In 2016, India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France called Rafale Deal that gathered much controversy for the ruling party. Instead of dying down with the course of time, the fighter jet deal controversy has taken a shape of any scam. Before India signed a Memorandum of Understanding with France[Read More…]
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PM-Jaa to PM-Jay: What went into changing name of PM’s flagship health scheme
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” is a popular reference to William Shakespeare‘s play Romeo and Juliet. This reference is often used to imply that the names of things do not affect what they really are. However, it doesn’t seem to fit in Indian politics. Apparently,[Read More…]
BJP will try to derail everything with some surprise attack: Arundhati Roy
The arrest earlier this week of civil rights activists was carried out to “Divert and Rule”, writer-activist Arundhati Roy alleged on Thursday and expressed fear that in the run up to the 2019 general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will “try to derail everything” with “some surprise attack”, urging people to[Read More…]
Exercise SCO Peace Mission 2018 ceremony culminated
The SCO Peace Mission Exercise 2018 culminated on 29 August 2018 after days of joint training amongst multinational forces of eight SCO nations. In the joint multinational exercise which began on 24 Aug 2018 the SCO nations conducted training focused on combating terrorism. After intense military training, the joint exercise[Read More…]
Lynching bad for India’s reputation: Tourism Minister Alphons in China
Incidents of lynching have hurt India’s image, Tourism Minister KJ Alphons, who is in China to draw in more tourists, has admitted. The minister, however, said that the ban on beef has not affected tourism in the country and sought to debunk a survey showing India as the most unsafe[Read More…]
Justice Ranjan Gogoi likely to be new Chief Justice of India
Justice Ranjan Gogoi to be the next Chief Justice of India. At present Gogoi is the senior most judge of the Supreme Court and will ascend to the seat of the CJI post Dipak Mishra’s retirement. His appointment will be done on the formal recommendations of the CJI Dipak Mishra[Read More…]
Modi government’s unfolding emergency through back door
On Tuesday morning, Pune police conducted a widespread raid and simultaneous arrests of activists in Ranchi, Hyderabad, Delhi, Faridabad, Goa and Mumbai. Stan Swamy in Ranchi, Varavara Rao in Hyderabad, Gautam Navlakha in New Delhi, Sudha Bharadwaj in Faridabad, Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde in Goa and Vernon Gonsalves and Arun[Read More…]
China welcomes Pakistan, India participation in anti-terror drill
Beijing: China has welcomed the joint participation of Pakistan and India in the ongoing anti-terrorism exercise under the SCO framework. Both the countries are important countries in South Asia. The stability of India-Pakistan relations is of great significance to regional peace and stability and even world peace and development, said[Read More…]
Police raids on human rights activists’ homes in Mumbai, Ranchi, Hyderabad
Pune police team raided human rights activists in Mumbai, Ranchi, Faridabad, and Hyderabad on Tuesday morning. The police called these raids a part of an investigation into a public meeting that was organised few days before a caste-related violence took place in Bhima Koregaon near Pune in January 2018. The[Read More…]
Youth need equal opportunity to join politics to shape New India, says MoS Jitender Singh
The Union Minister of State for Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Space and Atomic Energy Dr Jitender Singh today said that Government is committed to strengthening the democratic procedures and institutions by ensuring equality of opportunity to all. He emphasised[Read More…]
India aims to double export by 2025 announces union minister Suresh Prabhu
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation today chaired a meeting of different exports stakeholders and Commerce Ministry officers to discuss a strategy for revitalizing India’s exports and doubling the country’s exports by 2025. The Minister said that this is necessary for a view of challenges like the[Read More…]
In 2019, Rahul Gandhi is the only leader who can defeat Modi
Last week, the Congress President, Rahul Gandhi undertook a four-day visit to Germany and the United Kingdom as a part of his party’s NRI outreach program. In this visit, besides his meetings with politicians of the host countries and speaking to Indian Overseas Congress members, he also spoke and interacted[Read More…]
Minor school boy sexually assaulted by teacher; police arrests accused
