism as a key flaw that undermined the caste enumeration carried out under the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) in 2011. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
Parliamentary panel sees uproar over police action against protesting students, mulls SOPs
New Delhi: A Parliamentary committee witnessed uproar on Tuesday over Opposition MPs’ demand for an immediate discussion on police action against protesting students, including use of pellet guns, sources said, amid indications that the panel may soon discuss Standing Operating Procedures (SoP) with regard to use of force by police against protesters. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
'Scrap misleading questionnaire, create new one': Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi write to PM Modi over Caste Census
New Delhi: Objecting to the "misleading" methodology for recording caste in Census 2027 with an open-ended query, top Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to scrap the existing questionnaire and formulate a new one to ensure Caste Census is "accurate, meaningful, and beneficial". ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
Modi delivered a 'costly education system infested with RSS': Kharge
New Delhi: Accusing the BJP government of "completely ravaging" India's entire pathway from education to employment, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday claimed that what Prime Minister Narendra Modi has delivered is a "costly education system infested with the RSS", one the young Indians "cannot trust" and degrees that "increasingly come without jobs". ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
'Narrow political agenda': CPI(M) objects to Census 2027 questionnaire, flags privacy risks
New Delhi: The CPI(M) has objected to the Census 2027 questionnaire, expressing concern that details like caste, occupation and family information along with other the individual identifiers collected during the exercise could be used to link with other databases, including voter list. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
15.58 lakh Congress office-bearers ‘verified’ as party races to finish revamp by October
New Delhi: Tackling an "ineffective" Youth Congress and NSU(I) in Odisha, providing "adequate" representation for women at various levels in Haryana, and chalking out an “exclusive plan” for tribal outreach in Gujarat were among the decisions made at review meetings the Congress held with its state units, as it plans to conclude its organisational revamp by October. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
'What explains the abnormal delay now': Cong questions BJP over parliament prorogation
New Delhi: The delay in proroguing Parliament's Monsoon Session, which was adjourned sine die ten days ago, has given rise to speculation about the Modi government reconvening the House to pass the delimitation-linked Constitutional amendment bill, even as the Congress alleged that Home Minister Amit Shah is still in search of "super-tainted" two-thirds majority. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
Sikh leaders protest outside Rahul Gandhi's Delhi residence over Sajjan Kumar 'role model' remark, seek apology
New Delhi: Senior MP Deepender Hooda's remarks hailing anti-Sikh riots case convict Sajjan Kumar following his death has triggered a controversy with several Sikh leaders and members of families affected by the 1984 pogrom on Saturday staging a protest outside top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's residence seeking his apology. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
I&B Ministry asks TV channels to display drug abuse warning disclaimer
New Delhi: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued an advisory to TV channels asking them to display disclaimer related to harmful effects of drug abuse at regular intervals during telecast of all programmes. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
'What makes Gyanesh Kumar so special'? Saket Gokale flays Election Commission for refusing to disclose details on expenditure
New Delhi: The Election Commission has refused to provide details of official visits undertaken by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar inside and outside India and expenditure incurred on it claiming that it is "personal information" that cannot be disclosed, according to RTI response to queries raised by former Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
Delhi Police register FIR over pellet injuries to youth during July 20 stir following Rahul Gandhi's dharna
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Friday was forced to file an FIR for firing pellet guns at a 19-year-old youth during students’ protest after a dramatic sit-in that lasted nearly six hours by top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, victim Sachin Lochav and his mother at the Parliament Street police station. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
AIIMS-Delhi refuses to disclose number of patients treated with pellet gun injuries during July 20 stir
New Delhi: AIIMS-Delhi has refused to disclose the number of people injured due to pellet gun firing during the during the 'Chalo Sansad' march called by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on July 20 even as two other central government-run hospital had earlier admitted treating ten such people. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
Show More
loading
Actions
Get in touch with Shemin
Contact Shemin, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.
Learn more about Muck Rack