New Delhi: Picking holes with the latest Economic Survey tabled in Parliament, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Tuesday said that the Narendra Modi government’s claim to be able to create 75 lakh jobs by March is “outrageous” as it is “simply not possible” in India’s context. The Congress leader[Read More…]
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Farmer’s funeral pyre will destroy you, Shiv Sena warns BJP
Mumbai: Taking a grim view of the suicide by an octogenarian peasant demanding fair compensation for his acquired lands, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday warned its ruling ally BJP that Dharma Patil’s funeral pyre will destroy the BJP government. Condemning the incident which happened in the state government Mantralaya where[Read More…]
Anandiben Patel takes oath as new MP Governor
Bhopal: Former Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Tuesday took oath as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh. Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Hemant Gupta administered the oath of office to Patel in a function at the Raj Bhavan. Parliament Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan[Read More…]
Modi calls himself common man but hugs only special ones: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday attacked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for only hugging “special people”, not the common man. “He calls himself a common man but hugs only the special ones. Modiji, why such compulsion? Farmers, labourers and youths too should be there,” Gandhi said in a[Read More…]
Disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs was A.K. Joti’s gift to Modi: AAP
New Delhi: The Election Commission’s (EC) decision to disqualify 20 AAP MLAs for holding the office of profit was poll panel chief A.K. Joti’s “parting gift” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior AAP leader Gopal Rai said here on Saturday. “The disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs was his gift to Modi.[Read More…]
Reopening of Loya case inconvenient for BJP
Amulya Ganguli The case relating to the death of B.H. Loya, the judge who was investigating an alleged extra-judicial killing in Gujarat in which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah was implicated, is the second legal hurdle which the party is facing. It crossed the first one with relative[Read More…]
BJP accuses Congress of politicising ‘internal affairs’ of judiciary
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday accused Congress of politicising the “internal affairs” of the Supreme Court. “Today we had a press conference which was addressed by four respected judges of Supreme Court. All those issues in the press conference pertained to interior issues of the judiciary. It pertained[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi unlikely to campaign for Congress in Rajasthan bypolls
Congress President Rahul Gandhi is unlikely to campaign for the party in the Rajasthan bypolls as the list of the Congress star candidates does not bear his name while the state’s ruling BJP has retained Prime Minister Narendra Modi as its star campaigner. The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress[Read More…]
Made mistakes, but will present a new Congress, new vision: Rahul Gandhi
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday admitted that he also “made mistakes as he is also a human being” and promised to present a new party, whose focus will be to give a “new vision” to India. “You said Congress party accepted its mistake. I am admitting that I also[Read More…]
Rajasthan MLA attacks Modi, hints at new party
Independent MLA Hanuman Beliwal has attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi while announcing that Rajasthan needed a new political party to provide an alternative to both the BJP and the Congress. Beliwal made the announcement at a huge rally of farmers here on Sunday. He said the youths had seen through[Read More…]
Certain BJP will form government in Tripura after next month’s poll: Amit Shah
BJP President Amit Shah on Sunday said that it is certain that the Left Front would be ousted from power in the Tripura assembly elections in February and his party would come to power. “Today’s (Sunday) crowds have confirmed that the BJP government would certainly come to power in Tripura[Read More…]
BJP responsible for RS impasse; treats Parliament as rubber stamp: Congress
The Congress on Friday said that BJP was responsible for the “impasse in Rajya Sabha” due to which triple talaq bill could not be discussed, while alleging that BJP wanted to treat the Parliament as a “rubber stamp”. “They (BJP) are squarely responsible for this impasse in Rajya Sabha. For[Read More…]
Butterfinger Policy Making: striking parallels between demonetisation and surgical strike
Without any further ado, let us all acknowledge that India is going through a socio-political transition that has caught the nation off guard. Narendra Modi is a far from reticent PM; he continues to be a full-time BJP karyakartha, who actively participates in electoral enterprise and crafts his governance in[Read More…]
TMC practicing soft Hindutva to stop consolidation of Hindu votes in favour of BJP
Terming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s visit to a temple in Birbhum district as “soft Hindutva”, state BJP President Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday said the ruling party was trying to arrest consolidation of “Hindu votes” in favour of his party. “If we go to temples, we are branded as[Read More…]
Anti-Dalit violence in Maharashtra disrupts Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Wednesday after ruckus over the violence against Dalits in Maharashtra that some opposition members blamed on the BJP and the RSS. Satish Chandra Mishra of the Bahujan samaj Party alleged that the Rashtriya Swayemsewak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party[Read More…]
2017: The year that ended BJP’s 14-year exile in UP
Uttar Pradesh was a parched land for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for 14 long years. Ever since the then Chief Minister Rajnath Singh lost the plot in the 2003 state assembly elections, the saffron party found itself on the sidelines of the country’s politically most crucial state. In election[Read More…]
Shiv Sena MP demands judicial probe into Mumbai pub fire
Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant on Friday demanded a judicial probe into the fire at a pub in Mumbai in which 14 persons were killed, while raising the issue in the Lok Sabha. The issue was first raised by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kirit Somaiya who said the pub[Read More…]
Jaitley to have pre-Budget meeting with finance sector regulators
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will on Friday chair a pre-Budget consultation meeting with financial sector regulators, according to official sources on Thursday. Finance Ministry sources here said that Jaitley would chair the meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) which is likely to discuss issues related to the[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi to visit Himachal to review poll debacle today
Congress President Rahul Gandhi will visit Himachal Pradesh on Friday to review the poll debacle which saw the BJP wresting the state from the party with a comfortable majority in the recently-concluded assembly elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comfortably beat the Congress, winning 44 of the 68 seats. The[Read More…]
Mumbai rooftop pub fire kills 14; many hurt
At least 14 people were killed, 21 others hurt when a major fire broke out in a pub in the Kamla Mills Compound early on Friday, an official said. The blaze was reported around 12.30 a.m. from a bistro The Mojo, a rooftop restaurant pub in The Kamla Trade House[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi govt; says constitution under attack by BJP
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked the Modi government over Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde’s “amend the Constitution” remarks, saying it was “distressing” to see the country’s foundation under attack by BJP members both “directly and surreptitiously”. “It is distressing to see that this document — the foundation of[Read More…]
BJP MPs object to Chidambaram chairing Aadhaar meets
A war of words erupted in a meeting of a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs after BJP members objected to committee Chairman P Chidambaram’s presence, as he is also a counsel in a case related to Aadhaar in the Supreme Court. The panel met on Wednesday and the subject[Read More…]
PM never means what he says or says what he means: Rahul takes dig at Modi
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the government made a climbdown over his remarks attacking former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying “PM never means what he says or says what he means”. “Dear Mr. Jaitlie (Arun Jaitley) – thank you for[Read More…]
Modi government distances itself from Hegde’s ‘secular’ remarks
The Narendra Modi government on Wednesday distanced itself from the remarks of Minister of State Anant Kumar Hegde who had criticised the word “secular” and said the BJP government would “amend the Constitution” to remove the word from the Preamble. As a combined opposition in the Rajya Sabha protested against[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh: BJP urges AIMPLB to give up ‘rigid’ stand on triple talaq
Uttar Pradesh’s ruling BJP unit on Monday urged the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) to give up its “rigid and archaic stand” about triple talaq and join the voice of thousands to give Muslim women equality, security and their honor. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state President Mahendra Nath[Read More…]