Everyone likes praise but we have been most impressed by how creative and colourful our readers can get while panning us. Put aside the bouquets. Here’s a collection of the best of the brickbats that Firstpost got in its first year.
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The mainstream media may have been gagged by the courts, but the ‘sex CD’ has acquired a life of its own in the parallel universe of social media.
An 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province has triggered a tsunami warning across the Indian Ocean.
The campaign to eliminate the scourge of darkness has extended to every nook and cranny of a woman’s body. It was only a matter of time before we breached the final frontier: our colour-challenged yonis.
A Tehelka sting aimed at 23 police stations across the Delhi NCR reveals that our men in uniform have a strict litmus test when it comes determining “real” rape cases. And according to their stringent criteria, almost all women deserve to be raped.
Sister Mary, who left her Catholic congregation in Kerala 13 years ago after 40 years of nunhood, is likely to raise her storm with her book on the church. Two others, a former nun and priest, had caused controversy with their books earlier.
It’s less than 25 minutes to the budget. Don’t fasten your seat-belts, yet. Pranab-da hasn’t done anything wrong yet.
Given the huge legal, moral and ethical stakes, Srinvasan and Meiyappan should have voluntarily clarified their position and should have offered to face an investigation.
For Muslims in Britain, there comes one thing after another to get defensive about, and at quite short intervals. The Muslim community will be cornered into paying a price for the brutality of these two killers.
Chidambaram ‘s soothsaying may not work when the markets are driven largely by foreign institutional investors (FIIs)
Rejecting the talk about two power centres and differences between them, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today said there is “collective leadership” between her and Manmohan Singh and “we all stand by” the Prime Minister who will complete his term.
From across the Hindu Kush, a plea for Indian help. Hamid Karzai wants New Delhi to provide artillery and military transport aircraft. It won’t cost India much—but New Delhi is worried about upsetting Pakistan, and wary of making commitments before it becomes clear which way the political wind is blowing in Kabul.
With the glut of information regarding the IPL spot fixing scandal and the three cricketers how much of it can we really trust?
This is the second time the IT industry veteran has been involved in a sex scandal.
Opinion polls show the BJP and the NDA ahead of the Congress and UPA. But it is the regional parties that are likely to make the biggest gains. NDA and UPA are post-poll creatures
India’s discourse with China has traditionally been trapped in the Mao-ist maze that defines how “friends” ought to conduct themselves. But Chinese statecraft has evolved, and India too must up its diplomatic game.
In that sense the poverty line of India is cruel. It is merciless and doesn’t allow the majority of Indians any money for shelter or access to education or healthcare or sanitation or anything else that civilised nations would consider as essential as food.
Can the party resolve internal discord and take a call on Modi’s PM candidature?
Try following a game on twitter or with friends or at the ground. At every step of the way, the spot-fixing question raises itself.
If you forget the politics and just look at the film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist doesn’t fare much better. It’s a thriller that lacks tension and suspense.
After monitoring a phone call, the investigation had virtually turned pan-India with some of the bookies based in Gujarat and Mumbai.
JM Financial will nominate Pandit as the non-executive chairman of the proposed bank. Pandit and Aiyar will have the right to purchase shares up to the amount prescribed by the RBI in this entity.
The great American dream is an integral part of America. It’s ‘great’ in that it symbolises not truth, but hope when the truth is disillusioning; it symbolises not facts, but ideals when facts are unnerving; it symbolises not likelihood, but promise when likelihood is all but bleak.
We’re tracking the Google I/O conference 2013 live – what will be unveiled?
The summary of the response in his Sreesanth’s home turf is that of incredulity. They are unwilling to believe that the pacer is guilty.
The original promise of the Dreamliner has failed to materiallise due to limitations in its flying range. Will Air India continue to pay a price for this?
The UPA ads eulogising MGNREGA as a a huge success needs to be taken with bags of salt. The scheme did make a difference, but not as is claimed.
So can we test in India and gain from the same treatment privilege that Jolie had? Yes, but there is a catch.
Live detailed updates as KKR take on Pune in a must-win game at Ranchi.
Bedi’s argument that we should focus on the legal wrong committed by the girl slapped by cops is technical, disingenuous and enabling.
There’s an endearing quality to reports that a CIA spy was arrested in Moscow: he comes across as a bumbling amateur who represents the lost Age of Innocence in the world of espionage.
