Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday released CCTV footage that he said showed police action against peaceful protesters and subsequent firing leading to the death of two youths in Kotkapura in October 2015 following sacrilege incidents. Sidhu demanded action against then Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Shiromani Akali[Read More…]
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Government’s negligence led to Kolkata bridge collapse: BJP
West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh on Thursday claimed that negligence on the part of the state government led to the partial collapse of a south Kolkata bridge and urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter instead of covering it up by bringing other[Read More…]
Congress to organise Bharat Bandh against fuel prices on September 10
The Congress will organise a nationwide shutdown on September 10 over rising fuel prices, parties leaders announced Thursday and asked other opposition parties and civil society groups to join their protest against the government. The common man was bearing the brunt of the escalating prices of petrol, diesel and cooking[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh: Vajpayee’ image missing from Atal Vikas Yatra campaign
Raipur: BJP president Amit Shah launched ‘Atal Vikas Yatra’ on Wednesday from Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh. All the leading newspapers of Chhattisgarh has carried the full front page advertisement. Ironically not a single advertisement has the carried the image of former Prime Minister Vajpayee. Image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and[Read More…]
Kanhaiya Kumar’s entry in the electoral fray may well open a new chapter in politics
The former Jawaharlal Nehru University students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar appears to be on way to bring new blood and verve to the politics of not only his home State, or Bihar, but also to that of the rest of the country. The reason for this is that he for[Read More…]
The rise of Misfika Hasan: Lone Muslim BJP spokesperson in Jharkhand
Born on November 10, 1990, the 27-year-old Misfika Hasan was researching on Cancer in All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) before jumping into politics.
Lois Sofia released on bail after Stalin dared police, charged BJP of fascism
Tamil Nadu police releases Louis Sophia who raised slogans against the BJP-led central government in public’ on bail after her arrest sparked a political row. DMK chief MK Stalin had slammed the Tamil Nadu government for arresting her and called for Sofia’s release on Monday. Stalin had also dared Tamil[Read More…]
Karnataka Urban Local Bodies Result: Check Ward Wise and Seat Wise result
The counting of votes for civic polls conducted on 105 Urban Local Bodies (ULB) of Karnataka has begun. The State Election Commission (SEC) will declare all the results of civic polls conducted in 105 Urban Local Bodies of Karnataka by today in the evening. Elections in the 105 ULBs were[Read More…]
BJP MLA’s son threatens to shoot Jyotiraditya Scindia
BJP MLA Uma Devi Khatik’s son Princedeep Lalchand Khatik, in a social media post on Monday, threatened to shoot Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia. Lalchand Khatik wrote in a Facebook post: “Jyotiraditya Scindia, you have Jiwajirao’s blood running in your veins, who killed Jhansi ki Rani. If you step in Hatta then I will shoot[Read More…]
Aam Aadmi Party will not ally with Congress: Gopal Rai
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will not ally with the Congress in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Gopal Rai, a cabinet minister in the Delhi government, has said, adding that being a part of a post-poll Grand Alliance will depend on the manner in which the electorate votes. “No,” the Delhi State Convenor of[Read More…]
65 Lok Sabha members, 29 Rajya Sabha members yet to declare assets
Sixty-five members of the Lok Sabha and 29 of the Rajya Sabha are yet to declare their assets and liabilities, a reply to a query under the RTI Act has revealed. Out of the MPs belonging to the lower house, 61 have not furnished their details since 2014, while four[Read More…]
Karnataka Municipal Elections: Couldn’t perform well due to coalition govt, says BS Yeddyurappa
BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa said that the saffron party couldn’t perform as per the calculations due to Congress-JD(S) coalition government. On Saturday, the ruling Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) had said that it would extend its coalition alliance with Congress in Karnataka to the urban local bodies (ULBs) across the state[Read More…]
‘Kamdar’ Modi destroyed India’s economy: Kapil Sibal
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the “so-called kamdar” had destroyed India’s economy with no jobs and no solutions to rising unemployment. Sibal’s comment comes in continuation of the war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, as Modi on Saturday lashed[Read More…]
Odisha: Hindutva’s gateway to the East
In the Panchayat elections held in 2017 in Odisha, the BJP has improved it’s tally by a whopping 850 per cent as compared with the 2012 elections. With a failing Congress, the Hindutva party hopes to unseat the four term chief minister Naveen Patnaik and do a Tripura in the assembly elections to[Read More…]
Setback for BJP, PDP; NC and Congress wins big in Kargil council polls
National Conference (NC) emerges as the single largest party with ten seats in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council as people of Kargil gives a hung verdict in the elections. The Council consists of total 30 seats and the election is held on 26 seats only. Now the Independent Councillors[Read More…]
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…]
Bihar: NDA finalises Lok Sabha seat-sharing formula for state
Seat-sharing formula for the 2019 general elections has been finalised by the NDA constituents in Bihar, with the BJP getting the lion’s share of 20 out of the 40 Lok Sabha seats and the rest going to its allies including the JD-U, LJP and the RLSP, party leaders said on[Read More…]
Vote for Congress will cut into AAP share: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that a vote for the Congress in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls will cut into his Aam Aadmi Party’s vote share and thus ensure a BJP win in the national capital. Kejriwal’s reaction came after he shared a tweet by VDP Associates — a polling[Read More…]
Goa CM Manohar Parrikar to fly to US for treatment
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who is currently admitted in a private hospital in Mumbai, is expected to fly to the US later on Wednesday, an official said. Parrikar had returned to Goa on August 22 from the US but was admitted in a Mumbai hospital within hours of his[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…]
Gujarat: Congress’ Paresh Dhanani alleges scam in crop insurance scheme
Leader of Opposition in the Gujarat Assembly Paresh Dhanani on Tuesday alleged an over Rs 100,000 crore scam in Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), claiming that private insurance companies were benefitting at the exchequer’s cost. “By making this central scheme mandatory for farmers and bringing in private players instead[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…]
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…]
Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections: IAS at the age of 23, Raipur Collector resigns to join BJP
Chhattisgarh assembly poll is due in December 2018 and all the political parties seem to have pulled up their socks for the elections. Getting a strong support in the mid of the campaign period may prove to be a mileage for any party. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to get[Read More…]