Patidar leader, Narendra Patel has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tried to buy him while showing portions of currency notes during a press conference on Sunday. The development comes just a day after two Patidar leaders joined the ruling party. Patel said Patidar leader Varun Patel who joined[Read More…]
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Gujarat Assembly polls 2017: Rahul Gandhi to begin his three-day visit today
Congress Vice-President, Rahul Gandhi will begin his three-day visit to Gujarat on Monday, a day when the Election Commission of India (ECI) may broadcast the poll schedule for crucial Gujarat Assembly polls 2017. He will address a rally arranged by Alpesh Thakore, the President of OBC, SC, ST Ekta Manch[Read More…]
Himachal Pradesh assembly elections: BJP releases list of candidates
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released a list of its 68 candidates for Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. The elections are scheduled to be held on 9 November. Former CM, Prem Kumar Dhumal, has been given a ticket from Sujanpur. The term of the 68-member Himachal Pradesh Assembly ends[Read More…]
PM to visit Bihar today; will lay foundation stones for projects worth Rs 3,700 cr
PM Modi will visit Bihar on Saturday to address the centenary celebrations of Patna University and is expected to lay foundation stones for four projects under the Namami Gange Programme along with four national highway projects in Mokama. He will also address a public gathering. The four sewerage projects are[Read More…]
Congress loses when Rahul Gandhi campaigns, UP CM Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath on Friday took a dig at Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi saying that whenever he campaigns for his candidates, his party loses. “If Rahul Gandhi is campaigning, it seals a loss for the Congress,” said Adityanath. He was addressing a rally in Gujarat’s Valsad. “Amit[Read More…]
Congress party is ‘nervous’ for Gujarat polls, says BJP
After the Congress party alleged that PM Modi-led government pressurized Election Commission to postpone Gujarat polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday strike back saying it shows nervousness of the party’s leadership. BJP leader, Gaurav Bhatia said, “The Congress has become a very irresponsible party. It also shows how[Read More…]
Veteran actor Anupam Kher replaces Gajendra Chauhan as FTII chairman
Veteran Bollywood actor, Anupam Kher has been appointed as the new chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune. The announcement was made on Wednesday. Kher has acted in more than 500 films including, Saaransh, Daddy and A Wednesday. He has also worked in international films like[Read More…]
PM Modi’s economic advisory council to hold its first meet today
The newly-formed economic advisory council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) will hold its first meeting on Wednesday after it held a brainstorming session with stakeholders on Monday. The Council will talk about all matters of developing importance, will engage with a broad spectrum of stakeholders and frame advice accordingly, a[Read More…]
Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll: A tough fight between Congress, BJP, and AAP today
The parliamentary constituency of Gurdaspur in Punjab is all set to go to polls on Wednesday. The seat was vacant following the demise of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and actor Vinod Khanna. The polling will begin at 8 AM and conclude at 5 PM today. The results of[Read More…]
I will never wish to finish BJP from India as it is expression of people: Rahul Gandhi
Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi said that he wants to fight BJP’s ideology, but would never wish to eliminate the party as it is an expression of the people of India. He also admitted that the devastating defeat in 2014 Lok Sabha was a realization for which he would like to[Read More…]
CPM holds counter-protest against BJP’s Jan Raksha Yatra
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) carried out a ‘Jan Raksha Yatra’ (people’s protection march) in Delhi as a mark of protest against the alleged killings of party activists in Kerala by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM). In response to the same, the CPM took out a counter-protest on[Read More…]
GST reforms will benefit everyone: BJP
Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister and BJP leader, Dinesh Sharma, on Sunday hailed PM Modi’s statement on ‘Diwali arriving early’ after the decisions taken by the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council, citing that everybody will benefit from the tax reform. PM Modi has asserted that Diwali, the ‘festival of[Read More…]
