Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi attacked the RSS saying organisations like it are trying to divide India. Rahul Gandhi was in Guwahati in connection with a case filed by RSS functionary for tarnishing the image of the organisation. Rahul said, “I am for unity of the country and love and[Read More…]
Akali Dal on Tuesday hit out at Arvind Kejriwal government for allegedly not honoring its commitment of raising salaries of part-time Punjabi teachers in the national capital, saying it reflected its “anti-Punjab” and “anti-Punjabi” attitude. Akali Dal leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa said a month after a High Court ruling the[Read More…]
The call for a ‘third front’ was raised at the ‘Sadhbhavna Samman Rally’ organised by INLD in Karnal on Sunday. The gathering saw leaders like Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, SP’s Shivpal Yadav who claimed that people were looking for an alternative to Congress and BJP and hence ‘third front’ of[Read More…]
With rising tensions among India and Pakistan over the recent attack in Uri, the Indus Water Treaty has come under strain. The centre had hinted towards revisiting the treaty and now J&K’s deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh on Saturday said the state will fully support whatever decision is taken by[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public rally in Kozhikode, Kerala at BJP’s National Council Meet. The BJP supremo talked about elevating poverty and unemployment, while he trained his guns on Pakistan by calling them a nation run by terrorists which exports terrorism. He also addressed the Pakistani leaders by[Read More…]
Mounting the pressure on Pakistani artists working in India, Zindagi channel has now decided to ban all Pakistani TV shows currently being aired in India. The Zee network channel was the first to syndicate content from Pakistan and air it in India. Subhash Chandra Goel, Chairman of Essel Group and[Read More…]
Congress is expected to field former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh as their star campaigner in the run up to Punjab Assembly Polls next year. The party manifesto is being prepared and the plan is to use former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to launch the manifesto of the party. The[Read More…]
Three young politicians from across party lines came together on the Young Makers conclave organised by ShethePeople.TV in association with Newsd, on Wednesday. Ankit Lal, (AAP), Nupur Sharma (BJP) and Gaurav Pandhi (Congress) were panellists on a session titled, ‘Politics for Good’ moderated by Mayur Shekhar Jha, founder, Newsd. The[Read More…]
Facing allegations of sexual harassment, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan was arrested on Wednesday. The 32-year-old woman, who claimed to be a relative of Khan, has alleged that she was being pressurised by Mr Khan to get into a physical relationship with him, a senior officer at Delhi’s Jamia[Read More…]
Amar Singh has been appointed as the national general secretary of the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Tuesday. Party president Mulayam Singh in a handwritten letter to Amar Singh said, “I hope in the coming days you will strengthen the party in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.” In the ongoing storm in[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday congratulated his uncle Shivpal Yadav for being named the state unit president of the party. “Congratulated the state party chief appointed by Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav)… Will support state party president Shivpal,” the Chief Minister said in Lucknow, after meeting his uncle[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday announced construction of Amma marriage halls at 11 places in the state at an estimated cost of Rs 83 crore. According to a news report on the Times of India, these halls are aimed at providing affordable venues to people from poor[Read More…]
Mohammad Kaif, an alleged sharpshooter who has been named in the murder of Journalist Rajdeo Ranjan is making rounds of news and is triggering Twitter war between politicians. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav on Friday in a series of tweets posted photographs of Kaif and another sharpshooter Iqbal Shaikh[Read More…]
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) Muslim unit Muslim Rashtriya Manch in Lucknow has decided to celebrate the Bakri Eid festival by cutting a cake baked in the shape of a goat, instead of sacrificing a goat or any other animal. The decision may sound funny but a 5-kg cake has already[Read More…]
Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Friday criticised central government saying it has started ‘farce of engagement’ to divert attention from the reality on the ground. “They will come again to ask what do we want. They know the answer to that question. We want freedom,” Geelani said. In[Read More…]
A week after failing to turn up before Enforcement Directorate (ED), businessman Karti Chidambaram has now informed the Madras high court that his legal representative will appear before the ED for inquiry. Sources say that Karti’s representative would go before the ED only if agency sends legally correct notice. Karti[Read More…]
According to National Crime Record Bureau’s annual data BJP-ruled states of Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan have reported the highest rates of crimes against Scheduled Castes in 2015. Gujarat reported the highest crime rate against Dalits (163.3%, 6,655 cases), followed by Chhattisgarh (91.9%, 3,008 cases), Rajasthan (58.5%, 7,144 cases). Uttar Pradesh which is[Read More…]
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav has hinted the possibility of ‘friendship’ between him and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi saying, “Do acche log mil jaye to kya kharab baat hai? (If two good human beings meet, what’s wrong in that?). Akhilesh also called Rahul a good human being and a[Read More…]
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi launched an attack on Modi government on its failure to apprehend Vijay Mallya. Rahul who is on the second day of his 2,500-km Deoria to Delhi Kisan Yatra, tweeted, “If a Kisan takes a khat he’s called a ‘chor’ but ppl like Mallyaji who run away[Read More…]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday suspended primary membership of sacked minister Sandeep Kumar in connection with the “objectionable” CD episode, sources said. Kumar, who held the Women and Child Welfare and Social Welfare portfolios, was sacked from the council of ministers by Kejriwal after he received a nine-minute-long[Read More…]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday conducted searches on the premises of former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his associates in connection with alleged irregularities in the acquisition of land in Gurgaon district. In raids in 20 locations across Delhi, Chandigarh, Rohtak and Gurugram, the CBI[Read More…]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s party Trinamool Congress (TMC) has been given a status of national party. The Election Commission announced TMC as the seventh national political party of India on Friday. According to the requirements laid down in the Symbols (Reservation and allotment) Order, 1968, which was amended last[Read More…]
Putting to bed rumours over his next move after his resignation from BJP, Navjot Singh Sidhu is all set to lead a new political front in Punjab, where assembly elections will be held early in 2017. The front, Awaaz-e-Punjab, will be launched by September 9, declared a big red poster[Read More…]
In an open letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Patel agitation leader Hardik Patel has accused Modi and Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) of using the Patidar community for political benefits. He claimed that Modi “used Patidars against Muslims during the 2002 riots but dumped them after winning the Assembly[Read More…]
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the capital on Saturday to discuss the situation in the Valley, which has been under curfew for the last 49 days following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. Mufti’s meeting with the PM[Read More…]