Kerela’s Agriculture Minister, VS Sunil Kumar said that the women rights activist Trupti Desai, held at the Kochi International Airport, is an RSS member. The ministers placed the major responsibility of the Sabarimala fallout to BJP and RSS. In an interview to NDTV, Mr Kumar said, “Trupti Desai is an[Read More…]
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Opposition prime ministerial candidate to be decided after elections: Yechury
New Delhi: The CPI-M on Thursday said the issue of the Prime Minister among the non-BJP parties would be decided after the general election. “As in democracy we select the government, just like that we will elect our prime ministerial candidate,” Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Sitaram Yechury told[Read More…]
I Am With your data, think twice before sharing personal details
As the year of General Elections now at a knocking distance, India is frightened that the blanket of fake news might thicken. One more such scare is with regards to the data protection policies, there has been a constant discussion on the Aadhar leaks that have taken place over the last[Read More…]
Punjab: AAP suspends rebel MLAs Sukhpal Khaira & Kanwar Sandhu
Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday suspended rebel MLAs Sukhpal Khaira and Kanwar Sandhu, over involvement in anti-party activities. Three months earlier, Khaira was sacked from Leader of Opposition post of Punjab assembly. Khaira had earlier stated that “It hardly mattered to me, even if AAP suspended me from party membership,[Read More…]
INLD expels great-grandsons of Devi Lal, including MP
Chandigarh: Taking strong action on recent developments within the party, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) on Friday expelled Hisar MP Dushyant Chautala and his younger brother Digvijay Chautala. Both are great-grandsons of former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal. Both have been expelled from the primary membership of the party[Read More…]
JDU top leaderships full of upper castes: Is it a compromise with the backward class politics?
Prashant Kishor elevation in Janata Dal-United as Vice-President is seen as an attempt to woo the upper caste voters of Bihar ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha election 2019. It can be observed that the caste equation in Bihar politics is getting the top priorities across the political parties. The[Read More…]
Lalu Leela: Sushil Modi releases his non-fiction on Lalu Yadav’s assets
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi’s book ‘Lalu-Leela’ released on Friday in Patna in an event organized on the occasion of socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan’s birth anniversary. The book has the details of the assets that former Chief Minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family owned. The[Read More…]
Freedom of Expression curtailed: ABVP worker hackled by party men for speaking against Modi
Jharkhand: ABVP worker hackled by party workers for speaking against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a program in Giridih district. The whole incident took place in the presence of Member of parliament from Bhartiya Janata Party Ravindra Pandey. in a video surfacing on social media, in the presence of Bhartiya[Read More…]
Wedding bells ringing soon! Lalu-Rabri to welcome Tejashwi Yadav’s bride after 2019 LS polls?
Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav is the youngest son of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) President Lalu Prasad Yadav and former Chief Minister Rabri Devi. The ambitious leader of RJD is believed to be the Chief Ministerial face of RJD for the next assembly[Read More…]
Internal rift intensifies as Congress looks for revival in Maharashtra
The Congress party was in power in Maharashtra with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for 15 years in a row till 2014. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) took over the power in 2014 when Devendra Fadnavis became first BJP chief minister of the state. The Congress party is trying to woo[Read More…]
Congress councilor re-elected in South Gujarat University Syndicate
Surat: Congress councillor is re-elected in Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VGNSU) in a surprise to the BJP, which has its most office-bearers in the syndicate. In a BJP dominated syndicate, Bhavesh Rabari, a municipal councillor in Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) registered his victory by getting the first preference of voters[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar government is more brutal than British Raj: BJP MP CP Thakur
Bhartiya Janata Party senior leader and Member of Parliament CP Thakur allege Nitish Kumar government of being more brutal than British Raj. Thakur has launched the attack against the coalition partner in Bihar. He is protesting against the lathi charge by the state police during the recent Upper caste reservation[Read More…]
These are not deaths, it is an institutional killing says Bezwada Wilson to Newsd
#StopKillingUs: New Delhi, Bezwada Wilson, the founder of Safai Karmachari Andolan, speaks exclusively to Newsd about the plight of manual scavengers. He said, “Our demands are simple and clear. Stop people from entering the sewers who are involved in manual scavenging. The government should enable more technology into the shit[Read More…]
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Who could be the NDA’s candidate from Begusarai?
