Newly elected Delhi University Students Union President Ankiv Baisoya is found to have submitted fake mark sheet and certificate for admission in Delhi University. Newly elected DU President Ankiv Basoya of ABVP, furnished fake marksheet & certificate for admission in DU, from Thiruvalluvar University. When NSUI in Tamil Nadu wrote[Read More…]
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Manjhi demands 20 seats in Bihar, more trouble for Mahagathbandhan
Hindustani Avam Morcha (HAM) leader and former chief minister of Bihar, Jitan Ram Manjhi is asking for 20 seats out of 40 members of parliament seats. In Bihar HAM is part of the greater alliance (Mahagathbandhan) that includes Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). Manjhi was addressing the media on[Read More…]
Amid search for Manohar Parrikar’s successor, Congress stakes claim to form government
Even as the ruling BJP-led coalition alliance looks for a new leader to replace ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, Congress MLAs on Monday staked claim to form a government in Goa. The leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar visited Raj Bhavan and submitted a letter to Governor Mridula Sinha’s office signed[Read More…]
People target RSS out of fear: Mohan Bhagwat
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday said the organisation has emerged as a “power” in the country and many people target it out of fear. “Its (RSS) work gets advertised automatically when its power increases. And when its work gets popular, then people try to learn more about it. And[Read More…]
Patna Sahib has more round pegs than round holes; who could be BJP’s candidate?
With the Lok Sabha elections nearing Patna Sahib Seat has become the most talked constituency of Bihar. Now, when it is almost clear that the Bharatiya Janata Party is not considering the present MP Shatrughan Sinha to give a ticket to fight from this constituency, then the question arises that who[Read More…]
Nitish cabinet to soon get expansion, Prashant Kishor likely to get new role
Patna: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has indicated signs of cabinet expansion after the entry of political strategist Prashant Kishor in JDU. After the resignation of social welfare minister Manju Verma, the number of ministers in the Bihar government has remained 28. While 36 ministers can be inducted in the cabinet. Nitish Kumar[Read More…]
BJP team meets Goa MLAs over leadership, no consensus yet
The BJP central leadership’s attempts to form a consensus between party MLAs and alliance partners in Goa over alternate leadership due to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s illness remained inconclusive on Sunday. Allocation of portfolios held by Parrikar could take place in the next few days, a ruling alliance Minister said.[Read More…]
Kejriwal takes on Modi, Rahul over religious outreach
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi for visiting mosques and temples. “Rahulji is visiting temples, Modiji is visiting mosques. Nation building can’t be done by going to temples and mosques but by[Read More…]
Political Circus: Amit Shah’s 50-year dream: Whistling in the dark?
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah’s boast at the national executive meeting about the party ruling for 50 years may have been in keeping with his usual aggressive, bombastic style, but it has been interpreted in two contradictory ways. One was to see it as a sign of arrogance[Read More…]
Who is chief architect of Mallya’s escape, Congress asks Modi
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The Congress on Friday accused Prime Minister Modi of maintaining “conspiratorial silence on fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, demanding to know who the “chief architect and protector of his escape” was. Party spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala demanded an independent probe into the episode and asked: “Who is[Read More…]
No one can beat Modi in 2019 polls: Harsh Vardhan
Kolkata, Sep 14 (IANS) Union Minister and senior BJP leader Harsh Vardhan on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was politically invincible and there was no one to throw a challenge to him in next year’s general elections. “There is no one who can beat Narendra Modi… I do not think[Read More…]
BJP dumped Ram temple issue after getting power: Togadia
Lucknow, Sep 14 (IANS) Former Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) President Praveen Togadia on Friday accused the BJP of coming to power by promising a Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh but dumping the issue thereafter. Addressing a rally at the Janakpuri ground in Akbarpur, he said: “They always said that[Read More…]
Majority of Indians say politicians mislead masses: survey
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) A survey of over 19,000 people across the country revealed that most Indians blame politicians for misleading the people. The survey conducted by Ipsos said that 56 per cent respondents “blame politicians for misleading people, 47 per cent believed that it is the media that is[Read More…]
