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Modi claims dalits, OBCs, tribals getting due respect
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Dalits, OBCs and tribals are getting due respect from his government whereas previous rulers neglected these sections and remembered them only during elections. He also alleged the erstwhile governments failed to provide water to the poor whereas Dalit bastis, underprivileged localities, and...
Farooq Abdullah calls for honest India-Pak talks on Kashmir
National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said promoting border tourism or holding rallies in Jammu and Kashmir is only a tamasha which will go on until India and Pakistan hold talks with honesty on the Kashmir issue. “The hearts of both the countries should be pure. There...
Hindu group Mahapanchayat on VHP Nuh march
Over two weeks after the violence in Haryana’s Nuh that killed six people, a Mahapanchayat was planned there by a Hindu group today to discuss “completing” the Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s religious march that was attacked last month in Nuh, triggering a communal riot. However, it was shifted to Palwal,...
Recolonisation in the name of decolonisation: Stalin
The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu on Friday strongly opposed the naming of the central bills to enact new criminal laws in the country, calling it ”Hindi imposition” and an ”audacious attempt” to tamper with India’s diversity. DMK President and Chief Minister M K Stalin said the BJP and...
BJP lauds criminal law bills as ‘pro-people’
The BJP on Friday hailed the three bills introduced in Lok Sabha which seek to overhaul the criminal justice system, saying they remove the colonial legacy of the past and are pathbreaking and pro-people. Senior party leader and former law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters that the changes...
Assam CM says Manipur solution lies in hearts and not bullets
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said Indian Army “won’t be able to solve anything” in Manipur, and the solution to the ethnic violence that has now continued for over 100 days should come “from the heart and not bullets”. Sarma asked if Congress MP Rahul Gandhi,...
Imam Bukhari urges Modi to heed ‘man ki baat’ of Muslims
Jama Masjid’s Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari on Friday expressed concerns over the “storm of hatred” in the country, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to listen to the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ of Muslims. Citing recent incidents like the Nuh riots and the killing of four persons by a...
Yogi attacks Akhilesh as ‘born with silver spoon’
Taking potshots at Leader of Opposition Akhilesh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday stressed that those born with a silver spoon in their mouths will never understand the problems of farmers, Dalits, backward classes and the poor. Adityanath said that his government has been working for...
Bill to revamp British-era criminal laws moved
The government has introduced a bill for the complete overhaul of colonial-era Indian criminal laws. The Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Indian Evidence Act will be replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita will replace the Code of Criminal Procedure and the...
Judge who refused stay on Rahul Gandhi’s conviction transferred
The Gujarat High Court judge who refused to stay Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in the criminal defamation case over his ‘Modi surname’ remark features in the Supreme Court Collegium’s latest list of recommendations for transfer. Justice Hemant M Prachchhak, in a 123-page verdict passed in July, observed that no...
PM assures nation stands with Manipur people
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the government was ready to discuss the situation in Manipur where over 150 people were killed in the ethnic violence but the opposition “ran away” from the debate in Parliament due to their political motives. While replying to the debate on...
Modi predicts another no-trust motion in 2028
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke for over two hours in Lok Sabha while replying to the debate on a no-confidence motion in which he highlighted the government’s welfare works and slammed the opposition for tarnishing India’s image and politicising the situation in Manipur. Congress-led opposition, which has been...
Deve Gowda decries ‘new low’ in parliament proceedings
Former prime minister and Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Thursday said the Parliament proceedings have touched a “new low” as he rued “shouting and sloganeering” will only destroy “what is left of our system”. “I came to attend Parliament despite ill-health, but have been very...
Adhir Ranjan’s suspension undemocratic, says Cong
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was suspended from Lok Sabha on Thursday for ”repeated misconduct” pending an investigation by the privileges committee. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi moved a resolution for Chowdhury’s suspension, saying he disturbs the House whenever Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ministers speak or a debate...
Covid cases against Siddaramaiah, deputy withdrawn
The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday decided to withdraw criminal cases relating to violation of Covid-19 guidelines by state Congress and its leaders including, now Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar during the ’Mekedatu padayatra’ organised by the party in 2022. The Congress, then in opposition,...
Modi’s reply to no-trust motion today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today reply to the no-confidence motion brought by the Opposition parties in a bid to corner the government over the violence raging in Manipur. The parliament witnessed a fierce debate last two days with the Opposition accusing the government of creating a great divide...
Rahul accuses BJP of insulting tribals calling them ‘vanvasi’
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the BJP “insults” the tribal community by calling them “Vanvasi” instead of Adivasi and snatches away their forest land to hand it over to industrialists. Addressing a party rally in Rajasthan, Gandhi also flayed the BJP over the situation in ethnic...
Ex-colleague stands by Rahul Gandhi in ‘flying kiss’ row
Shiv Sena (UBT) Priyanka Chaturvedi extended support to ex-colleague and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the row over his alleged ‘flying kiss’ in the Lok Sabha yesterday, and called it an “affectionate” gesture. “I don’t understand that when he was speaking, all the ministers were standing up. Ministers were...
