Following the “intolerance” remarks made by Aamir Khan at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards ceremony, BJP social media cell organised a campaign to pressurise e-commerce platform Snapdeal to remove Khan as its brand ambassador. The revelation has been made by a former volunteer, Sadhavi Khosla, of BJP social[Read More…]
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Najeeb resignation: BJP blames AAP, Cong terms it unceremonious
The resignation of Najeeb Jung as Lt Governor on Thursday caught Delhi’s political circle by surprise with the Congress terming it unceremonious and BJP claiming he was upset with the AAP government. Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta said a BJP delegation had met the LG on[Read More…]
Manipur BJP MLA joins Congress over Centre’s failure to prevent violence
Manipur BJP MLA Joykishan Khumukcham on Wednesday joined the ruling Congress party to protest against the failure of the Modi government to the solve the crisis facing Manipur in the wake of the continuing road blockades. “I put my state’s interest above party’s. Manipur has been suffering since November 1[Read More…]
SAD-BJP will win more seats than in 2012: Sukhbir Singh Badal
Punjab deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday claimed the SAD-BJP combine will win more seats in the 2017 polls as compared to 2012. “The combine will form the government with a thumping majority,” Badal said. He said the Congress candidates would forfeit their deposits and AAP would get[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi is a ‘non-serious’ political leader: BJP
Reacting to corruption charges levelled by Rahul Gandhi against Prime Minister Modi on Wednesday, BJP hits back saying he (Rahul) is a ‘non-serious’ political leader. Addressing a rally in Gujarat, Rahul Gandhi alleged that Prime Minister had received huge funds form Sahara Group during his stint as Gujarat Chief Minister.[Read More…]
UP Polls: Akhilesh Yadav inaugurates 910 projects in a day
With Assembly polls on the doorstep, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday launched a few hundreds of projects to woo voters. He inaugurated 910 projects, laid foundation stones of 13 projects, distributed free laptops among 26,000 students, and gave cheques to 91, 125 beneficiaries of the Samajwadi Pension[Read More…]
Muslims will never vote for BJP as it is a ‘patriotic party’: Parvesh Verma
In a controversial statement, BJP MP from West Delhi Parvesh Verma told a gathering in Baghpat that Muslims don’t — and never will — vote for BJP as it is a “patriotic party”. To make matters worse, he then asked media persons gathered at the event why all terrorists are[Read More…]
50 days will give relief for 50 years, says Amit Shah
BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday said that government understand people’s difficulty due to demonetisation of higher currency notes, but these 50 days will provide relief from black money for the coming 50 years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had sought 50 days to ease the hardship. “We know line is[Read More…]
Ravi Shankar likens demonetisation to labour pain, says will result in joy
In a rather bizarre analogy, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday likened demonetisation woes to “labour pain”, saying its end result would be as “joyful” as the birth of a baby. Prasad made the remarks at an event organised by the Delhi BJP’s IT cell that lay emphasis[Read More…]
National anthem row in Kerala: Why give Kamal a Muslim Identity, asks director Aashiq Abu
Malayalam film director Aashiq Abu has lashed out against the right wing forces who labeled director Kamal as a Muslim anti-national. The director has quoted an article, which questioned the Sangh Parivar narrative of converting Kamal to Kamaluddin, a Muslim anti-national. Kamal is the chairman of Kerala State Film[Read More…]
BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi; dares him to make revelations against PM Modi
Senior union minister Ananth Kumar of the BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday and dismiss the Congress vice president’s claims that he has “information on personal corruption” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “sign of desperation.” He further asked where Rahul Gandhi was for the last 20[Read More…]
Sniffing a chance, Congress looks to align with SP for UP elections
After their recent all round poor performance in elections, Congress leaders of Uttar Pradesh are feeling a chance in pegging back the important state in their favour by aligning with the Samajwadi party. The feeling is that demonetisation will decisively halt BJP and bolster its prospects in the upcoming Assembly[Read More…]
Demonetisation: BJP to distribute one laddoo to each family for standing in queues
