With the counting of votes still underway in two of the five states where assembly elections were recently held, the final verdict of Tuesday, December 11, is yet to be formally declared, as late as 1 am on Wednesday. But the big picture is clear: the saffron tide that had been sweeping through India had […]
Category: Politics
The Winter Session of Parliament starts on Tuesday and will end on January 8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged all parties to utilise the Winter Session of Parliament for public interest rather than political interests. Speaking outside Parliament before the start of the session, the Prime Minister asked leaders of various political parties […]
Former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian said the autonomy of the Reserve Bank of India must be protected. NEW DELHI: Drawing the link between demonetisation and GDP numbers, former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian has said the puzzle thrown up by the note ban has a dual aspect – whether its impact as seen in […]
Bhopal farmer names newly-born twin cows ‘BJP’ and ‘Congress’ India’s two biggest national political parties, BJP and Congress have been at loggerheads for decades. The animosity between the arch-rivals is quite visible and naturally their coalition is extremely unlikely. However, a farmer in Bhopal, probably wanting a unity between the parties, has named his cow’s […]
In a shocking incident, the daughter of a retired Inspector General of Police allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the terrace of her residence in Patna in the wee hours of Sunday. The deceased woman jumped off from the 14th floor of her apartment building. She was the daughter of retired Inspector General of Police […]
Dubbing the whole affair initiated by Pakistan on the Kartarpur Corridor as a “bigger conspiracy” hatched by the Pakistan Army, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said the hostile neighbour is trying to revive militancy in Punjab but it will not be allowed to succeed. Citing that Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa had […]
A senior home department official said they have been taken to task for not being fast enough in reacting to the situation. Two police officials have been transferred in connection to the mob violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr town earlier this week where an inspector and a civilian were killed, authorities said on Saturday. Acting […]
In his first foreign interview as Prime Minister, Imran Khan told The Washington Post that Pakistan will not be a hired gun of the US, given money to fight someone else’s war. “It not only cost us human lives, devastation of our tribal areas, but it also cost us our dignity,” the Pakistan PM told […]
Madhya Pradesh assembly election: The question of future chief minister is what casts a cloud on Kamal Nath’s session to train Congress candidates BHOPAL: Congress leader Kamal Nath’s tutorial on Thursday for party candidates contesting the Madhya Pradesh election had two notable absentees — Jyotiraditya Scindia and Digvijaya Singh. None of them are candidates or […]
‘Better clarity prevails after Justice Ranjan Gogoi took over’ A new channel of dialogue between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on issues relating to judicial appointments is a reason for the quick-fire filling of judicial vacancies in the Supreme Court and the High Courts, Justice Kurian Joseph, who retired […]