Panaji: Goa-based Sahitya Akademi award-winning writer Damodar Mauzo, who was last week given police security following death-threats by alleged killers of Bengaluru-based writer Gauri Lankesh, on Wednesday said the state government has gone soft on the Sanatan Sanstha, headquartered in the coastal state. Why has this happened today? When in[Read More…]
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National Register of Citizens: Weak, fickle politicans costing Indian sovereignty, says Arun Jaitley
Territory and citizens are the two most important aspects of a sovereign State. The principal duty of any Government is to defend the borders of the country, prevent any trespass and make the life of its citizens safe and secure. Independent India has faced a major challenge to protect its[Read More…]
Who is lying on NRC, Amit Shah or Rajnath Singh, asks Congress
New Delhi: As BJP President Amit Shah said the Congress did not have the courage to implement NRC in Assam, while this government had the courage to do it, the Congress on Tuesday condemned it and asked who is lying, whether it is Shah or Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh,[Read More…]
BJP MLC threatens Bihar governor for acting against mafias
A video of a BJP MLC has floated on social media and has been tweeted by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav from his twitter handle where the MLC is openly threatening Bihar’s governor. In the video, he is clearly heard saying, “Rajyapalnama kaa hain, ki jo keh denge wo ho jayega.[Read More…]
Sunil Deodhar relieved as BJP’s Tripura in-charge, shifted to Andhra
New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ‘pracharak’ Sunil Deodhar, who was credited with being one the architects of the BJP’s victory in Tripura, was on Monday shifted to Andhra Pradesh as party’s co-incharge. Deodhar, the BJP’s in-charge of Tripura, has also been appointed as party’s national Secretary. He will assist[Read More…]
Anti-trafficking bill: Maneka apologises for calling transgenders ‘other ones’
New Delhi: Union Minister for Women and Child Development (WCD) Maneka Gandhi on Monday apologised for the remarks she made on transgenders while presenting the anti-trafficking bill in the Lok Sabha last week. I sincerely apologise for using the term ‘other ones’ during the debate on the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention,[Read More…]
Highest number of kidnapping accused lawmakers are from BJP
New Delhi: At least 16 BJP MPs and MLAs – the highest for any political party in India – have criminal charges related to kidnapping filed against them, according to an analysis of affidavits of 4,867 sitting MPs and MLAs. The findings were released on Monday by the Association for[Read More…]
Congress objects NRC, demands to resolve it on lines of Assam Accord 1985
Former union minister and Indian National Congress senior spokesperson Anand Sharma raises several issues during press briefing today. He mainly spoke about two major issues in the country that is increasing incidents of communal disharmony and secondly, degrading condition of India’s economy. According to him, there is a need to[Read More…]
West Bengal: BJP leader hacked to death, party blames Trinamool
Kolkata: A BJP leader was hacked to death in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, with police putting the blame on unidentified criminals, but the party accused the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress of being responsible for the killing. The Trinamool has, however, denied the charge. Shaktipada Sardar, the secretary of[Read More…]
Mehbooba Mufti cries foul over BJP-PDP alliance
Jammu and Kashmir’s first woman chief minister describes her experience working with the coalition of BJP as ‘not easy’. She compared it with having a cup of poison. This was her first public meeting ever since she left chief minister position last month after BJP took away its support in[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…]
BJP MP Hari Om claims “rising Muslim population responsible for mob lynching”
Hari Om Pandey, Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Uttar Pradesh has made a discriminatory statement, blaming the Muslim community responsible for increasing cases on mob lynching in India. BJP leader Pandey said that it’s of grave concern that the Muslim population is increasing because “that’s the reason for growing incidents[Read More…]
Unsung election victory of Congress for Shey-Thiksay seat in the Ladakh
Despite the fact that the sole MP from Ladakh belongs to Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress won the Shey-Thiksay seat in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), which runs the key district of Leh. The election which were held last month, went unnoticed by national media, but it is[Read More…]
‘I fear hugging Rahul Gandhi, my wife may divorce me’: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey
An ironic yet piercing remark came by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey, slamming Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over his iconic hug to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the no-confidence motion in Parliament last week. Dubey said that he fears hugging Rahul Gandhi as his wife may give divorce thinking[Read More…]
BJP MLA demands release of Alwar lynching accused
Rajasthan BJP MLA Gyan Dev Ahuja has demanded to release the three accused who were arrested in the suspicion of having involvement in lynching Rakbar Khan. The state Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria on Wednesday admitted that the 28-year-old victim died under police custody. Following this, Ahuja requested the Home Ministry[Read More…]
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh bats for a divided Uttar Pradesh
Former Union Minister and Congress MP Jairam Ramesh has once again called out for a divided Uttar Pradesh. He has repeatedly made a strong pitch to bifurcate the largest state of India. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state of India with 400 million people living across 2,43286 sq km.[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar agrees for CBI inquiry into Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case
After repeated insistence by RJD and Congress MLAs for CBI probe into Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case, finally, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has ordered a CBI probe into the matter. Earlier, Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi had shown their reluctance over any Central Bureau of Investigation in the mass gang[Read More…]
Bihar politics heats up with Upendra Kushwaha’s demand for new CM face
Union Minister of State for HRD, Upendra Kushwaha has demanded to change the Chief Minister face in Bihar for 2019 assembly elections. According to reports, he doesn’t want Nitish Kumar to continue to be the Chief Ministerial candidate of the state. Heating up the politics in Bihar, the Rashtriya Lok[Read More…]
Railway Minister slams Congress for delaying bullet train for 50 years
Claiming that Railways was used for political reasons earlier, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday slammed the previous governments for not being able to bring the Bullet Train. Earlier, Railways was used for political reasons. So many schemes were announced, but there was scarcity of budget to work on all[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Congress sweeps Pachmarhi council election, wins 6 out of 7 seats
BJP’s magic stick didn’t seem to work in Madhya Pradesh’s Pachmarhi as the party managed to secure only one seat in the council election. Congress, on the other hand, won six seats out of total seven seats on Sunday. During the previous elections in Pachmarhi BJP had secured five out[Read More…]
Hardik Patel found guilty in 2015 riots case, sentenced to 2 years in jail
Hardik Patel has been sentenced two years of jail as Gujrat court has found him guilty of creating violence during the 2015 riots case linked to the Patel quota movement. He has been held guilty in the case of vandalizing the office of BJP legislator Rushikesh Patel in Visnagar three[Read More…]
We need to discuss the Office of the Speaker
In this context the conduct of Sumitra Mahajan came under sharp attack. She chastised INC President Rahul Gandhi for the hug but allowed PM Modi to mimic Sonia Gandhi’s accent.
Khelo India players call it a volunteer move while BJP stands in denial
The video of Khelo India Khelo players catering to the ministers during an event in Ranchi BJP office is making round on internet, but the officials seem to remain in denial. When asked to comment on the matter, they either declined from having any information on the matter or found[Read More…]
The myth and reality of Ajit Jogi factor in Chhattisgarh polls!
(According to the trends, the Congress has crossed the half-way mark and is currently leading on 67 seats. The BJP, on the other hand, is leading on just 13 seats. Chhattisgarh had voted in two phases – November 12 and 20.) Forest strewn, verdant and lush green State of Chhattisgarh[Read More…]
Delhi HC to hear AAP MLAs plea against Election Commission on Tuesday
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will hear Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs plea challenging an Election Commission order in the office-of-profit case on Tuesday. The AAP legislators have challenged the Election Commission’s July 17 order rejecting their pleas seeking to cross-examine the complainant and advocate Prashant Patel. On March[Read More…]