New Delhi: Countering Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim that all villages in India have been connected with electricity under his rule, Congress on Sunday said the government was celebrating inefficiencies and taking credit for the work done by UPA government. “Dear Amit Shahji, India has 6,49,867 villages. Congress connected 97 per[Read More…]
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Centre files review petition over SC/ST Act order
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was informed on Monday that the Centre has filed a review petition over the Supreme Court’s order for the dilution of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act. Amid protests and din in the Lower House, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said the SC/ST Act was an important[Read More…]
Modi government one-scam-a-day government: Congress
New Delhi: Dubbing the Modi government a ‘one-scam-a-day government, the Congress on Thursday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley break their silence on different bank frauds, including the latest in ICICI and IDBI banks. The opposition party said bank scams had become the order of the[Read More…]
Congress doing ‘politics of fear’ against Modi government: BJP
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday accused the Congress of practising “politics of fear, confusion and concoction” against the Narendra Modi government and said results of three northeast states show that such attempts do not succeed. “The politics of fear and concoction does not last long. People not only understand it[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…]
Anna Hazare plans new campaign, solicits people’s participation
Blaming the Modi government for failing to take steps to prevent corruption, veteran activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday announced plans for a new anti-graft campaign for which he sought public participation. In a statement, Kisan Baburao Hazare, popularly known as Anna Hazare, said that after the first movement launched in[Read More…]
Chidambaram attacks government on demonetisation
Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday attacked the Modi government over demonetisation and questioned how it was being called an “ethical step” when jobs were destroyed and several businesses had closed down. In a series of tweets, the former Finance Minister attacked the government decision of banning Rs 500[Read More…]
Demonetisation was suicide; govt have nothing to say now: Arun Shourie
Former union minister, Arun Shourie has likened demonetisation with suicide and slammed Narendra Modi government over sliding economic growth and increasing job losses. He also called the Modi government as “government of two-and-a-half persons”. “This is a government by ‘ilhaam’ (revelation). The Prime Minister has the ‘ilhaam’ one night that[Read More…]
Military farms to be closed across nation, orders Modi government
The defence ministry ordered shutdown of 39 military farms across India, which houses elite cross-bred cows that produce the highest milk yields. The ministry on 20 July cited a decision by the cabinet committee on security. It asked the army to “take steps” to close the military farms that house[Read More…]
Modi govt accepts 41% increase in crimes in name of community, religion
The Centre on Tuesday accepted the fact that crimes in the country have gone up by 41% after the NDA came to power in 2014. According to National Crime Record Bureau(NCRB ) report presented by MoS home affairs, Gangaram Ahir, crimes in the name of religion, race, place of birth[Read More…]
Mahesh Sharma praises Modi, compares him with Mahatma Gandhi
Union minister, Mahesh Sharma on Thursday praised Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and compared him with Mahatma Gandhi. The minister of state (independent charge) for tourism and culture was speaking at the launch of a book on Gandhi’s salt satyagraha. “Today among us, we are fortunate to have another Gandhiji in[Read More…]
CWC meeting: Sonia Gandhi slams PM Modi government
On Tuesday, Congress President Sonia Gandhi slammed the Narendra Modi government at Centre and asked the party leaders to be ready to protect the essence and idea of India. Sonia Gandhi chaired a CWC meeting in Delhi to discuss the current political situation and the upcoming presidential poll. “We must[Read More…]
Mayawati accuses Modi government over attacks by gau rakshaks
On Monday, BSP chief Mayawati criticised the Modi government over the growing violence in the country under the banner of cow protection. She took a jibe at the BJP government saying innocent persons have lost their lives in the name of cow protection and asked if this was the change promised by[Read More…]
India is heading towards a pyramidal decentralised mafia state: Arun Shourie
While Modi government is on a spree of amendments, it is quite hard to foretell its effects on the country in the long run. Be it on the economic or social front, the BJP government have been introducing new laws, scrapping or updating the old ones. Significantly, imposing laws unacceptable[Read More…]
Not possible to provide job to everyone in country of 125 cr people: Amit Shah
It’s been three years of the BJP government whose main election promise was to provide employment opportunity to people. But the government has miserably failed as there is hardly any reform. And now, BJP President Amit Shah had said that the government have tried to give new perspective to employment[Read More…]
Bravado and distortion are the highlights of BJP govt: Kamal Nath
Amidst the pompous celebrations being done by the BJP government for having completed three years in power at the Centre, Congress leader Kamal Nath on Friday said that the party is spending a huge amount for celebrations, but are hardly doing anything concerning the farmers. May 26th marks the third[Read More…]
Congress launches campaign to ‘expose’ three years of Modi government
On Tuesday, the Congress party began a campaign to “expose” the performance of the Narendra Modi government, on completion of its three years in power. The party claimed that it had achieved nothing but failure on all the fronts, including national security. Senior party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia was heard saying[Read More…]
Aadhaar data has been leaked, admits government
The Modi government for the first time has formally acknowledged that the personal identity of individuals, including Aadhaar number and other sensitive information, has been leaked. In a letter written by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology confirms the data breach as per a report in the New Indian[Read More…]