Accepting RSS invite will amount to inviting destruction: Owaisi
Amid reports that the RSS is planning to invite Congress President Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders to its meeting, MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said those accepting the invite will be inviting destruction. The Hyderabad MP ruled out accepting the RSS invitation, saying he would never do the[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi, family partially owned Kingfisher Airlines through proxy: BJP
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The BJP on Thursday alleged that the UPA government gave “sweet deals” to fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, while claiming that Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s family “partially owned the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines through proxy”. “There are documents that show how the RBI and UPA under Sonia Gandhi[Read More…]
Digvijay Singh aimed at CM Chauhan over corruptions, says, epic could be written on scams
Former Chief Minister and Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh aimed at PM Narendra Modi, BJP’s Amit Shah and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan during a press conference on Tuesday. He targeted the government for note ban and corruptions. He alleged that an epic could be written on the scams[Read More…]
Smriti Irani trying to find lost political relevance, allegations are foolish: Congress
As BJP leader Smriti Irani attacked Congress President Rahul Gandhi, the party said she was trying to find “lost political relevance” as she had become quite irrelevant, as it noted that BJP was seeking ‘personal vendetta’ against the party leadership in the Income tax case. Accusing the Gandhi family of consistently dedicating itself to only[Read More…]
Why BJP concerned about opposition alliance more than fuel prices, asks Congress
Congress on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his silence on the rise in fuel prices and fall in the value of rupee as it asked why it was bothered about “grand alliance” of the opposition parties more than anything else. Terming the Modi government’s excuse of rising fuel prices, which was[Read More…]
‘Centre increased excise duty 12 times on petrol, diesel’
Congress leaders Sunday urged the people of Gujarat to make Monday’s Bharat bandh a success and accused the Centre of revising excise duty on petrol and diesel twelve times leading to a sharp spike in their prices. The BJP-led Union government pocketed Rs 11 lakh crore from the public by raising taxes on fuel and not including petrol and diesel under GST, Congress leaders Sushil Kumar[Read More…]
BJP says opposition dreaming of gaining power without leader
The BJP National Executive on Sunday passed a political resolution that vowed to return to power again in 2019 with a bigger mandate than that of 2014, saying the opposition has no leader, no strategy and no vision while the ruling party has no such dearth. Briefing the media, Union Human Resource[Read More…]
What will be BJP’s concern on gay rights political fallout
More than the social impact of the Supreme Court’s judgment on gay rights, what will be of concern to the ruling party at the Centre is its political fallout. Hence, the eloquent silence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the subject. For the BJP and its ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), any expansion[Read More…]
Manmohan Singh attacks Modi for BJP government’s failures
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing the BJP-led government of all-round failure leading to agrarian crisis, economic turmoil and deteriorating ties with neighbouring countries. Singh was speaking at the launch of Congress leader Kapil Sibal’s book “Shades of Truth–A Journey Derailed.” The Modi government “has not constructively dealt with the[Read More…]
Fuel prices register steepest daily hike, up 50 paise per litre
Domestic fuel prices witnessed the steepest hike in the year so far with around 50-paise raise on Friday across the four metro cities. Both petrol and diesel prices have been at their all-time high in the country for around a week now, due to increase in crude oil prices and depreciation in the rupee against the dollar. The weakening of[Read More…]
Is Shivpal Yadav BJP’s weapon against Akhilesh-Mayawati combine?
Is Shivpal Singh Yadav, the estranged uncle of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, the weapon the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking for in Uttar Pradesh — a state which gave it 73 of 80 seats in the 2014 general election, but where it is threatened by the coming together of the SP[Read More…]
Why is BJP afraid of Rahul’s Mansarovar Yatra?
BJP leader Giriraj Singh is again in news. This time he has shared a picture of Rahul Gandhi’s Kailash Mansarovar yatra and claimed it a photoshopped one. Singh tweeted the image and said that it is a photoshopped image of him. He asked- “where is the shadow of the stick?”[Read More…]