Voting for a single phase of Assembly elections in Punjab and Goa is in a process. Goa is voting to choose members for the 40-seat Assembly while Punjab with 1.98 crore eligible voters will decide the fate of nearly 1,145 candidates for 117-seat Assembly. In the both states BJP is[Read More…]
The government on Friday introduced a bill in Lok Sabha that provides for holding, transfer and receiving of old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes a criminal offence, punishable with a minimum fine of Rs 10,000. Holding of more than 10 scrapped notes of Rs 500/1000 denomination will be[Read More…]
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said that the Budget 2017 reflects India’s intent for electoral reforms and transparency in governance. “Transparency is the hallmark of any governance and it has to start from the conduct of any political party. For the last 70 years there has been talk of[Read More…]
Income Tax department on Friday claimed to have found that audit reports prepared by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for donations amounting to about Rs 27 crore are incorrect. In a report submitted to the Election Commission, the department, which has been investigating the donations list of the party for[Read More…]
In an interview with The Indian Express, KPS Gill, who had a key but controversial role in ending terrorism in Punjab, said AAP may not be aware of what it is doing. Gill said, “Actually, I had predicted that because of the activities of certain political parties there will be[Read More…]
Slamming union budget 2017, Former Union Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said that framing community has been cheated. “People have already stopped talking about the budget, 24 hours after it was presented,” Chidmbaram said. He added, ”I don’t think this will have any impact on state[Read More…]
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh on Thursday promised to bring back the innocent Sikh youths languishing in jails around the country if voted to the power. “Cancellation of all false FIRs against Sikh youths lodged in prisons around the country and they will be brought back to Punjab,” chief ministerial face[Read More…]
Launching scathing attack on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday ahead of Punjab polls, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi said that AAP supremo supported disruptive forces which led to recent blast in Punjab’s Bhatinda. Gandhi asserted that these were the same forces, which pushed Punjab into militancy three decades[Read More…]
United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres made it clear on Wednesday that the US travel ban imposed on refugees and immigrants from seven Middle East and North African countries. As per the executive order signed by President Donald Trump, refugees from all over the world will be prohibited from entering America[Read More…]
Terming budget as a disappointing, senior Congress leader and MP, Ahmed Patel said that the budget has no road map for creation of jobs, increase in farmer income and decrease in house prices. “Budget is disappointing. It has no roadmap for creation of jobs, increase in farmer income and decrease[Read More…]
Two more children, who were critically injured after a high-intensity twin blast that occurred during a political road show at Maur in Punjab’s Bathinda district on Tuesday night, have died at the Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana. These deaths occurred early on Wednesday morning. The death toll, in the[Read More…]
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union budget 2017-2018 in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, the fourth budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the budget reflects the commitment to eliminate corruption and black money. Claiming that the Finance Minister has presented an uttam, or excellent, budget, Modi said “In[Read More…]
E Ahamed, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) president and former Union minister who died at RML hospital in Delhi early Wednesday was a political stalwart and a skilled diplomat who played pivotal role in India’s diplomatic relation with middle-eastern countries. Ahamed, member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly for 18 years[Read More…]
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is presenting the Union Budget 2017 in Parliament. This budget is also special as it is the first time that the Union and railway budgets have been merged. The merger brought an end to the 92-year-old tradition of having a separate railway budget. The demonetization of[Read More…]