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Arnab Goswami Again Trending, But it's his Bad Time!!

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How Times group now covering Arnab Goswami!! It pays to keep everyone happy. Arnab Goswami Is the Times Group mimicking the hydra-headed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Sangh Parivar? The coverage of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) fracas by the over 150-year-old multimedia news organisation reinforces once again that, just like the RSS and dozens of its affiliates, the  Times of India  Parivar speaks in different voices. Of course, Times Group journalists don’t subscribe to the faux liberalism that the BJP and the Sangh Parivar espouse, and writings in the Times Group is genuinely libertarian. However, the media group swings from extreme conservatism to permissive ideas, across print, electronic and digital platforms. At one end is the pontifical, bombastic, ultra-nationalist and accusatory Times Now anchor Arnab Goswami, and at the other, we have mostly factual and unbiased reportage and sober opinion in print and digital networks, from  The Times o

Balraj Madhok, former Jana Sangh president, passes away at 96.

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Balraj Madhok, founder leader of the erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh who was later sacked from the party, died here on Monday, his associates said. He was 96. Madhok, who had been ill for some days, died around 9am at his residence in New Rajendra Nagar in central Delhi, a Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh spokesman told IANS. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Madhok "was selflessly devoted to the nation and society" and "his ideological commitment was strong and clarity of thought immense". BJP leader LK Advani, who as the then Jana Sangh president sacked Madhok in 1973, said: "I am deeply grieved to learn about the passing away of Balraj Madhok. Our devotee is with his soul...