Cong Wants Muslim Quota at SC/ST Cost:PM

April 24, 2024

The debate of Muslim vs SC/ST continued to make its mark in the ongoing election campaign with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while campaigning in Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha, claiming that the Congress in 2004 had tried to give reservation to members of Muslim community by reducing SC/ST quota. “Congress...

‘Western media reports on democracy in India fake’

April 19, 2024

Sources in the government have dismissed reports in the Western media that have appeared in American and British media outlets, raising concern on what they have termed the down sliding of democracy in India which will become more pronounced post 4 June as ‘fake and a part of a sustained...

BJP Manifesto Shows a Lot of Promise to End Poverty, Graft

April 15, 2024

The document pledges to improve and augment work done in last 10 years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced to launch the “final assault against poverty and intensify his battle against corruption” if the BJP wins the upcoming general elections. On Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its election...

Two Biharis to fight it out in Asansol

April 11, 2024

On Wednesday, the BJP decided to field Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia from Asansol in West Bengal against “Bihari Babu’ Shatrughan Singh who won the last election on a Trinamool ticket. The announcement of Ahluwalia as the BJP nominee has turned the electoral battle into a battle between two Biharis in West...

Congress grassroots leaders face challenges in accessing Delhi leadership

April 9, 2024

Congress grassroots leaders continue to face challenges in accessing and communicating with senior leaders based in Delhi. This is leading to frustration and disillusionment among party workers due to the centralization of decision-making, difficulty in securing appointments with senior leaders, and the perceived disregard for ground-level feedback. Last week ,...

‘What is my fault’: Choubey asks BJP

April 9, 2024

In an indication that the episode surrounding his political future was not yet over, Union minister Ashwini Choubey during his maiden visit to Patna after the party decided not to renominate him from Buxar, questioned on ‘what was his fault’ that had led to his ticket being cut. Questioning the...

India objects to US remarks on Kejriwal’s arrest

March 28, 2024

The government on Tuesday summoned Acting Deputy Chief of Mission of US Gloria Berbena at the South Block and in a meeting that lasted more than 30 minutes, expressed its strong objections to comment made by a US state department spokesperson on the recent arrest of Aam Aadmi Party chief...

Onus now on Atishi, Pathak and Chadda

March 22, 2024

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had prepared the plans to arrest Delhi Chief Minister and chief of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday afternoon, according to sources. Earlier in the day, Kejriwal had suffered a major legal setback after a division bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Manoj...

BJP to repeat 2019, internal projections indicates

March 20, 2024

Despite being in the power for two terms and facing the anti-incumbency associated with these long political runs, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is projected to reach 350 seats in the upcoming general elections with the BJP more or less maintaining the figure...

EC removes home secys in 6 states

March 19, 2024

Those in BJP-ruled states also included in reshuffle Less than 48 hours after the code of conduct came into effect, the Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered the removal of top bureaucrats in six states, including those presently under the rule of the BJP. More such orders are expected to...