Parliament Monsoon Session 2018 begins with opposition roaring over several issues including mob lynchings in the name of cow vigilantism. The Rajasthan police is being accused of delaying in taking the 28 years old Rakbar Khan to the hospital that was just six kilometres from the crime spot. One would[Read More…]
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Vasundhara Raje to be BJP CM face in Rajasthan: Amit Shah
Jaipur: The BJP will fight the forthcoming Rajasthan assembly elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who will retain the post as the party would come back to power with a big majority, said party President Amit Shah on Saturday. In his address at the concluding ceremony of[Read More…]
Trinamool Congress will fight 2019 general elections alone in Bengal: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday her Trinamool Congress would fight the 2019 General elections alone in West Bengal and warned the Congress and the Left not to join hands with the BJP in the state while seeking her support at the Centre. Addressing the party’s[Read More…]
Post truth politics is the biggest achievement of Modi government
In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries declared ‘post-truth’ the word of the year in response to a rise in its usage in relation to political developments in the US for the presidential election and in the UK on Brexit. It is defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts[Read More…]
I am happy, Rahul Gandhi copied my wink: Actor Priya Varrier
Amid the many memes and jokes over Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s wink and hug to Prime Minister Modi during the no-confidence motion debate on Friday, July 20, came the reaction of actor Priya Prakash Varrier who claims Rahul Gandhi had “copied” the wink, which is her signature move. Varrier was[Read More…]
Sonia Gandhi terms Modi speech as old rhetoric, Rahul says it was weak
New Delhi: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech during no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha as an old rhetoric and Congress President Rahul Gandhi said it was weak. The Congress party termed his speech as dramebaazi (theatrics). The Modi government on Friday passed the no-confidence motion moved[Read More…]
Rahul’s speech high on entertainment, low on substance: BJP
The BJP termed Rahul Gandhi’s hug to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an “immature” act and said his speech during the no-confidence motion was “low on substance” and “high on entertainment”. Commenting on the Congress president’s speech, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said, “It was low on substance and high[Read More…]
The jumlas of Narendra Modi govt, as listed by Rahul Gandhi in LS
Congress president hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his ‘jumla’ weapon. It’s the same weapon Rahul used during the Jan Aakrosh Rally in April in New Delhi. Jumla 1: Rs 15 lakh will be deposited in every person’s account. Jumla 2: Two crore employment every year. Jumla 3: Modiji[Read More…]
Tejashwi Yadav to bring no-confidence motion against Nitish govt
The keenly-watched debate over the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government is underway in the Lok Sabha. Amid the many debates running since morning over no-confidence motion, came the jaw-dropping remark from Bihar. RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav, indicating his move of contemplation over no-confidence motion against the NDA government in Bihar. “We are[Read More…]
AIADMK may not support no-confidence motion
The AIADMK with 37 members in the Lok Sabha on Thursday indicated that it might not support the opposition’s no-confidence motion against the BJP-led NDA government. AIADMK Joint Coordinator and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami told reporters in Salem that the no-confidence motion was moved by the Telugu Desam[Read More…]
Government committed to quota in faculty positions: Prakash Javadekar
New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said the Modi government was committed to reservation in the faculty positions of universities and that it does not agree with a court order quashing the 50 per cent reservation. The University Grants Commission (UGC) was forced to issue a 13-point[Read More…]
Assam: BJP Lawmaker RP Sharma’ daughter arrested in Cash-For-Jobs Scam
Guwahati: 19 civil and police service officers including a BJP lawmaker’s daughter, have been arrested in Guwahati in relation to the civil service job scam in the state. Among those arrested is Pallavi Sharma, daughter of RP Sharma, BJP’s Lok Sabha MP from Tezpur. Monika, the niece of BJP leader Joyram[Read More…]
Rajya Sabha MP Chandan Mitra quits BJP, likely to join hands with TMC
New Delhi: Senior journalist and two-time Rajya Sabha MP Chandan Mitra has quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is all set to join the Trinamool Congress (TMC). Mitra had submitted his resignation to BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday and would be joining the TMC on 21st July at the Shahid Divas celebrations.[Read More…]
I am Congress, I stand with last person in line, Rahul Gandhi’ reply to Muslim party row
New Delhi: Reacting to BJPs allegations that he heads a Muslim party, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday tweeted that his organisation “loves all living beings”, irrespective of religion, caste and belief. Gandhi’s Twitter post described the Congress as a truly inclusive group that aims to battle hatred and fear.[Read More…]
Video : BJYM workers assault Swami Agnivesh in Jharkhand
Social activist Swami Agnivesh was attacked by Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha at Pakur district in Jharkhand. The social activist has blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party for the attack, the video of which is going viral on the social media. Protesters accuse the social activist of having friendly terms with Pakistan[Read More…]
‘Sanjay Gandhi was made of sterner stuff’
I can’t claim that I was close to the entire Gandhi family, but there was a time when Sanjay, Indira Gandhi‘s younger son, was a good friend. In fact, he even tried to teach me to fly a plane, without success but with considerable daredevilry. I first got to know[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…]
Police attacked by BJP supporters after Modi’s Bengal rally
Kolkata: BJP party workers were seen attacking police personnel while returning from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Midnapore of West Bengal on Monday. Television grabs showed some BJP activists kicking and beating up police personnel with bamboo sticks after the latter allegedly failed to clear the roads for their[Read More…]
People are more important than industries, Supreme Court tells Centre over pollution deaths
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, while taking into a report that 60,000 people have died due to pollution, told the Centre that people are more important than industries. A bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta slammed the Ministry of Environment and Forests after it[Read More…]
Nitish proposes new, impossible seat sharing formula to BJP
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar seems to have proposed an impossible formula for BJP-JDU alliance in Bihar. According to sources, the formula was proposed to the BJP President Amit Shah during his visit to Patna last week. As per the seat sharing formula being proposed by the Bihar Chief Minister, BJP[Read More…]
BJP protesters smear black oil Tharoor’s office over ‘Hindu Pakistan’ remark
Bharatiya Janata Party youth wing activists on Monday smeared black oil on Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s constituency office here over his comment that a Hindu Pakistan would be created if the ruling party at the Centre returned to power. Tharoor however, was not present in the office when the incident[Read More…]
West Bengal: Tent collapses during Modi’s Bengal rally, 20 injured
At least 20 persons were injured on Monday when a part of the canopy collapsed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in West Bengal‘s Midnapore town. The injured were rushed to the Midnapore Medical College and Hospital in ambulances in the Prime Minister’s convoy and even motorcycles. According to informed[Read More…]
Bihar: Deputy CM Sushil Kumar slams Congress for delaying Bansagar Dam for 20 years
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi slams Congress for not taking interest in Bansagar project which could have completed 20 years ago. Sushil Kumar wrote a Twitter post, thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the completion of the Bansagar project. The tweet posted by Sushil Kumar read, “Prime Minister[Read More…]
We promise to bring Advocate and Journalist Protection Act: Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot
While addressing the ‘Save Constitution, Save Democracy’ programme organised by legal cell of Rajasthan unit of Congress, politician Sachin Pilot said the party will introduce laws for protecting advocates, lawyers and journalists if voted to power in the assembly polls later this year. Rajasthan Congress chief said “the ones who[Read More…]
Congress a party of ‘Muslims’: Loopholes in PM Narendra Modi’s claim
An unseemly row has erupted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stepped up attack on Congress and more so against its president Rahul Gandhi. While speaking the other day at a public rally in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Modi claimed that in a recent parley with Muslim intellectuals Rahul assured those present[Read More…]