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PM Modi Trolled on Church Visit: Sanjay Singh, Rajdeep Sardesai, Ashutosh Call Out 'Hypocrisy' Over Christmas Hooliganism.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to a church on Christmas Day has triggered a massive political and media backlash. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh, along with senior journalists Rajdeep Sardesai and Ashutosh, have sharply criticized PM Modi, accusing him of hypocrisy.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh directly targeted the Modi government, speaking out against the rise of hate in the name of religion and demanding concrete action against the trouble-makers.
Senior journalists Rajdeep Sardesai and Ashutosh also weighed in on the issue, holding PM Modi, the BJP and the government accountable.
Christmas A Target Of Hate? | Who Will Punish 'Goon' Culture? India Today Dec 23, 2025 Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves describing the attackers as 'terrorists' who 'have gone scot-free for a long time.' Father Nigel Barrett, Spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Mumbai, laments the 'intolerance' and 'goon culture' marring the festive season, stating, 'Christmas is about peace, love, goodwill.' Former Punjab DGP Shashi Kant criticises police inaction, attributing it to political pressure. The discussion explores the rising tensions around Christmas celebrations and the contentious issue of religious conversions in India.
By Restoring India’s Kham River, a City Revives Its Cultural Legacy https://www.wri.org/insights/kham-river-restoration
The Kham River Restoration Initiative demonstrates how a social-ecological approach to waterway management can transform cities and improve lives... They mapped 249 waste entry points with drones and installed traps. Rerouted sewage to treatment plants and built new ones. Set up a facility for textile waste from factories. Cleaned the river and discovered springs that were buried under debris. Fixed waste collection across the city, removed 170 dump sites. The municipal commissioner joined weekend cleanups himself. Citizens showed up every Saturday. The key was stopping waste from entering the river in the first place, not just cleaning it.
It has dramatically reduced environmental degradation and flood risk along the Kham River. And as the first river in India not connected to the glacier-fed perennial Ganges River to have an Urban River Management Plan, the Kham is setting a precedent for smaller-scale and seasonal rivers to create formal management frameworks. These plans also expand cleanup work to other bodies of water at the regional basin-level, beyond municipal bounds.
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Rasta Satyagraha- Part 1: When the System Didn’t Move, Chaitanya Patil Walked the Mumbai-Goa Highway CITIZEN WALKS WHERE SYSTEM FAILED Mumbai–Goa National Highway (NH-66), Maharashtra https://www.moneylife.in/article/rasta-satyagraha-part-1-when-the-system-didnt-move-chaitanya-patil-walked-the-mumbaigoa-highway/79178.html
Chaitanya Patil (28), an engineering graduate from Raigad, has completed a 490-km on-foot audit of the battered Mumbai–Goa highway and submitted a 59-point hazard report to Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.
‘RASTA SATYAGRAHA’ — A WALK OF SHAME FOR BAD ROADS
•Walked entire NH-66 stretch •Duration: 29 days
•Identified: •Potholes, •Missing signage, •Incomplete bridges, •Accident black spots, •Exposed iron rods & debris
59 critical danger points documented with: •GPS data, •Photos, •QR-coded digital report
75–85 km of work still pending, Service roads incomplete, Bridges half-done, Lives fully at risk
Patil even collected accident-causing debris by hand — broken glass, metal pieces, hoardings — items that authorities somehow “missed” for years.
WHO IS CHAITANYA PATIL?
•Engineer from Kasu village, Raigad
•Flagging highway flaws since 2019
•Earlier complaints led to repairs within 24–48 hours
•Proved one thing brutally clearly:
Problems exist because silence is convenient, not because solutions are hard
Wa by Jaikishin.. When a citizen walks half a thousand kilometres to do what institutions were paid to do— It’s no longer activism. It’s an indictment.
The road to Goa shouldn’t require courage. It shouldn’t require sacrifice. And it certainly shouldn’t require a Satyagraha. Fix the roads — before more citizens have to walk over broken promises.