Public will have access to Jan Aushadhi (generic medicines) at petrol pumps belonging to state-run fuel retailers across the nation soon. As per minister for petroleum and natural gas, Dharmendra Pradhan, pharmacies could be set up at petrol pumps in the future to help the people in need. This is[Read More…]
Bharatiya Janata Party president, Amit Shah has committed a major blunder on Thursday while speaking at an event in Karnataka. Shah mistakenly named BS Yeddyurappa, president of Karnataka, BJP instead of Karnataka chief minister, Siddaramaiah while slamming the opposition party in rule. While he kept on speaking without even realizing[Read More…]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said that Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is not competent enough to comment on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech. BJP leader Jafar Islam said that Gandhi must understand the situation of the country. “A person who doesn’t know the difference between Amma and Indira[Read More…]
While addressing a meeting of opposition leaders, Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday hit out at the centre for having failed to fulfil its promises. He said that Prime Minister, Narendra Modi wanted to create a ‘Swachch Bharat’ but people wanted a ‘Sach Bharat’. “Modiji says he wants to create[Read More…]
Voting was held for seven civic corporations in West Bengal on Sunday. The TMC has won all seven corporations, with a clean sweep on three of them. The municipalities that went to polls on August 13 were Panskura and Haldia in East Midnapore district, Nalhati in Birbhum, Buniadpur in South[Read More…]
The BJP government is waiting for the formal announcement of the merger of the two ADMK factions before announcing the much-awaited cabinet expansion. Sources tell NewsCode that BJP will get a greater weightage with this expansion. “This will possibly be the last reshuffle before the next general elections. Political sensitivities for[Read More…]
The leaders of Janata Dal-(United) on Thursday said that Sharad Yadav’s ‘Sanjhi Virasat Bachao’ programme reeks of hypocrisy. JD(U) leader Ajay Alok said, “It feels weird to see that Sharad Yadav’s ethics have taken a 180-degree turn. 30 years ago, he arranged the same meeting against the Congress. Now he[Read More…]
Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator, Swapan Kumar Betharia was seen beating a vendor during an eviction drive in a short clip that went viral online. The incident happened on Wednesday morning at Purulia’s Kashipur area in West Bengal. However, Swapan Kumar has denied any unlawful activity. When asked, Kumar said that[Read More…]
People are strongly condemning a BJP councillor after the video of him dumping the Indian national flag on a roadside went viral. In the video, Hasmukh Patel in Vadodara was seen throwing the national flag near a pole. Patel was seen getting inside his XUV car after he threw the tricolour[Read More…]
Tripura chief minister, Manik Sarkar, claimed that Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR) refused to broadcast his Independence Day address unless he reshaped it, according to a report in The Indian Express. The CM’s office in Tripura said, “The Chief Minister clearly stated that he would not change a single[Read More…]
Just ahead of Independence day, Samajwadi Party leader Maviya Ali has said that religious identity comes before national identity. His comments came His remark comes at a time when the Uttar Pradesh government has instructed the madrassas to hoist the national flag, sing the national anthem and pay tributes to[Read More…]
Janata Dal (United) state president, Vashistha Narayan Singh on Monday suspended 21 members of the party from their primary memberships over anti-party activities. The suspension of these members comes two days after JD(U) appointed RCP Singh as the new parliamentary leader replacing senior leader, Sharad Yadav in the wake of[Read More…]
Congress Party on Saturday said that it will bring a privilege motion against Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat in the Uttarakhand Assembly for “going back” on his promise of a CBI probe into the NH74 scam. Referring to the CM’s statement in the state assembly where he assured the House[Read More…]
The Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) on Saturday said that senior party leader Sharad Yadav was replaced by Ram Chander Singh in the Rajya Sabha because of his anti-party activities. “This was important and was done owing to Sharad Yadav’s anti-party activities”, MP Vashistha Narayan Singh said, as quoted by ANI.[Read More…]
BJP president, Amit Shah has invited Bihar chief minister and JD(U) president, Nitish Kumar to join the ruling NDA. Recently, the latter’s alliance with the saffron party in Bihar to form a new government. “I met JD(U) president Nitish Kumar at my residence yesterday (Friday). I invited JD(U) to join[Read More…]
Amidst the political turmoil with strained ties within the ‘Mahagathbandhan’, Senior MP Sharad Yadav has been removed as leader of the JD(U) in Rajya Sabha on Saturday, said reports. He is likely to be replaced by Nitish Kumar’s close aide Ramchandra Prasad Singh. Notably, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is an active social media user and employs the same for reaching out to as many as over 32 million followers on Twitter. His tweets come in too quickly whenever something new happens. However, his active participation on Twitter was questioned by Twitterati, when he failed[Read More…]
To mark the celebration of the Indian Independence Day, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has directed all madrassas (Islamic schools) to sing Vande Mataram and videograph the event. Ironically, the minister who had directed this order failed to sing a single line of the national song himself. In an[Read More…]
Suspended Janata Dal (United) leader Ali Anwar on Saturday said that history will not forgive Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar for going against the mandate of the people of Bihar, which was in favour of the mahagathbandhan. He also accused Nitish of sacrificing the country for saving his government. “You[Read More…]
The Madras High Court asked the government to clarify the current regulatory mechanism governing contents aired by television channels. The bench comprising chief justice, Indira Banerjee and justice, M Sunder gave this direction to assistant solicitor general, Su Srinivasan. Srinivasan appeared for the Centre during the hearing of a PIL[Read More…]
A day after speculations that JD(U) might expel its president, Nitish Kumar from the party, Kumar on Friday has said that Sharad Yadav can take a walk. “He is free to go where he wants,” said Bihar chief minister. Kumar was in Delhi today to meet Prime Minister, Narendra Modi[Read More…]
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP, Paresh Rawal on Thursday mocked former vice-president, Hamid Ansari over his statement about Muslims of the country. Rawal took to twitter to tell Ansari to ‘get well soon’. “Wishing shri Hamid Ansari ji a long and a healthy life so plz GET WELL SOON ![Read More…]
Janata Dal (United) has come down heavily on Congress President, Sonia Gandhi, after she invited JD(U) leader, Sharad Yadav in the Opposition meeting on Friday. JD(U) is alleging that she is trying to create a rift within the Nitish Kumar-led party. “Calling our party members in a meeting of Opposition[Read More…]
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has called an 18 opposition party meet on Friday, notably, the last day of the Parliament’s monsoon session, to discuss the upcoming strategy and action of the joint opposition. The meeting will be chaired by Sonia Gandhi. Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav has been invited to[Read More…]
M Venkaiah Naidu will take oath on Friday as India’s 13th Vice President. Nominated by the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, he won the Vice Presidential election last week. The swearing-in ceremony will take place in the Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhawan at 10 am. Before the formal function, Naidu, 68, will[Read More…]