A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed the plea of nine JNU students in which they had claimed that they cannot be asked by Delhi Police to give their consent for lie detector test in a case related to the missing student Najeeb Ahmed. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass summoned all[Read More…]
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said that every attack and death of Indians in US should not be considered as hate crime. Replying to concerns of members over attacks on Indian abroad, she told members during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha that the government was aware of each[Read More…]
Minister of State for personnel, public grievances and pensions Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that the applications under Right to Information (RTI) Act can be filed orally. “Section 6 (1) of the Act provides that where RTI request cannot be made in writing, the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) or[Read More…]
Delhi MCD polls are just around the corners. Thus the preparations of the parties contesting the polls are on swing. Since the summer is also approaching, the Delhi BJP has set up a singular room wherein they can prepare for the upcoming polls. The room is being set up outside[Read More…]
Gujarat might not see early polls, indicates BJP president Amit Shah. “Narendrabhai no vijayrath November ma Gujarat aavse (Narendra Modi’s victory run will reach Gujarat in November).” The state is due for polls in November-December. However, the speculation of early polls started after BJP’s significant victory in the recent assembly[Read More…]
Ever since veteran leader Sharad Pawar formed the Nationalist Congress Party in 1999, one question that always loomed large – will Sharad Pawar ever go back into the Congress fold? So far, there were straight denials to this question but now the tide may be turning. Notably, Pawar has never[Read More…]
Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed all the four bills under the Goods and Service Tax (GST). The bill was moved by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for consideration in Lok Sabha. The GST is all set to roll from July 1. The government faced a major embarrassment in the Rajya Sabha[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that Surya Namaskar has many similarities to Namaz (Muslims form of prayer). “All asanas (postures) in Surya Namaskar, Pranayama activities are similar with the way Namaz is done by our Muslim brothers. But nobody ever tried to bring them together because[Read More…]
As just months are left for the Presidential election, there was speculation around many noted -personalities of being in the race including Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhawat. But Bhawat put an end to the speculation saying, he is not in contention for the country’s top post on Wednesday. While[Read More…]
The US President Donald Trump has extended invitation to PM Narendra Modi to visit Washington later this year, said the White House, in a statement on Tuesday. Both the leader talked on the phone after Trump called PM Modi to congratulate him for the recent Assembly elections victory. The info[Read More…]
Noted writer-historian Ramachandra Guha on Tuesday said that he had been getting “identical threat mails” warning him not to be critical towards PM Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. The historian also clarified that such mails were a “routine affair” and it was “nothing serious”. The 58-year-old also[Read More…]
The stage is all set for the presidential election, due in July this year. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, may be looking for an eminent woman to hold the highest office of India. “The Prime Minister is keen on a consensus candidate,” a[Read More…]
Punjab government takes a U-turn on the cabinet decision to do away with beacons, as it on Tuesday issued an order permitting its use atop vehicles of the Chief Minister and ministers. “Beacon lights atop official vehicles will be prohibited except in the case of Chief Justice, Judges of the[Read More…]
Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav was on Tuesday unanimously elected Leader of the SP Legislature Party in both the Houses of the Uttar Pradesh Legislature, at a meeting of party legislators. SP veterans Azam Khan and Shivpal Singh Yadav were conspicuous by their absence from the meeting. Besides, Akhilesh was[Read More…]
The GST Bills in their present form were not acceptable to the Congress, but the party sought to tread cautiously to avoid being seen as against the tax reform measure. At a key strategy meeting of Congress MPs in the Lok Sabha chaired by party vice president Rahul Gandhi, it[Read More…]
Aam Aadmi Party on Monday accused the BJP of destabilising the Arvind Kejriwal government in the city after its MLA Ved Prakash joined the saffron party. Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh said the BJP is rattled with its imminent defeat in the civic body elections– where polling is scheduled for[Read More…]