Bhim Army Chandrashekhar Azad dodged the Uttar Police police on Sunday and reached JN Medical College in Aligarh to meet the Hathras gang rape survivor. He demanded that she be shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in New Delhi and a compensation of Rs one crore […]
Surgical strike day: How army soldiers destroyed terror launchpads
The government is celebrating the fourth anniversary of the surgical strikes on Monday. The strikes against the terror groups were carried out in response to the deadly attack on an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri in September, 2016. During his monthly radio address Mann Ki Baat on Sunday, […]
Covid-19 shadow over big, fat weddings in Delhi
With the wedding season just round the corner, banquet and tent house owners are demanding that the Centre and the Delhi government relax the number of guests at a wedding function—currently only 50 people are allowed—to 50% of the the banquet hall’s capacity. They want the restriction on the number […]
BJP may be able to offset the impact of Akali exit
Perception management will be the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) biggest challenge in Punjab and other agrarian states after the Shiromani Akali Dal’s (SAD) decision to end their 24-year-old alliance on the controversial farm sector reforms. The BJP wouldn’t be that badly off without the SAD if it manages to set […]
Court asks why three former CBI chiefs not questioned in graft case
A Delhi court has questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) why it had not questioned its ex-CBI directors Ranjit Sinha, AP Singh and Alok Verma in connection with a bribery case registered in February 2017 against millionaire meat exporter Moin Qureshi. In the first information report (FIR), the CBI […]
On Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi focuses on storytelling; hails passage of farm bills
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the nation through the 69th edition of his monthly radio address Mann Ki Baat where he talked about the importance of storytelling, the values of Indian family system and hailed the passage of farm bills. PM Modi started his address with highlighting the art of […]
West Bengal allows cinema halls to operate from Oct 1
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has allowed theatres and cinema halls to function in state from October 1. Adherence to social distancing norms and other Covid-19 guidelines is mandatory for them, the chief minister said. A maximum of 50 people will be allowed to participate in these gatherings, Banerjee […]
Jaswant Singh, founding member of the BJP and former Union minister, passes away
Jaswant Singh, former Union minister in the Atal Bihar Vajpayee cabinet who held the crucial portfolios of external affairs, defence and finance, died after a prolonged illness on Sunday morning. Having joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as one of its early founding members after serving in the Indian Army, Singh had […]
Jaswant Singh: Army officer to ex-PM Vajpayee’s trusted troubleshooter
Former Union minister Jaswant Singh passed away on Sunday at the age of 82. He was born on January 3, 1938 in village Jasol in Barmer district of Rajasthan. With a BA and BSc, Singh was educated at Mayo College at Ajmer and later joined the Indian Army as a […]
India’s Covid-19 tally closer to 6 million mark, death toll at 94,503
India recorded 88,600 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours, which took the nationwide tally closer to six million mark. According to Union health ministry on Sunday, the number of active cases in the country stand at 9,56,402, while 49,41,627 patients have been cured/discharged from […]
SAD quits NDA: How farm bills ended friendship between oldest allies
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the oldest ally of Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), parted ways on the issue of farm bills which were recently passed by Parliament. The BJP government at the Centre has said that these landmark legislations will make farmers self-reliant. The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce […]
Amit Shah to inaugurate ‘Destination North East-2020’ event today
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate a four-day event on Sunday to showcase north east India’s various potentials like eco-tourism, culture, heritage and business. The inauguration will take place via video-conference and Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region Jitendra Singh will be the guest of honour of […]
Snapping over two-decades-long ties, SAD pulls out of NDA over farm bills
In a politically significant development, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday pulled out of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) citing “injustice to farmers, Sikhs, Punjab and Punjabi language” as reasons for snapping its 24-year-long ties with the Bhartiya Janata Party. The decision was taken at a late-night emergency […]
Meeting between Fadnavis, Sanjay Raut sets tongues wagging
A meeting between BJP leader and former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday sparked speculations in the political circles amid the slugfest between the two parties in the last few months. Both the leaders met at a five-star hotel in suburban Mumbai. The […]
‘No longer the NDA envisioned by Vajpayee, Badal sahab’: Harsimrat after SAD’s exit from alliance
Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Saturday attacked the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is led by the BJP, for ignoring the woes of farmers after her party pulled out of the coalition at the Centre over three agriculture sector related bills. “If Pain & Protests of 3 […]