New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday said the Insolvency and Banking Code (IBC) of 2016 is “an example of a hurried legislation and has many gaps”. The Congress reaction came after President Ram Nath Kovind signed an ordinance on Thursday for amendment to the Code, which was sent to him[Read More…]
Many activists of different political parties were injured in clashes while normal life was hit in Left-ruled Tripura as the BJP, Congress and other parties called a shutdown on Thursday to protest the killing of a journalist by a Tripura State Rifles (TSR) trooper. “Around 25 activists of different political[Read More…]
The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Thursday demanded a high-level judicial probe into the death of special CBI judge H.P. Loya who was hearing the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case. The party raised the demand after news website “The Caravan” reported about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Loya[Read More…]
Forty-five thousand classrooms in around 4,775 schools across Kerala are set to turn hi-tech by March-end next year as 60,250 laptops and 43,750 multimedia projectors are ready for disbursement, said an official. K. Anvar Sadath, Vice Chairman, Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), told IANS that the purchase orders[Read More…]
The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday decided to allot the “two leaves” symbol of the AIADMK faction led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, an AIADMK leader said. Congress party is ‘nervous’ for Gujarat polls, says BJP “We are happy with the EC[Read More…]
The Congress on Wednesday termed as “laughable” Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s comment that Congress and Hardik Patel-led PAAS were “deceiving each other” on quotas, adding that “it will do everything within the constitutional framework”. “It is funny situation. It is laughable because at the moment we are not in[Read More…]
Tamil movie star Rajinikanth on Wednesday said there is no hurry for him to enter politics. Answering reporters at the airport on his return from Hyderabad, Rajinikanth also said the shooting for “Kaala” movie has been completed. The actor has been hinting about his political plunge. In May this year,[Read More…]
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel lashed out at Patidar leader Hardik Patel for accepting the Congress formula on job quotas and supporting it in upcoming Assembly elections, calling him a “fool”. “Fools have given a formula and fools have accepted it,” a fuming Nitin Patel said. “I have not[Read More…]
Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Wednesday announced that his Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) was formally accepting the formula advanced by the Congress party to give job quotas to the community under the OBC category. “The Congress has accepted our demand for reservations with a formula that provides for benefits[Read More…]
Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha has questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s silence over the “burning” issue of the film “Padmavati”. “As ‘Padmavati’ becomes a burning controversy, people are asking why the legendary Amitabh Bachchan, most versatile Aamir Khan and most popular Shah Rukh Khan have no comments. And[Read More…]
A meme on an official Twitter handle of the Indian Youth Congress online magazine ‘Yuva Desh’ targetting Prime Minister Narendra Modi was dubbed “deplorable” by the BJP on Tuesday, with the Congress youth wing later apologising for it. The meme also draw disapproval from the Congress, BJP’s Union Ministers and[Read More…]
Suspended GJM chief Bimal Gurung on Tuesday thanked the Supreme Court for restraining West Bengal Police from taking any “coercive action” against him for the next 15 days and said he is planning to visit Delhi within the given time frame. In a fresh audio message from an undisclosed location,[Read More…]
A Haryana BJP leader was booked on Tuesday for threatening to behead Bollywood filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and actress Deepika Padukone over their movie “Padmavati” and for standing firm by his announcement of a Rs 10 crore reward for it. Haryana’s chief media coordinator Kunwar Surajpal Singh Ammu was booked[Read More…]
Blaming the Modi government for failing to take steps to prevent corruption, veteran activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday announced plans for a new anti-graft campaign for which he sought public participation. In a statement, Kisan Baburao Hazare, popularly known as Anna Hazare, said that after the first movement launched in[Read More…]
The Congress on Monday released a second list of 13 candidates for the first phase of Gujarat elections scheduled on December 9, including four new contestants in place of candidates announced earlier. The party has now fielded Bhikhabhai Joshi in place of Amit Thummar in Junagarh, Jaish Patel instead of[Read More…]
“Dharma” is for the stability of society, maintenance of social order and the general well-being and progress of human kind, and India has put Dharma at the centre of governance,” Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu said on Monday. Addressing the members of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Advocates Associations here, he[Read More…]
Countering opposition criticism, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said the Winter Session of Parliament would “certainly” be held, adding that Parliament sessions have been delayed in the past as well. “It has happened several times that Parliament sessions are rescheduled when an election is happening and timing is decided[Read More…]
Minister for Road, Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that he will meet the Mayor of London to boost the government’s efforts to adopt the London Transport System, including electric double-decker buses. Addressing a two-day conference on Smart Mobility, Gadkari said the meeting is scheduled next month[Read More…]
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was left red-faced on Monday after a video of a senior Minister peeing in public went viral, with many raising questions on the government’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. A video clip showed Water Conservation Minister Ram Shinde urinating in public on the Solapur-Barshi Road while[Read More…]
Congress leader and former Union Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi, who was in coma since 2008, died on Monday at Apollo Hospital here, doctors said. “He died at 12.10 p.m.,” an Apollo doctor told IANS. He had suffered a brain stroke in 2008 and was admitted to AIIMS. Later he was[Read More…]
The Congress Working Committee formally initiated the process for the election of party chief on Monday. Reportedly, a poll notification will be issued on December 1. The nomination process will be completed by December 4 while the voting will be held on December 16. The results will be declared on[Read More…]
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Monday began a meeting here to chart out a schedule for the election of the Congress President which will see the elevation of Vice President Rahul Gandhi to the party’s top post. The meeting was attended by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, former[Read More…]
The body of a Rashtriya Swayamsewak Singh (RSS) worker was found in a sack in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut city, police said on Monday. The victim identified as Sunil Garg, was also a prominent iron trader. He was last seen earlier on Sunday campaigning for a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate[Read More…]
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday decided to contest the Gujarat Assembly elections on its own and expressed confidence it would bag the maximum number of seats in the “solo fight”. The party’s decision came a day after the Congress declared its first list of 77 candidates for the[Read More…]
Senior Congress leaders Shaktisinh Gohil and Arjun Modhwadia figure in the party’s first list of 77 candidates for the first phase of Gujarat Assembly elections on December 9. As per the list finalised by the Congress’ Central Election Committee on Sunday, senior leader and sitting MLA from Abdasa, Shaktisinh Gohil,[Read More…]
