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BJP bid to give ‘positive’ twist to SC sedition order
With the Opposition targeting the Centre after the Supreme Court’s stay on the sedition law, the BJP on Wednesday said the order must be viewed in the context of the overall positive suggestion of the government that it wishes to examine the matter which has been “duly accepted” by...
Rijiju says Cong has no right to sermonise on free speech
Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said that Congress Party and “its ecosystem of the ‘Tukde Tukde’ gang have no right to give sermons to others”. In a series of tweets, Rijiju said, “Empty words by @RahulGandhi If there is one party that...
Kejriwal vows free pilgrimage on AAP’s Gujarat win
Aam Aadmi Party convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday promised free pilgrimage for senior citizens in AC trains to various religious places, including Ayodhya, if the AAP was voted to power in Gujarat, and accused the BJP of “failure” on multiple fronts during its nearly three-decade-old...
Lease row threatens Soren’s political career
Jharkhand is again in the limelight, but for all the wrong reasons. First, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s name got mired in a mining controversy for a land he leased to himself. Moreover, controversial Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer and mining secretary Pooja Singhal was arrested by the Enforcement...
Non-bailable warrants against Azam Khan’s son, wife
A special MP-MLA court here Wednesday issued non-bailable warrants against the son and wife of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in a fake birth certificate case. SP MLA Abdullah Azam Khan and his mother Tazin Fatma were issued the warrants for non-appearance in the court in his fake...
BJP plans 15-day blitz to mark 8 years of Modi Govt
Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda has given a list of tasks to the public representatives of the party to mark eight years of the Narendra Modi government in power. A communication sent to all the party post holders and state chiefs asks them to lead the teams in...
Rupee slumps to all-time low of 77.42 against dollar
The rupee extended its losses and touched an all-time low of 77.42 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday weighed down by the strength of the American currency in the overseas market and unabated foreign fund outflows. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 77.17...
Mumbai areas plunge into darkness in another outage
Many pockets of Mumbai plunged into darkness on Monday evening in a power outage caused by what was termed as a “technical fault”. The outage comes amid a series of disruptions in power supply faced by the financial capital over the last month amid a severe shortage of electricity...
HP to move Interpol for red corner notice against Pannu
Cracking down on Khalistani terror groups, the Himachal Police are approaching the Interpol to secure a red corner notice against banned organisation Sikhs For Justice’s Gurpatwant Singh Pannu. Pannu is the main accused in Sunday’s incident wherein Khalistani banners were tied to the Himachal Vidhan Sabha gate in Dharamsala....
Ranas to visit Delhi to complain against mistreatment
MP Navneet Rana and her husband Ravi Rana will visit Delhi today and inform Home Ministry officials about the sedition charges against them, ‘vendetta politics’ through BMC action and their mistreatment in custody. And back home, the civic body officials are likely to visit the Ranas’ residence for a...
MNS, Shiv Sena in new feud over Ayodhya visit
After the loudspeaker controversy, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Shiv Sena have now locked horns over destination Ayodhya. After MNS chief Raj Thackeray announced his June 5 visit to Ayodhya, Maharashtra’s tourism and environment minister Aaditya Thackeray said at a press conference that he along with Shiv Sena...
BJP leader files HC plea to open 20 rooms of Taj Mahal
The Allahabad high court has received a petition before its Lucknow bench seeking it to issue directives to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to open 20 rooms inside the world’s wonder — Taj Mahal in Agra to find if Hindu idols and inscriptions are hidden there. The plea...
Bagga gets relief from HC hours after court warrant
Delhi BJP leader Tajinder Singh Bagga got relief from the Punjab and Haryana High Court at a latenight hearing on Saturday. The court ordered that no coercive action should be taken against the BJYM leader till the next hearing on May 10. This order came hours after a Mohali...
Delhi police security for Bagga, case against Punjab police
The Delhi Police on Friday registered a case of kidnapping after BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga was arrested by Punjab Police personnel, officials said. They claimed that the Punjab Police team did not inform the local police before arresting Tajinder Bagga from his residence in Delhi’s Janakpuri. Tajinder...
Centre asks states to import coal to raise power output
Amid power cuts due to the low availability of coal and high demand, the central government has invoked an emergency law to start electricity generation at some idle power plants that are running on imported coal, according to a report. These idle plants are not producing electricity due to...
Shah tells Bengal partymen President’s rule not possible
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asked the BJP state unit to strengthen the party organization in order to put up a fight against the ruling party. In an internal closed-door party meeting, referring to demands for imposing President’s Rule in the state, Shah also said it was...
Punjab cops arrest BJP leader from Delhi home
BJP leader Tajinder Bagga has been arrested by Punjab police and is now being taken to Mohali from Delhi, where a case had been reportedly registered against him at the cyber cell of the station. Tejinder Pal Singh Bagga, the national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM),...
JK Cong calls delimitation panel report ‘biased’
The Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Thursday sharply reacted to the report of the Delimitation Commission, terming it totally biased, faulty, politically motivated and against the basic norms of delimitation. It also hit out at the commission for neglecting the fundamental principles and norms and ignoring the aspirations...
