Congress party on Tuesday has removed its senior leader, Digvijaya Singh from the post of in-charge of Telangana Congress. They appointed a new team in the state, declared All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary, Janardhan Dwivedi. The step was taken after Singh’s controversial statements against the Telangana police. He accused[Read More…]
Arvind Panagariya, the first vice-chairman of Niti Aayog, announced his resignation from office on Tuesday. 31 August is likely to be his last working day in Niti Aayog. Panagariya was considered to be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal pick for economic reforms. Though the exact reasons behind his resignation is[Read More…]
Ramdas Athawale, union minister of social justice and empowerment, on Monday, said that transgender people should wear pants and shirts instead of saris as “they are not men and they are not women”. He did clarify that “they( transgenders) are human”. The minister was speaking at a national workshop for[Read More…]
Rajya Sabha was rocked by opposition protests on Tuesday over an Election Commission (EC) notification that provides MLAs the ‘None of the Above’ (NOTA) option in the elections to the Upper House on 8 August. The annoyed oppositions’ members forced adjournments of the proceedings questioning the NOTA provision for these[Read More…]
Days after a student of LSR (Lady Shri Ram College), Simran Keshwani was bullied and threatened online for expressing her views in an article first published on Newsd, a national movement, StopOnlineMobs, aimed at emphasizing and condemning cyber bullying was organized at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Simran received death threats,[Read More…]
An engraved ‘Bhagavad Gita’ near the statue of late president, APJ Abdul Kalam has triggered a new controversy. While Kalam’s family sought to end the issue by placing a copy of Quran and Bible near the sculpture, the leader of a local Hindu outfit opposed the same saying, “no permission[Read More…]
BJP president, Amit Shah on Tuesday rebuked BJP-party MPs for frequent absence from Parliament sessions, saying that lawmakers should do justice to the people’s faith in electing them to look after the interests of the voters. Addressing the BJP Parliamentary party in New Delhi, Shah said there were many people[Read More…]
A CBI court discharged retired police officer, DG Vanzara and MN Dinesh in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case on Tuesday. While Vanzara, who is now retired, was the then Gujarat ATS chief, Dinesh, an IPS officer, was with the Rajasthan police. So far, 15 accused have been discharged by the[Read More…]
Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar reacted promptly on Sharad Yadav’s response on the political disturbance in the state saying, “stop sulking and debate in party forum.” The forum is the national executive of the Janata Dal United and will be held in Patna on 19 August. It will also decide[Read More…]
Six district magistrates (DM), 28 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and 44 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers have been transferred in Bihar just days after the formation of a new government under the leadership of Nitish Kumar and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders. Although there is no report of these high-rank[Read More…]
The government has suffered a major embarrassment on Monday after the absence of almost 30 NDA MPs saw the opposition ramming through amendments to a bill to grant statutory status to the National Commission for Backward Classes. The development took place despite Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s recent caution over absenteeism[Read More…]
Amit Shah on Monday has said that there is no question of him getting designated to the Rajya Sabha and subsequently resigning as the BJP President. When asked if he would fight the Rajya Sabha polls, he said, “There is no question of doing so. I have the responsibility of[Read More…]
JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar, on Monday, held his first press conference after being sworn in as the chief minister of Bihar. He stated that he tried hard to save the grand alliance, but things were getting difficult for him after corruption charges against RJD leaders including Lalu Yadav’s son Tejashwi[Read More…]
After forming the new government along with the BJP, The Janata Dal (U), will now vote for Opposition candidate for the vice-presidential poll, Gopalkrishna Gandhi. JD(U) spokesperson K.C. Tyagi told The Hindu that the commitment to Gandhi predated the break in the Bihar grand alliance and, therefore, the party would[Read More…]
BJP chief, Amit Shah on Monday has said that his party had no role in resignation of Nitish Kumar. “Nitish Kumar resigned because of his differences with Lalu Prasad Yadav and intolerance against corruption. BJP has no role to play in whatever had happened in Bihar,” he said. Shah was[Read More…]
Sarita Agrawal, the wife of State Minister Brijmohan Agrawal has been accused of encroaching on 13.9 hectares of government land for a project. Initially, Agrawal was accused of acquiring 4.12 hectares of forest land in Chhattisgarh, however, chief minister Raman Singh sought an official report on the deal. As per[Read More…]
After a 14-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide by jumping from fifth floor in Mumbai, the police are probing if the death is linked to online ‘Blue Whale suicide’ challenge. Blue Whale suicide challenge is an online social media group that allegedly provokes teens to kill themselves to win the challenge.[Read More…]
Shares of public sector undertakings (PSU) banks were trading higher by up to 4%, recovering from their intra-day lows, after the state-owned banking giant State Bank of India (SBI) cut saving bank interest rates. SBI restructured by 2.7% to Rs 307 on BSE after the bank introduced a two-tier saving bank interest rate[Read More…]
Cow owners in Haryana may soon have the option of sending their animals to a ‘hostel’ if they don’t have enough space at home. The Haryana ‘Gau Sewa Aayog,’ an independent body constituted by the state government in 2013, will soon sends its proposal of setting up “cow hostels” across[Read More…]
Senior JD-U leader, Sharad Yadav, who has been quiet on chief minister, Nitish Kumar‘s move to swap alliance partners, on Monday morning said it was unfortunate. “I don’t agree with the decision in Bihar, it’s unfortunate.The mandate by the people was not for this.” I don't agree with the decision[Read More…]
A carved ‘Bhagavad Gita’ near the statue of late president, APJ Abdul Kalam has triggered a new controversy, with his family seeking to end the issue by placing a copy of Quran and Bible near the sculpture. However, leader of a local Hindu outfit opposed placing of Quran and Bible[Read More…]
According to Comptroller and Auditor General, a number of Indian Air Force (IAF) officers violated the defence travel regulations by claiming allowances after visiting foreign countries, causing a loss of more than Rs 82 lakh to the exchequer. As per regulations, military officers can claim leave travel concessions (LTC) only[Read More…]
A Trinamool Congress leader was shot dead in South 24 Parganas district’s Bhangar in West Bengal on Sunday. The incident heightened the political temperature in the region once again. Panchayat leader Asikur Rahman died after being hit by a bullet on the head. “We are investigating how and why was[Read More…]
Over 100 armed force veterans have written to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi condemning the targeting of “Muslims and Dalits… the clampdowns on free speech by attacks on media outlets, civil society groups, universities, journalists and scholars.” “We have spent our careers working for the security of our country. Collectively, our[Read More…]
Union minister, Smriti Irani’s degree row or her education qualification is once again in the news. She has not completed her graduation, according to her affidavit for the Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat. On the other hand, Balwantsinh Rajput, who recently resigned from the Congress, has emerged as the richest[Read More…]