Politics
BJP slams Mamata’s ‘brazenly communal’ stipend to Imams
A new controversy seems to be rearing its head in West Bengal after chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced increase in the stipend of Imams and Brahmin priests, with BJP attacking the Trinamool Congress for the pay disparity between the two even as experts explained the logic behind the move....
Swadeshi may be theme song of BJP for 2024
In 2019, Narendra Modi went to the electorate seeking another term, harping on the much talked about Balakot strike in which the Indian Air Force went deep inside Pakistan to mount an aerial attack on February 26, 2019. The air strike — India’s response to the Pulwama attack —...
Lalu sees son as CM as Nitish takes up INDIA convenorship
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad Yadav in a significant statement told News18 that there could be many conveners for the opposition INDIA bloc. The former Bihar chief minister was visiting his ancestral Phulwaria village in Gopalganj district with wife Rabri Devi after about seven years to meet...
Murmu hails Goa’s common civil code as model for country
President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday hailed the “common civil code” in Goa, saying that it was a matter of pride for the state and a good example for the country. She also noted that women enjoy equal status in the state’s cosmopolitan culture. The president, who arrived in Goa...
Cong promises caste census, Ravidas varsity in MP
The Congress will conduct a caste census in Madhya Pradesh after winning the assembly polls and establish a university in the name of Sant Ravidas, said party president Mallikarjun Kharge, accusing the regime at the Centre of wishing to change the Constitution. He was addressing a public rally in...
Union minister rakes up Nuh-type Bihar incident
Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday compared an incident of stone pelting on a religious procession in Bihar to the July 31 violence in Nuh in Haryana. Singh referred to reports of stone pelting on a procession on Nagpanchami in Bihar’s Motihari on Monday. “A religious procession...
Karnataka to replace NEP with new education policy
The Congress-led Karnataka government will scrap the NEP adopted by the previous BJP government and will be introducing a new state education policy that ensures “quality education,” Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar announced on Monday. Speaking to the media, Shivakumar said, the Karnataka government recently conducted a meeting with...
Maharashtra minister’s remark on Aishwarya’s eyes sparks row
A BJP minister in Maharashtra found himself embroiled in controversy on Monday, following his statement that linked the daily consumption of fish to the prospect of having eyes as beautiful as those of actor Aishwarya Rai. The comments made by state tribal minister Vijaykumar Gavit during a public event...
Priyanka to visit Manipur, Tripura soon
Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is likely to visit Manipur and Tripura soon, a party leader said on Monday. Senior Congress MLA of Tripura Sudip Roy Barman said he has already spoken to her regarding the visit. “I have already spoken to our leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and...
Mamata targets Left, Cong at imams event
Even though part of Opposition bloc Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee targeted the Left and Congress at the All India Imam-Muazzin Social and Welfare Organisation event in Kolkata on Monday. She...
