A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Patna has been arrested for alleged sexual exploitation of the secretary of an NGO run by him, police said on Wednesday. Baban Yadav was arrested late on Tuesday following an FIR lodged by the secretary of Buddha Society Seva Foundation, an NGO which[Read More…]
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Rupee continues its free fall, record low of 70.32 a dollar
Downslide of Indian rupee continues to hit fresh records as it slumped 43 paise against the American dollar to trade at a life-time low of 70.32 on Thursday, August 16. Experts believe that the rupee is unlikely to recover soon. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange, the rupee opened at a[Read More…]
“Glitch-ridden GST was due to lack of time,” says GSTN CEO Prakash Kumar
The IT backbone of the Goods and Services Tax was not given enough time to prepare a system to the satisfaction of the GSTN which led to the glitches in the implementation of the new tax regime, a top official said. However, he added, the system had now stabilized and[Read More…]
Ram Mandir was never BJP’s election issue, says UP BJP chief
Ahead of state executive meet on Sunday, Bharatiya Janata Party UP chairperson Mahendra Nath Pandey has clarified that Ram Mandir has never been a poll agenda for BJP. Keeping in view the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha elections, all the parties have geared up for the preparations. Where oppositions are getting[Read More…]
RS Deputy Chairman election: YSR Congress to vote against NDA candidate
Hyderabad: The YSR Congress party on Tuesday decided to vote against the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate in the upcoming Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman’s election. Party leader and Rajya Sabha member V. Vijaysai Reddy announced that the party will vote against Janta Dal-United (JD-U) MP Harivansh Narayan Singh, who is[Read More…]
RS Deputy Chairman election: Nitish Kumar seeks TRS support
Hyderabad: Bihar Chief Minister and JD-U leader Nitish Kumar on Tuesday sought the support of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) for his party MP Harivansh Narayan Singh in the election for Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. Nitish Kumar telephoned TRS President and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and[Read More…]
NCP’s Vandana Chavan to be opposition candidate for RS Deputy Chairman
The Rajya Sabha election to the post of deputy chairman, which is scheduled for August 9, Thursday, is assumed to be tangy, as the names of NCP’s Vandana Chavan and DMK’s Tiruchi Siva are suspected as possible opposition candidate. The post has fallen vacant after since Congress MP PJ Kurian’s[Read More…]
BJP dubs CWC as ‘corruption wali committee’
New Delhi: Dubbing CWC as corruption wali committee (committee of corruption) instead of Congress Working Committee (CWC), the BJP on Saturday said that every act of corruption in the country is linked with the Congress and 10, Janpath is its permanent address. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Sambit Patra accused[Read More…]
Modi, Shah garlands criticism following resignation of ABP’s high profile journos
Resignation by two high profile journalists of ABP news channel – Milind Khandekar, managing editor and anchor Punya Prasun Bajpai – have triggered reactions on social media with many blaming Modi government for pushing the duo to quit. ABP’s flagship show, ‘Masterstroke’ has reportedly been taken off air. Khandekar took[Read More…]
“Shoot Rohingyas, Bangladeshi illegal immigrants to keep India safe,” says BJP MLA Raja Singh
Amid the ongoing tussle between the Centre and the opposition over recently released Assam NRC final draft list of eligible citizens, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Raja Singh said that in a bid to keep India safe, Rohingya and Bangladeshi illegal immigrants should be shot dead. On Tuesday July 31, Telangana[Read More…]
Fanney Khan song ‘Mere Ache Din’ roasted, compared with Modi’s slogan ‘Ache Din’
‘Mere ache din kab aayenge’, a song from the upcoming movie Fanney Khan has been trolled by the social media, taking a dig at Bharatiya Janata Party over their political slogan ‘Ache Din’, that Narendra Modi used during the general elections of 2014. Movie Fanney Khan, starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan,[Read More…]
Rafale Deal: Congress takes a dig on BJP, says ‘tax payers will pay Rs 1 lakh crore’
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that the due to the Rafale fighter jet deal, Indian taxpayers will have to pay the Prime Minister’s friend’s joint venture Rs 1 lakh crore over five decades to maintain the aircraft. Taking a dig, he said that Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will[Read More…]
Maratha Quota: Shiv Sena taunts BJP, says “make Pankaja Munde CM for an hour”