PM Modi to lay foundation stone for several crores projects during two-day visit to Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin his two-day visit to Gujarat from Saturday. He will lay foundation stones and inaugurate a number of projects worth Rs 5,925 crore. At first, he will visit the famous Dwarkadheesh temple. Notably, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi also offered prayers at the Dwarka temple a[Read More…]
Now Aadhaar mandatory for post office deposits, PPF, Kisan Vikas Patra
The government has made Aadhaar mandatory for all post office deposits, PPF, the National Savings Certificate scheme and Kisan Vikas Patra on Friday. Present depositors have been specified time till December 31, 2017, to give 12-digit unique identification number. Ministry of Finance has issued four Gazette notifications making Aadhaar mandatory[Read More…]
Hema Malini robbed of items worth Rs 90,000; probe on
Actor turned BJP MP Hema Malini’s warehouse was robbed and the Mumbai police are on the lookout for a domestic help, who is suspected of committing the crime. The theft came to light after the servant went incommunicado since five-six days. This prompted MP’s manager to visit the warehouse in[Read More…]
BJP must shun violence themselves to maintain peace: Congress
Congress leaders on Wednesday said that the BJP must shun violence themselves in order to make sure that people are not killed in Kerala or any other state. Reacting to BJP Chief Amit Shah’s claims that Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is directly responsible for killing of party and Rashtriya[Read More…]
Exclusive: Patidars irked over Amit Shah’s behavior towards their leader Nitin Patel
Just ahead of the Assembly polls in Gujarat, a video of BJP President Amit Shah along with chief minister, Vijay Rupani, BJP Gujarat President Jeetu Bhai Vaghani and Deputy CM and only Patel leader in the cabinet, Nitin Patel from Gujarat has surfaced and making noises. In the video, the[Read More…]
Gujarat assembly polls: Amit Shah flags off ‘Gujarat Gaurav Yatra’
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national chief, Amit Shah, on Sunday flagged off the ‘Gujarat Gaurav Yatra’ from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s village Karamsad in a run up to the Gujarat Assembly polls 2017, that is scheduled for December this year. While addressing the public at an event, Shah said that the[Read More…]
People are tired of Modinomics and Jaitleynomics: Congress
Congress on Friday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as synonyms of economic mismanagement. Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said, “The truth is people are tired of Modinomics and Jaitleynomics, because they have wrecked India’s economy. Now the economic mismanagement has become synonymous with Prime Minister[Read More…]
Facebook blocks man who posts ‘Kamal ka phool hamari bhool’ for a month
The popular social networking site, Facebook has blocked a user’s account for 30 days after he posted ‘Kamal ka phool hamari bhool’ (Our mistake, the lotus) on his page, claimed the user. Mohammad Anas, who works as a freelance journalist, posted, “Vyapari apne cash memo par print karva kar janta[Read More…]
Withdrawal of Patidar cases: too little too late?
The Patidar community leaders seem to have rejected the olive branch extended by the state govt on Wednesday. “The decision by the state govt to withdraw political cases against us is a clear admission that these cases were fake and hurled at us just to weaken the movement. Withdrawing these[Read More…]
UPA govt can’t be blamed for declining economy, says Yashwant Sinha; son responds
The BJP’s senior leader Yashwant Sinha hit the BJP-led government once again on Thursday by evidently absolving the previous Congress-led UPA government for a slowdown in growth. Recently, he ignited a political firestorm with a column criticising the government’s economic policy. “The economy is in decline. We can’t blame the[Read More…]
Hardik-Rahul meeting in the offing, sends state govt in panic mode
The overwhelming response received by Rahul Gandhi among the Patidars in Gujarat has got the state government re-think its strategy. Sources say that the Patidar movement leader Hardik Patel could meet Congress Vice President at Rajkot on Wednesday. Possibilities of an open alignment of Patidars with Congress has sent the[Read More…]
Youth willing to work but BJP unable to create jobs: Rahul Gandhi at Dwarka
During a public address in Dwarka in Gujarat, Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi, on Monday slammed the BJP and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had attacked the economy by imposing the GST and the demonetisation on the country. The Congress scion said that the youth of the nation is willing[Read More…]
Battleground Gujarat: The game is on!
What looked like a BJP walkthrough three months ago, has taken the shape of an interesting contest now. Inputs from NewsCode team of local news partners in Gujarat say that the Congress Party has returned to reckoning in the state because of two reasons, the election of Ahmed Patel to[Read More…]