Jaipur: In a spectacular showing, the Congress on Thursday raced ahead of the BJP in the Lok Sabha constituencies of Ajmer and Alwar and the Mandalgarh Assembly seat in Rajasthan where by-elections took place on Monday. Congress candidates led from the beginning in both the Lok Sabha seats and edged past[Read More…]
New Delhi: Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Thursday said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had failed the fiscal consolidation test that will have “serious consequences” on the economic growth rate. Chidambaram tweeted that the fiscal deficit limit of 3.2 per cent in 2017-18 had been breached and was now estimated at 3.5[Read More…]
Shillong: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked the Indian youth to be proud of their heritage, languages, and religions, and vowed to defend the culture and way of thinking of the people in Meghalaya. “My message to all young people is — be proud of your heritage, languages, and religions.[Read More…]
New Delhi: Picking holes with the latest Economic Survey tabled in Parliament, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Tuesday said that the Narendra Modi government’s claim to be able to create 75 lakh jobs by March is “outrageous” as it is “simply not possible” in India’s context. The Congress leader[Read More…]
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad at the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) newsletter launch asked whether the journal can initiate a debate on the need for holding simultaneous elections in the country. Prasad said the country can’t afford multiple elections as each separate election entails huge expenditure on[Read More…]
Chandigarh: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday allayed fears that people from any religion, minority or caste had anything to fear in the country. “I believe it does not matter whether a person is from any religion, sect, caste or follows any religious belief, all are safe in India and[Read More…]
Mumbai: Taking a grim view of the suicide by an octogenarian peasant demanding fair compensation for his acquired lands, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday warned its ruling ally BJP that Dharma Patil’s funeral pyre will destroy the BJP government. Condemning the incident which happened in the state government Mantralaya where[Read More…]
Kohima: Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said that holding of timely elections is a constitutional process and the government is bound by the Constitution after several Naga civil society groups and political parties have sought deferment of the February 27 Nagaland elections. The Core Committee[Read More…]
New Delhi: As India celebrated its 69th Republic Day, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday said the basic tenets of the Constitution are “under grave threat”. “Greetings to all of us citizens on Republic Day. It was a momentous day when India adopted values and principles, way ahead of the[Read More…]
Chandigarh: Murmurs in the corridors of power about early assembly elections in Haryana have put the main political parties and politicians into drive mode — quite literally. Top politicians and parties have opted for different modes of transport in this political season to drive home their respective political messages to the[Read More…]
Bhopal: Former Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Tuesday took oath as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh. Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Hemant Gupta administered the oath of office to Patel in a function at the Raj Bhavan. Parliament Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked all states to comply with its order not to stand in the way of the release of the controversial film “Padmaavat” as it dismissed last-ditch efforts by Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh governments to block its January 25 release. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak[Read More…]
New Delhi: Days after he led a revolt against Chief Justice Dipak Misra over the functioning of the Supreme Court and “arbitrary allocation” of cases, Justice J. Chelameswar on Monday said the apex court is not supposed to be a superintendent court as per the Constitution but has become one in[Read More…]
Hyderabad: Actor-politician Pawan Kalyan, who launched his ‘praja yatra’ in Telangana on Monday, said his Jana Sena party will do constructive politics in both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. He told reporters in Karimnagar town that he will not unnecessarily pick up fights with the governments or make statements to create political[Read More…]
Guwahati: Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Satyapal Singh on Monday defended his comment on Darwin’s theory of evolution and termed the controversy around his statement as “unnecessary”. “It is not a matter of controversy…it should be debated even at international level. Let there be an international conference and[Read More…]
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday took potshots at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his recent visits to temples and for sporting a ‘janeyu’ (sacred Hindu thread), saying that people will never forgive those who set aside welfare of the majority community. Addressing a function of the Akhil[Read More…]
Gurugram: If state governments are ready to release Bollywood movie “Padmaavat” following the Supreme Court’s order, the Shri Rajput Karni Sena too is prepared to stop the release of the film that “doctors the great history of the nation”, its chief Lokendra Singh Kalvi said here on Monday. Kalvi, addressing media[Read More…]
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday attacked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for only hugging “special people”, not the common man. “He calls himself a common man but hugs only the special ones. Modiji, why such compulsion? Farmers, labourers and youths too should be there,” Gandhi said in a[Read More…]
Book: Why I Am A Hindu; Author: Shashi Tharoor; Publisher: Aleph Book Company; Pages: 302; Price: Rs 699 Shashi Tharoor’s new book on Hinduism — the religion followed by a majority of Indians — comes at a crucial juncture when there is an upsurge in fringe elements that practise and[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Election Commission’s (EC) decision to disqualify 20 AAP MLAs for holding the office of profit was poll panel chief A.K. Joti’s “parting gift” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior AAP leader Gopal Rai said here on Saturday. “The disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs was his gift to Modi.[Read More…]
Amulya Ganguli The case relating to the death of B.H. Loya, the judge who was investigating an alleged extra-judicial killing in Gujarat in which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah was implicated, is the second legal hurdle which the party is facing. It crossed the first one with relative[Read More…]
Ranchi: A CBI judge who sentenced former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad in a corruption case has applied for a license to obtain a revolver along with his family members. Shivapal Singh sent Lalu Prasad on January 6 to three-and-a-half-years imprisonment. Singh, his son and daughter have applied[Read More…]
The Election Commission is understood to have recommended disqualification of 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs on grounds of holding an office of profit as Parliamentary Secretaries. The Election Commission gave its opinion to the President on a complaint by the Congress in June 2016, seeking disqualification of the AAP[Read More…]
New Delhi: Former Telecom Minister A. Raja, acquitted in the so-called 2G scam case, contends that the sanctity of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) office was “severely compromised” by Vinod Rai who clearly had “ulterior motives” in over-reaching the bounds of his constitutional function while auditing accounts relating to the[Read More…]
New Delhi: A day ahead of the GST Council meeting, the Congress on Wednesday reiterated its demand for including petroleum products and real estate under the ambit of GST and said the government must consult all stakeholders before bringing any changes in the pan-India indirect tax law. “The Congress will demand[Read More…]