The Shiv Sena on Saturday sought to embarrass its Bharatiya Janata Party ruling ally by suggesting that Pankaja Munde, a minister in the Maharashtra cabinet, be unanimously anointed as Chief Minister for an hour to clear the Maratha quotas file. The Sena’s advice came after Women and Child Welfare Minister[Read More…]
Amit Shah shown black flag by students of Allahabad over ‘unemployment’
Three students were beaten and arrested late Friday for showing black flags to BJP National President Amit Shah, during his visit to Allahabad. Protesters including two girl students and one boy raised blacks flags and slogans in front of BJP leader Amit Shah’s cavalcade. As per the reports, ‘unemployment’ was[Read More…]
GST replaced ‘Congress legacy tax’ with ‘Good and simple tax’: Arun Jaitley
Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said the GST has replaced the ‘Congress Legacy Tax’ — which was 31 per cent for most goods — with a ‘good and simple tax’, adding that the existing 28 per cent slab will be phased out following further improvement in revenue collections. It[Read More…]
Narendra Modi has become Dhritrashtra, BJP Duryodhan: Congress
New Delhi: Accusing the BJP-led Central government of trying to create a divide among Hindus and Muslims ahead of 2019 elections to polarise the society, the Congress on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become blind like Mahabharata character Dhritrashtra in his pursuit of power. The party also compared[Read More…]
Ministry denies info on land allotment for new BJP HQ in Delhi: Activist
Lucknow: Information sought under the RTI Act about the allotment of land to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for its new headquarters at 6, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg in New Delhi has been denied by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, an activist said on Tuesday. City based[Read More…]
Must decide about joint opposition leadership sooner than later: Salman Khurshid
New Delhi: A united opposition needs to decide about its leadership sooner than later based on ground realities to fight the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the next Lok Sabha elections, says senior Congress leader and former minister Salman Khurshid. He also strongly favours a pre-poll arrangement between all opposition[Read More…]
Woman gang raped in MP’s Sihore, two BJP supporters booked
Sihore: A 28-year-old woman was gang-raped by two persons working for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, following which a case was registered and one person arrested, police said on Sunday. Ashta police station SHO V.D. Veera told IANS that the young woman worked at a skilling centre run by one[Read More…]
Poll officials search Amit Shah’s aircraft in Karnataka
Hubballi: BJP President Amit Shah was in for a surprise on Tuesday when Election Commission officials searched his private aircraft on landing in this Karnataka city for party events ahead of the May 12 assembly poll. “A team of our officials searched the chartered aircraft in which Shah arrived here[Read More…]
BSP MLA votes for BJP in Rajya Sabha polls
Lucknow: In a jolt to the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), its legislator Anil Singh on Friday voted for BJP candidates in the Rajya Sabha polls currently underway in Uttar Pradesh. Talking to the media after casting his vote, Singh, who met chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday night, said he[Read More…]
Won’t damage Ram Sethu: Centre
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that “in the interest of the nation” it has decided not to damage the ‘Ram Sethu’ bridge for the Sethusamudram project initiated to facilitate navigation between India’s east and west coasts. Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice[Read More…]
BJP is sinking fast, says Naveen Patnaik
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is sinking fast in the country. “The BJP is sinking quite fast,” Patnaik told reporters here, citing the defeat of the BJP in the by-poll to two parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh. The Biju Janata Dal (BJD)[Read More…]
UP bypoll: BJP leading in Gorakhpur, Phulpur
Lucknow: Counting of votes for the Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh began amid tight security on Wednesday, a poll official said. In the initial rounds of counting, BJP is leading in both seats. While in the Gorakhpur bypoll, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Upendra Dutt Shukla is leading;[Read More…]
BJP MP urges review of prohibition in Bihar
Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP R.K. Sinha from Bihar on Monday said prohibition has failed in the state and called for a review of the much-hyped policy, which is currently in effect in the state. The BJP is a ruling ally of Nitish Kumar-led government in the state. Sinha, a[Read More…]