Uttar Pradesh is committed to promoting religious tourism in the state, said chief minister, Yogi Adityanath on Monday after undertaking a five-kilometre-long ‘parikrama’ of the Kamadgiri temple at Chitrakoot. On the second day of his visit to Chitrakoot, CM Adityanath took many by surprise when he decided to walk the[Read More…]
Patidar leader, Narendra Patel has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tried to buy him while showing portions of currency notes during a press conference on Sunday. The development comes just a day after two Patidar leaders joined the ruling party. Patel said Patidar leader Varun Patel who joined[Read More…]
Congress Vice-President, Rahul Gandhi will begin his three-day visit to Gujarat on Monday, a day when the Election Commission of India (ECI) may broadcast the poll schedule for crucial Gujarat Assembly polls 2017. He will address a rally arranged by Alpesh Thakore, the President of OBC, SC, ST Ekta Manch[Read More…]
The Congress in Telangana has invited former cricketer, Mohammed Azharuddin, to contest the next state Assembly election, that will take place in 2019. “We are inviting him (Azharuddin),” N Uttam Kumar Reddy, state Congress president, said as quoted by PTI. Reddy said he invited Azharuddin after the latter expressed his readiness[Read More…]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released a list of its 68 candidates for Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. The elections are scheduled to be held on 9 November. Former CM, Prem Kumar Dhumal, has been given a ticket from Sujanpur. The term of the 68-member Himachal Pradesh Assembly ends[Read More…]
Samajwadi Party veterans, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Shivpal Singh Yadav, found no place in the new list of national executive released by the party. The move comes days after Akhilesh Yadav was elected president of the Samajwadi Party for the next five years. According to reports, SP principal general secretary,[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, on Saturday attacked the Congress and said that the party was responsible for poverty and Naxalism in the country. “If there’s poverty, Naxalism in the country today, Congress is responsible for it,” Adityanath said while addressing the public in Bhuj. “Those who filed an[Read More…]
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) released the sketches of suspects who may have killed journalist and activist, Gauri Lankesh. “Based on the information, we made sketches. We want people to cooperate and hence we are releasing the sketches,” SIT Chief, BK Singh said. There was no bias in the probe[Read More…]
Former prime minister, Manmohan Singh has said that Pranab Mukherjee was the “most qualified to become the prime minister” when he was chosen for the position and Mukherjee had every reason to feel a grievance then. Singh was talking at the launch of Mukherjee’s book ‘The Coalition Years‘. Singh also[Read More…]
PM Modi will visit Bihar on Saturday to address the centenary celebrations of Patna University and is expected to lay foundation stones for four projects under the Namami Gange Programme along with four national highway projects in Mokama. He will also address a public gathering. The four sewerage projects are[Read More…]
After the Congress party alleged that PM Modi-led government pressurized Election Commission to postpone Gujarat polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday strike back saying it shows nervousness of the party’s leadership. BJP leader, Gaurav Bhatia said, “The Congress has become a very irresponsible party. It also shows how[Read More…]
The Election Commission of India on Thursday announced that assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh will be held as a single phase on 9 November. The counting of votes will be held on 18 December 2017. The announcement was made by Chief Election Commissioner, Achal Kumar Jyoti, accompanied by Election Commissioners,[Read More…]
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Thursday said if there was prima facie proof of unlawful activity against BJP chief, Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah, then the allegations must be probed. However, the right-wing organisation also emphasized that the responsibility was on people who were making the allegations to establish[Read More…]
In a shocking statement and days after the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, minister of drinking water and sanitation, Uma Bharti on Thursday has said that only Congress has benefitted from the killing of Gandhi as Gandhi wanted to finish Congress. “Gandhi ji ki hatya ka fayda sirf Congress ko[Read More…]
Days after a report in the online portal, The Wire about the business dealings of BJP national president, Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah surfaced, Jay’s lawyers, senior advocate S.V. Raju could not be present in the court as he was busy in the high court. The case was filed against[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called for an outcome-based approach for rural development saying, “the country has sufficient resources to deliver benefits to the last man in the queue and the desired results can be achieved through good governance.” “It (rural development) should be outcome based not output based…There[Read More…]
The newly-formed economic advisory council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) will hold its first meeting on Wednesday after it held a brainstorming session with stakeholders on Monday. The Council will talk about all matters of developing importance, will engage with a broad spectrum of stakeholders and frame advice accordingly, a[Read More…]
Days after Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi accused the saffron party of claiming credit for schemes launched by Congress, BJP chief, Amit Shah questioned Gandhi on the lack of growth in his own parliamentary constituency, Amethi, on Tuesday. “Rahul Gandhi, whose party has ruled the country for 60 years, is asking[Read More…]
Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi said that he wants to fight BJP’s ideology, but would never wish to eliminate the party as it is an expression of the people of India. He also admitted that the devastating defeat in 2014 Lok Sabha was a realization for which he would like to[Read More…]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) carried out a ‘Jan Raksha Yatra’ (people’s protection march) in Delhi as a mark of protest against the alleged killings of party activists in Kerala by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM). In response to the same, the CPM took out a counter-protest on[Read More…]
Congress on Monday demanded BJP national president, Amit Shah to quit from his position to ensure a fair investigation over allegations of impropriety against his son Jay Shah. Congress party spokesperson, Anand Sharma also questioned union railways minister, Piyush Goyal about why he is defending Jay Shah. He asked Goyal[Read More…]
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief, Amit Shah, on Sunday protested against the alleged killings of BJP activists in Kerala with a ‘Jan Raksha Yatra’ (people’s protection march). He said that the party members are being threatened and lynched since the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) has come into power[Read More…]
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that chief minister, Virbhadra Singh, will be the Congress’ chief ministerial candidate for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. He said that Singh will “become the CM of Himachal Pradesh for the seventh time.” “Virbhadra Singh ji has done tremendous development in Himachal Pradesh[Read More…]
The on Saturday passed a resolution requesting vice president, Rahul Gandhi, to take over as party president. The current president is Sonia Gandhi. AICC is the first committee to pass such a resolution. Of late, reports had been doing the rounds that the Congress scion may take over as party[Read More…]
The voting for fifth General Panchayat polls in Manipur began on Saturday morning from 8 am as people queued up in large numbers to cast their vote to choose new local body representatives including Zilla Parishad, Pradhan and ward members. Re-polling will be held on October 9, 2017, for the[Read More…]