Police arrest a Delhi school teacher for sexually assaulting a minor boy. The victim was a student of the school in North Delhi. The incident came to light after police noticed a video published by an NGO. The assault was captured by another student of the school and later the[Read More…]
Unnao Rape Case: Police exhumes CBI witness’ body for autopsy
Unnao district administration exhumed the remains of 32-year-old Yunus Khan, the key CBI witness in the rape case involving Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar on Saturday. Yunus was a witness for CBI in the murder case of the father of a teenage girl raped in the district last[Read More…]
Opinion: Rahul Gandhi has to choose his words with care
By Amulya Ganguli Rahul Gandhi has had another of his escape-velocity-of-Jupiter moments. His reference to the massive gravitational force of the solar system’s largest planet was in the context of “explaining” how much velocity was required by a spacecraft to lift itself from the surface of Jupiter compared to what was[Read More…]
Defeating BJP first priority of Opposition in 2019, leadership later: Rahul Gandhi
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the 2019 Lok Sabha elections will be a straight contest between the BJP and the “entire opposition” and their “first priority” is to defeat the ruling alliance. He said the issue of leadership will be taken up by opposition parties after the polls. In an interactive[Read More…]
MIM looks forward to Telangana Rashtra Samithi support in Assembly elections
The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) seems to be trying to strengthen relations with Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) with an eye at the Assembly seats for the other parts of the Hyderabad. MIM shares a cordial relation with the TRS Party in Andhra Pradesh. It is said that the leaders of both[Read More…]
Congress asks Modi to make letter to Pakistan PM Imran Khan public
Terming Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu’s visit to Pakistan a non-issue since he went there in his personal capacity, the party on Tuesday turned to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him as to what happened to the red lines of ‘no-talks’ till terror from Pakistan stops. It said the PM’s letter to[Read More…]
Congress gets a new face; while mystery continues over BJP treasurer
Congress has appointed senior leader Ahmed Patel as new treasurer replacing Motilal Vohra. Whereas, the mystery continues over BJP treasure. Piyush Goyal was last declared treasurer of the Bhartiya Janata Party, who is now a minister in the Modi cabinet. If Goyal is still handling the post of the treasurer in[Read More…]
Only 4% rise of water in 91 major Indian reservoirs recorded worst in last 10-years
The water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on August 16, 2018 was 84.743 BCM which is 52% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This percentage was at 48% for the week ending on August 09, 2018. The level of water storage in the week ending[Read More…]
BJP chief Amit Shah drops down national flag, Congress mocks
Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah dropped the national flag of India during flag hoisting ceremony at party headquarter in New Delhi on Wednesday. Amid slogans of ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ and ‘Vande Matram’ by the party leaders nd workers, Amit Shah was trying to unfurl the flag when he[Read More…]
Why one does not need to be a Soldier to prove his patriotic credentials
When soldiers go to war in other countries, the civilians staying back generally don’t have any contact with them. The state-controlled media does nothing to involve their viewers and readers in the actual events taking place and hide the dirty side of the war. The mighty soldiers return to their[Read More…]
First project under Swadesh Darshan Scheme in Manipur inaugurated today
The Governor of Manipur, Dr Najma A. Heptulla inaugurated the project “Development of North East Circuit: Imphal & Khongjom” implemented under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme of Ministry of Tourism, Government of India at a function held at the historic Kangla Fort in Imphal, Manipur today. The project is the first[Read More…]
Expectations from a secular opposition
It is not very often that a journalist has to actually tell his/her source about his religious identity, but in the times we are living in abnormal has become the new normal. Recently while I was strolling through Central Delhi, I stopped by a tea seller sharing political gossips with[Read More…]
RBI denies China’s claim of printing money; Congress questions Government
Chinese media is reported saying that China has won the contract to print Indian currency. Not just Indian, many other countries gave handed-over the contract to China for the printing of their currency notes, said China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (CBPMC) President Liu Guisheng. According to the South China[Read More…]