As the Punjab polls are expected to be held in 2017, the state Congress on Thursday released the first list of candidates. The party has named 61 candidates including Punjab Congress Chief Captain Amarinder Singh, who will contest election Patiala and Manpreet Badal is the candidate from Bathinda Urban. Congress[Read More…]
Senior union minister Ananth Kumar of the BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday and dismiss the Congress vice president’s claims that he has “information on personal corruption” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “sign of desperation.” He further asked where Rahul Gandhi was for the last 20[Read More…]
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hits at government and PM Modi after accusing the government of not allowing him to speak in the Parliament on demonetisation. He said he wanted to speak on many issues and it was to be seen if the government allows it. Rahul Gandhi[Read More…]
Union Minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju is at the centre of a dispute these days for having sought release of payments for contractors named in a vigilance probe. While Congress is seeking his resignation, the minister hits back at the opposition and said all payments were made during[Read More…]
After their recent all round poor performance in elections, Congress leaders of Uttar Pradesh are feeling a chance in pegging back the important state in their favour by aligning with the Samajwadi party. The feeling is that demonetisation will decisively halt BJP and bolster its prospects in the upcoming Assembly[Read More…]
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday termed the demonetisation move as the “biggest scam of the year” and demanded a probe on the move. “This is the biggest scam of the year and must be investigated,” Chidambaram said in his address to reporters in Nagpur. “Every bank says there[Read More…]
Reacting sharply to the reports of his involvement in corruption, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said that those who planted the news will get beaten up with shoes if they come to Arunachal Pradesh “Jhoothe khayenge hamare yahan,” he told ANI reacting to the report that[Read More…]
Ahead of the upcoming polls next year, the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet under the leadership of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday approved the recommendations of the seventh pay commission. As per new salary structure after the big decision few months before the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, entry salary that is[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the BJP’s Parivartan Sabha in Bahraich district via phone as his helicopter could not land at the venue due to fog and clouds. PM Modi once again appealed to the people to start using mobile banking following the demonetization move. PM emphasized on the use[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he would end the gundaraj in Uttar Pradesh if the BJP is voted to power in the coming assembly elections early next year. Due to foggy weather, Modi was unable to attend the public rally in the election-bound Uttar Pradesh at Bahraich. He[Read More…]
After the capital awoke to dense fog and an unexpected nip in the air, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) founder Arvind Kejriwal tweeted saying “Thand aa gayi hai. Muffler nikal gaya. Aap bhi apna khayal rakhe (The cold is here. The muffler has come out. All of[Read More…]
As the Parliament logjam entered into its third week, President Pranab Mukherjee asked the Opposition to not disrupt Parliament over demonetisation issue. “For demonstration, you can choose any other places. But for God’s sake, do your job. You are meant to transact business. You are meant to devote your time[Read More…]
Opposition leaders on Thursday observed a ‘Black Day’ in Parliament premises to mark one month of the announcement of demonetisation, with Rahul Gandhi launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his “foolish decision” has “devastated” the country. Leading the protest, Gandhi accused Modi of shying away from[Read More…]
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that the Narendra Modi government’s demonetisation move was a scam worth Rs 8 lakh crore, done to write off bad loans worth this amount. “There is a different reason and intention behind it. What was the real reason behind demonetisation. According to[Read More…]
The driver of a Karnataka Administrative Service officer allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday after blaming Karnataka mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy and a KAS officer of harassing him, as per the reports. The incident occurred in Mandya and the deceased was identified as Ramesh Gowda. Gowda claimed in his suicide[Read More…]
Sasikala Natarajan, a confidante and close aide of former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and her family, may receive the ownership of late leader’s property worth ₹113.73 crore. As per a report in The Telegraph, sources said that Jayalalithaa had drawn up a will a couple of years ago that clearly[Read More…]
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MPs, MLAs and staunch supporters of the late former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa including women shaved their heads in grief in memory of their beloved leader and also as a mark of respect. Teary eyed supporters continue to throng the Marina beach[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa passed away on December 5 after suffering from a cardiac arrest. Puratchi Thalaivi Amma was laid to rest at Chennai’s Marina beach, next to her mentor MGR. Thousands of people gathered outside her final resting place to pay tributes. Political leaders paid their last respects[Read More…]
With the death of Chief Minister, J Jayalalithaa, who passed away on December 5, 2016, the count of Chief Ministers, who died while in office has reached to 16. Here’s a list of chief ministers who died in office: Gopinath Bordoloi (Assam, died 6 August 1950) Terms as CM: April[Read More…]
Following Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s death, senior AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam was elected the leader of the Legislature Party shortly after Monday midnight and sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. At a solemn ceremony in the Raj Bhavan, Panneerselvam was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor[Read More…]
Classical dancer, a popular actress and politician, Jayalalithaa Jayaraman has donned all the hats with utmost elan. Revered as Amma by her loyalists, she became the face of Tamil Nadu politics in the 21st century. Jayalalithaa was born on February 24, 1948, in Mysore. She began schooling at the Bishop[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa (68) passed away at 11:30 pm on Monday after she suffered a cardiac arrest the day before, Apollo Hospital said. The former actress – turned politician, popularly known as Amma, was being treated at Chennai’s Apollo Hospital, where she has spent over two months being[Read More…]
Puducherry chief minister V Narayanasamy said, on Sunday, that DMK chief M Karunanidhi was likely to be discharged in a day or two. Karunanidhi was admitted to Kauvery Hospital on Thursday for further treatment of a drug-induced allergy on December 1. “I came to enquire about his health since he[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by five minor students and a collegian at Ashwin Nagar in Nashik in September, police said on Monday. The victim was taken to a row house by a collegian. Her cold drink was spiked to render her unconscious, after which[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu was on alert after Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening. “She is being treated and monitored by a team of experts including cardiologists, pulmonologists and critical care specialists,” reads a bulletin issued by the hospital. “She is on extracorporeal membrane heart assist device[Read More…]