Even if you are not a Hindu or religious, the underlying message of loving animals and fellow human beings, and to choose love and peace over war is winning hearts, notes Divya Nair.
'I had told the government that if they could not take care of Shaktiman, I would take care of him.'
The left hind leg of Shaktimaan, the horse which suffered multiple fractures after being brutally attacked by BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi, was amputated on Thursday evening.
Terming the case lodged against Joshi as an act of "political vendetta" by the previous government, state urban development minister and spokesman of the state government Madan Kaushik said all "politically motivated" cases slapped against party workers by the previous regime are being withdrawn.
Police horse 'Shaktiman', who suffered multiple fractures on its hind leg during a Bharatiya Janata Party protest in Dehradun last month triggering widespread outrage, died on Wednesday.
Following backlash on social media over 'Shaktiman' being given more importance than the cops who lost their lives, the government has removed the statue of the police horse installed.
Reacting sharply to the development, BJP lodged a protest with Governor K K Paul and alleged it was "abduction" of its MLA.
A local court on Tuesday granted bail to Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Ganesh Joshi accused of attacking police horse, Shaktiman during a protest march in Dehradun recently which caused a national outrage.
A man was arrested from Haldwani in Nainital district for pulling up the reins of a police horse and precipitating its fall during a protest march by BJP in the city recently.
It's not every day that you see a superhero in a lungi running over cars, bashing the bad guy and saving village folk, observes Divya Nair.
In a year of overwrought spectacles that slavishly sucked up to the audience, I found refuge in a bunch of 'mainstream' Indian films that espoused such old-fashioned values as dedication to craft, close observation and casual bravery, explains Sreehari Nair.
People poured their wrath on Mussoorie MLA Ganesh Joshi for showing cruelty to the animal.
'It reminded me of the Ramayana, a story that runs in every Indian's blood.'
A huge crater was created at the site of the ambush and two vehicles -- a jeep and a Shaktiman truck --were completely damaged.
Political temperatures shot up in Dehradun on Friday abruptly after the arrest of Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Mussoorie, Ganesh Joshi in the Shaktiman case, with the entire place agog with rumours that the BJP was trying to woo disgruntled Congress legislators to prove that the party had been reduced to a minority.
In one of the most-awaited acts of the day, the women constables, in their debut, created some stunning formations, such as "fish riding, side riding, faulaad, peacock and Saptarishi", that dropped jaws and drew cheers. Now this is what we call women power!
There were verbal exchanges between members of Congress and treasury benches after Leader of the Congress Mallikarjun Kharge referred to the food park scrapped by the Narendra Modi government.
'They are calling me an accused without even an inquiry.' 'The video was fabricated and doctored. Now the truth is coming out.'
Singh held that India wanted to engage in dialogue with Pakistan at different levels and that was why Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently met his Pakistani counterpart PM Nawaz Sharif at Ufa in Russia.
What was he doing for past few years, when all this happened?" BJP MP Anurag Thakur said.
'I am not a supporter of complete freedom of speech or expression on any social platform, but we must have the right to choose as adults in a personal space.'
India can be called "more Islamic than Pakistan" as more Muslims live here than that country, Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the chief of Pakistan Rangers who called on him to discuss ways to keep the border peaceful.
Nine Congress MLAs, most of them Bahuguna loyalists, rebelled against Harish Rawat and supported BJP's claim to form a government.
Swaraj emphasised that the UN must accept it needs fundamental reform.
From the Aadhaar verdict to #MeToo's arrival in the country to the entry into the Sabarimala temple -- India had a newsworthy 2018. As we step into 2019, these are the top moments from the year gone by.
Brijesh Kumar Saroj, the son of a poor weaver, overcame every hardship, to make it to IIT-Bombay. When he cleared the IIT entrance exam, villagers threw stones at his home because he is Dalit. This has only hardened his resolve to 'make it in life'.
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