Politics
SGPC to meet Amit Shah over Gurdwaras Act amendment
Amid a row over the amendment of a religious act, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Harjinder Singh Dhami on Thursday said the organisation will be meeting union home minister Amit Shah about the issue. The Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government in Punjab recently amended the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925, to...
Bhim Army chief says UP govt protecting criminals
A day after he was attacked, Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad on Thursday demanded the resignation of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, claiming his government was providing protection to criminals on the basis of caste and religion. In a note posted on Twitter, Aazad alleged the law...
Rahul to meet Manipur ethnic strife victims during 2-day visit
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to arrive in Manipur on Thursday for a two-day visit aimed at assessing the prevailing violence in the state, which has persisted for nearly 55 days. On his visit, Gandhi wants to familiarize himself with the ground reality of the situation and interact...
Rajnath alleges communal colour being given to UCC
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday accused the opposition parties of trying to bring in a communal angle whenever the Centre talks about implementing a Uniform Civil Code in the country. The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader also said politics should not be done by dividing the society...
PM’s UCC push only an election agenda, says IUML
Congress ally and a member of opposition UDF in Kerala, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was pushing for implementing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country only as an election agenda ahead of the Lok Sabha polls next year as...
BJP questions Rahul’s ‘links’ to George Soros, Jamaat-e-Islami
Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Irani, at a press conference on Wednesday, raised questions over the organisers and meetings of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during his United States (US) tour on June 4. “…The question that has been left unanswered by the Congress party is...
Central ‘no’ forces Karnataka govt to give money instead of rice
As the Karnataka government is facing difficulty in procuring large quantities of rice required to fulfil its poll guarantee, it has decided to pay beneficiaries cash at the rate of Rs 34 per kilo, for the additional 5kg of the foodgrain promised under the ‘Anna Bhagya’ scheme. The Congress,...
Yogi bans sale of meat along Kanwar Yatra routes
As India’s Hindu community gears up to observe the ‘unique’ two-month long sawan, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to prohibit sale of meat in the open along the routes fixed for Kanwar Yatra. Sawan or Shravan is being considered unique this year as the festival will be celebrated...
Maken wants full investigation into Kejriwal’s ‘sheesh mahal’
Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken on Tuesday said a full-blown criminal investigation is required into the “egregious expenditure of Rs 171 crore” on the renovation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence. He welcomed the Comptroller and Auditor General’s probe into the “squandering” of public funds on Kejriwal’s “sheesh mahal”....
Tamil Nadu Brahmins want Modi to continue, claims BJP
Brahmins in Tamil Nadu fully support BJP state chief K Annamalai for his honesty and efforts to usher in corruption-free governance, senior party leader V Maitreyan has said. The members of the community are aware that both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Annamalai are not Brahmins but have reposed...
TMC to organise Delhi dharna for central fund clearance
Senior Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee said the party will organise a sit-in in New Delhi to press for the demand to clear financial dues of the state. Addressing a panchayat election rally in Nadia district on Tuesday, Banerjee, the TMC national general secretary, said the BJP government has stopped...
Karnataka BJP bickering over ‘adjustment politics’ with Cong
A “courtesy visit” by DK Shivakumar to Basavaraj Bommai’s house has once again triggered an “adjustment politics” debate in the Bharatiya Janata Party. BJP leader Basangouda Patil Yatnal openly took a jibe at former chief minister Bommai at a programme on Sunday, saying the party won’t survive in the...
Telangana ex-minister among 35 BRS leaders joining Cong
As many as 35 BRS leaders, including former MP Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and ex-minister Telangana government Jupally Krishna Rao, announced their intention to join the Congress and met the party’s top leadership here on Monday, sources said. The Bharat Rashtra Samithi leaders will formally join the Congress at a...
Rajnath, Puri join campaign against Barack Obama
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi ruled the global headlines with his highly successful visit to the United States, former President Barack Obama found himself amid a barrage of criticism with his remark on India’s approach towards minority rights. Obama’s comments on the treatment of Muslims in India, especially at...
KCR’s 600-car convoy for two-day Maharashtra tour
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) President and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday began a two-day visit to Maharashtra. Accompanied by cabinet members, party MLAs, MPs, and other key figures, KCR left Pragathi Bhavan, the Chief Minister’s official camp office in Hyderabad. This convoy comprised an impressive 600...
Shah advises Manipur CM to ‘work harder’ to end unrest
Chief Minister N Biren Singh met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Sunday and briefed him about the “evolving situation” in Manipur. BJP National Spokesperson Sambit Patra and Sanajaoba Leishemba, Rajya Sabha MP from Manipur also joined Singh during his meeting with the Union Minister. Sources privy to the development...
Siddaramaiah says never seen a PM who tells lies
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday hit out at the Narendra Modi-led central government and claimed that in his 40 years of political career, he has never seen a prime minister who speaks “lies”. Addressing a rally in Kannada in the Sangli district of Maharashtra, where the state Congress...
Raja discounts AAP stand as hindrance to opposition unity
With the Aam Aadmi Party striking a discordant note over the Patna meeting, CPI general secretary D Raja has said it was “not a setback” for Opposition unity and asserted that as independent political parties, there can be “small angularities” on certain matters but those were being overcome. He...
