Tag: Politics
Puri priests against ‘Beef Supporter’ Mamata Banerjee’s Jagannath temple visit
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, who arrived in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday evening on a three-day tour to the state witnessed agitation from the priests of Jagannath temple. Annoyed with West Bengal CM’s ‘support’ for those who eat beef, more than 12,000 priests at Jagannath Temple are preparing to stop her[Read More…]
Omar questions J&K govt over students’ protest
Kerala bypoll result: UDF candidate PK Kunhalikutty wins
As per the results of the Malappuram bye-poll, Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) legislator candidate PK Kunhalikutty bagged a clear win by 171,038 lakh votes. The election was held on April 12. The winning party remains ahead of the closest opposition the Communist Party[Read More…]
Ravindra Gaikwad appoints body double to click selfies
Ravindra Gaikwad, the Shiv Sena MP who has recently made it to the news after beating up a 60-year-old Air India staffer with his slippers is now popular across the country. According to Gaikwad, this wastes a lot of his time and to tackle this problem, he has made an[Read More…]
Narendra Modi holds road show ahead of BJP’s national executive meeting in Bhubaneswar
On Saturday, just ahead of two-day national executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), PM Narendra Modi held a road show in Odisha’s capital Bhubaneshwar. This two-day meeting will witness around 350 people including top leaders of the saffron party. PM arrived at 3.40 pm for the road show[Read More…]
Women can retain their maiden names in passports: PM Modi
In India, women are free to retain their maiden names in their passports now after the marriage. PM Modi while stating that the centre is adopting newer schemes to ensure development of women he said, “From now onwards, women will not have to change their names in the passport after[Read More…]
BJP MP voted in favour of Congress in Bellari mayoral polls
Kerala: Voting begins in Malappuram bypoll
The by-election in Kerala’s Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency began early on Wednesday morning. Malappurram is a Muslim dominated area and the bypoll were necessitated due to the death Indian Union Muslim League’s (IUML) E Ahamed, who had won by roughly 2 lakh votes in 2014. Those contesting fir the Lok[Read More…]
CBI registers inquiry against Satyendra Jain
MCD polls: BJP supports independents
UP CM chairs 2nd Cabinet meet, ensures 24-hour power supply in UP
UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday chaired his second Cabinets meet. UP CM who has been very active since he took over the post as a Chief Minister, discussed a number issue and took several important decisions. Firstly, the Cabinet agreed on the 24-hours power supply proposal through an agreement[Read More…]
Congress passed adjournment motion to discuss Kulbhushan Jadhav issue
The Congress-led Opposition raised the issue of former Indian Navy Officer Kulbhushan Jadhav’s death sentence by Pakistan, in the Parliament on Tuesday. Following the previous reports, Congress also tossed the matter of Kashmir unrest on Tuesday in the Lok Sabha. The Congress leaders on Tuesday passed an adjournment motion notice[Read More…]
Budget Session: Congress to raise Kashmir unrest
Ankit Lal: A regular engineer who decided to fight corruption
Just like most of us who are active users of social media and end up following pages of social causes, Ankit Lal started his activism by clicking on the ‘Like’ button of India Against Corruption’s Facebook page during its initial days. It gave him an opportunity to connect with like-minded[Read More…]
RK Nagar bypoll: MK Stalin asks EC for CBI probe against CM Palaniswamy
After the Election Commission on Sunday night cancelled the April 12 bypoll to the R K Nagar Assembly constituency saying the electoral process has been “seriously vitiated” by parties through the use of money power, M K Stalin on Monday asked the election body to initiate an investigation against Tamil[Read More…]
PDP sought to postpone Anantnag polls after Srinagar violence
After repeated violence in Srinagar during the by-poll for Lok Sabha seat on Sunday Jammu and Kashmir’s ruling party asked the Election Commission on Monday to postpone the bypoll in Anantnag until April 12. Although the security was tightened in Srinagar as separatists called for a boycott of the by-election[Read More…]
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets PM Modi
The West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital. Banerjee said that they discussed the incomplete projects and state share of West Bengal. The PM in response said that they will try to consider the demands, she added. On this, Prime Minister Modi further[Read More…]
EC cancels R.K. Nagar by-election on cash-for-votes scandal
In Tamil Nadu, the Election Commission on Sunday night cancelled the April 12 bypoll to the R K Nagar Assembly constituency saying the electoral process has been “seriously vitiated” by parties through the use of money power. This decision has been taken after rounds of meeting with Tamil Nadu election[Read More…]
Delhi court to hear Virbhadra Singh DA case
As per a chargesheet filed a few days ago against Virbhadra Singh by the CBI, a Delhi court will on Monday hear on the matter. Soon after being booked, the CM of Himachal Pradesh alleged that the Bharatiya Janta Party is conspiring against him and claimed that all the charges[Read More…]
Clashes break out between OPS, Dinakaran supporters in RK Nagar
Clashes broke-out between supporters of O. Panneerselvam and TTV Dinakaran on Sunday in Chennai’s RK Nagar which injured one person. As per reports, OPS faction candidate was attacked by a Dinakaran camp supporter. No leaders were on the spot and the situation was soon taken under control by the security. This comes[Read More…]
Odisha violence: Curfew eased for four hours in Bhadrak
Curfew in Bhadrak, Odisha was eased for four hours on Sunday. The Bhadrak town had witnessed violence triggered by alleged abusive remarks against Hindu deities. The curfew has been imposed on Friday and was eased from 8 AM to 11 Am on Sunday which later extended till 12 in the[Read More…]
Assam by-polls: 56.35% cast votes in Dhemaji
As per current updates, a total of 56.35% of over two lakh voters turned out till 3 PM in the bypoll to Dhemaji Assembly constituency in Assam on Sunday said Returning Officer Roshni Aparanji Korati. He also added that no untoward incident has been reported. However, in the day some[Read More…]
Delhi by-poll: Voting underway for Rajouri Garden
Polling for by-election of Srinagar Lok Sabha seat and ten assembly constituencies in eight other states is being held Sunday. In the latest development, voting has begun in Delhi only by-election at Rajouri Garden constituency to choose its new MLA. Votings began at 8 AM and will continue till 6[Read More…]
Is Tarun Vijay really racist?
BJP leader Tarun Vijay is making it to the headlines on Friday for his infamous racist statement in an Al Jazeera debate on the attack on Nigerian students by a mob in a Greater Noida mall. While Twitter is buzzing with sharp condemnation and criticism of Vijay’s words and analogies;[Read More…]