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently linked the move of demonetisation to a Hindu ‘yagna’ or sacrifice. “I salute the people of India for wholeheartedly participating in this ongoing Yagna against corruption, terrorism and black money,” he had said. Now, BJP leaders in Delhi have decided to offer a laddoo to[Read More…]
Rs 2000 notes to be phased out in 4-5 years, says S Gurumurthy
Here is a bad news for people thinking of hoarding the new Rs 2000 currency notes. At a time when the opposition is attacking the government for introducing the Rs 2000 currency notes after demonetisation, a view has emerged that the new high denomination note may not have a long[Read More…]
Vote for BJP to end gundaraj: Narendra Modi to UP voters
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he would end the gundaraj in Uttar Pradesh if the BJP is voted to power in the coming assembly elections early next year. Due to foggy weather, Modi was unable to attend the public rally in the election-bound Uttar Pradesh at Bahraich. He[Read More…]
Nandan Nilekani roped in to usher PM Modi’s digital payments drive
Nandan Nilekani, a high-profile Congress member, has been roped in by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to join a committee to map a path to digital payments. Newsd was the first outlet to report that Nilekani was being mooted for a role as ‘digital advisor’ by the BJP government. Also read: Newsd[Read More…]
Paytm means ‘Pay To Modi’, Rahul Gandhi calls demonetisation a foolish decision
Opposition leaders on Thursday observed a ‘Black Day’ in Parliament premises to mark one month of the announcement of demonetisation, with Rahul Gandhi launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his “foolish decision” has “devastated” the country. Leading the protest, Gandhi accused Modi of shying away from[Read More…]
Weird! Stray cattle banned from producing more than 3 kg dung per day
In a rather strange order, a municipality in Gujarat has banned stray cattle from producing more than three kilograms of dung per day (for calves the cap has been put at one kilogram a day). Also, the owners of cattle who defecate more than 3 kgs a day will be[Read More…]
With close to ₹977 cr, BJP leads the list of parties with unknown income
BJP has topped the list of political parties receiving donations from unknown sources between 2013 and 2015, data from the Association for Democratic Reforms has revealed. Section 29C of the Representation of People Act, 1951, mandates that all donations made to political parties by any individual or company in excess[Read More…]
An act to remember! Smriti Irani gives cobbler ₹100 for fixing slippers
In a sweet gesture, union minister Smriti Irani on Sunday paid ₹100 to a cobbler in Coimbatore for getting her slippers repaired and the latter, who had demanded only ₹10 for the job, happily put in additional stitches on it with the incident going viral on the social media. The[Read More…]
Before demonetisation BJP bought land worth crores in Bihar: JD (U)
Days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetisation, BJP reportedly bought land worth crores in different districts of Bihar. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United has alleged that a series of land purchases made by the BJP in the state for party offices before the Centre’s crack down[Read More…]
BJP sweeps Assam, MP; TMC takes West Bengal; AIADMK in Tamil Nadu
BJP sweeps Assam, MP; TMC takes West Bengal; AIADMK in Tamil Nadu The results of bypolls to four Lok Sabha and nine Assembly seats will boost the morale of BJP as the party has cleaned sweeped Madhya Pradesh and Assam. Counting of votes took place on Tuesday for four Lok[Read More…]
Government will announce more steps to ease cash crunch: Jaitley
Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that the government will announce more steps to ease the cash crunch in rural areas. “The situation is normalising in the urban areas. In the next few days, the focus will be on the rural areas so that farmers have enough funds because[Read More…]
We can fight Modi wave; PM not like Indira: Sonia
Without naming any leader, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that the party has a leader to compete with Narendra Modi. “I don’t agree that Congress party does not have a leader to compete with Narendra Modi,” Sonia Gandhi told in an interview to India Today. I don’t agree[Read More…]
BJP drags feet on recommendations of own task force on black money
The Narendra Modi-led government claims that the demonetisation move is aimed at dealing with the menace of domestic black money but the party has failed to implement study of a task force constituted by it to retrieve the black money. Instead of implementing recommendations of its own task force, the[Read More…]