Janata Dal-United MLA has urged to Chief minister Nitish Kumar to not to give away the Begusari Lok Sabha Seat to any outside candidate or MLA won’t take part in the upcoming election campaign for the party. JDU MLA Bogo Singh has said that “He will go on sick leave[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Energy Minister Paras Jain threatens engineer of suspension
Madhya Pradesh minister of Energy and New and Renewable Energy Paras Chandra Jain lost his cool and threatened to suspend the Housing Board engineer on Sunday. Jain was participating in Ayushman Bharat Scheme program in Ujjain. On Sunday energy minister Jain reached the district hospital to participate in the Ayushman[Read More…]
MP: Major blow to BJP, Cabinet Minister Padma Shukla resigns, joins Congress
Madhya Pradesh social welfare board president and senior BJP leader Padma Shukla resign from the party. She has resigned from the post and the primary membership of the party as well. She is meeting senior Congress leader Kamal Nath in Chindwara and will join the party today. It is a[Read More…]
14% vote from Nishad community is enough to topple govt in Bihar, says son of Mallah Mukesh Sahni
Bihar’s ‘son of Mallah’ and Nishad community leader Mukesh Sahni has once again targeted the central and state government. Warning the governments he has announced that if the government fails to take initiatives in providing reservation to Mallah community within 45 days, the Mallah community will start a huge movement[Read More…]
Samajwadi Party to form alliance with Congress in Madhya Pradesh, Akhilesh to decide the fate
Following the declaration of 22 BSP candidates for Madhya Pradesh assembly election scheduled for the end of this (2018) year, BSP Chief Mayawati has displayed her reluctance towards grand alliance in state assembly polls. Conversely, Samajwadi Party (SP) State Unit has decided to give priority to become a part of[Read More…]
Rajasthan: IPS wife to contest against Vasundhra Raje
Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje is once again going to face a woman adversary in the upcoming assembly election. Mukul Choudhary, wife of IPS officer Pankaj Choudhary is set to contest against the Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje from Jhalrapatan seat. Mukul alleges that her husband Pankaj is harassed by the[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh: Police arrests Congress leaders ahead of PM Modi’ program
Chhattisgarh police have arrested Congress leaders and workers, who were on their way to hold a protest demonstration in PM Modi scheduled a public meeting today. Congress state general secretary and former president Uttam Vasudev are also among the people being arrested along with the workers. Congress has planned to[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: FIR against Congress leader for posting morphed image of PM Modi
On September 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in an event for the Bohra community in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. One of the pictures from the same program of PM was morphed and shared on Facebook. A complaint was lodged by Indore Development Authority president Shankar Lalwani, in Palasia police station. Police[Read More…]
CAG report: Rs 97000 crore corruption during Akhileshs’ government in UP
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) have alleged the former Uttar Pradesh government under Akhilesh Yadav of corruption of 97000 crores. During his tenure, the government has failed to produce any documents which can explain the expenditure detail. In the CAG report of August 2018, the government has not been able[Read More…]
Is Mohan Bhagwat trying to be relevant in times of Modi and Shah?
Strangely, neither Prime Minister Narendra Modi nor his BJP point-man Amit Shah were to be seen at the three-day discourse of the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat that concluded on Wednesday, September 19, in New Delhi. The Sangh patriarch preferred a distance with the two greatest founts of power and influence[Read More…]
Bihar: Village adopted by Nitish Kumar awaits development even after 5 years
The Dharmasati Gandaman village in Saran district was adopted by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in 2013 after the mid-day meal tragedy of July 16, 2013, which claimed lives of 23 children. 5 years later the village is still waiting to see the development promised by the Chief Minister. Even[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case: SC set aside Patna HC order of blanket ban on the reporting by media
The Supreme Court directs the Bihar Income Tax department to probe against the prime accused Brajesh Thakur and his NGO, in Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case. Supreme Court vacates Patna HC order which had imposed a blanket ban on reporting on the Muzaffarpur Shelter Home case. Court clarifies that there[Read More…]