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BJP committee brands Bengal panchayat polls ‘shameful democracy’

July 27, 2023

A fact-finding committee assembled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) recently submitted a critical report of the West Bengal panchayat elections to party president J P Nadda, labelling the electoral incidents as a “sickening symbol of shameful democracy”. The BJP’s prominent leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who...

Irani defends Ahmadiyya community, challenges Waqf board’s authority

July 27, 2023

Smriti Irani, the Minister of Minority Affairs, took a clear stand on Wednesday, asserting that no Waqf Board in India has the power to expel a person or a community from a religion. Her comments arrived amidst a heated dispute revolving around the Andhra Pradesh Waqf Board’s resolution that labelled...

Rajnath Singh lambasts I.N.D.I.A alliance over attempt to rewrite past

July 27, 2023

In the run-up to the opposition’s impending no-confidence motion, a scathing critique came from none other than Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. He expressed disdain for the newly renamed Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A) on Wednesday, lambasting the party for believing a name change could erase its contentious history. The...

Understanding No-Confidence Motion

July 27, 2023

A “no-confidence motion” or “motion of no confidence” is a parliamentary procedure used in many countries to test the support or lack of support for the government. It is a motion initiated by the opposition or sometimes by members of the ruling party itself, expressing that they no longer have...

Sikh riots explained

July 27, 2023

The anti-Sikh riots, also known as the 1984 Sikh riots, were a series of organized pogroms that occurred in India following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984. The riots primarily targeted Sikhs in Delhi and several other parts of the country,...

Prez Murmu, PM Modi remember Kargil war heroes on 24th anniv

July 27, 2023

President Droupadi Murmu paid tributes to the Kargil war heroes on the 24th anniversary of the war and said that the heroic stories of bravehearts will always inspire generations to come. “Today, on the glorious occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas, all the countrymen remember the victory achieved by the extraordinary...

Going down ‘1999 Kargil’ memory lane

July 27, 2023

During the winter of 1998-1999, the Pakistani armed forces covertly trained and deployed troops to cross the Line of Control (LOC) and seize fortified positions that overlooked NH 1A in the Dras and Batalik Sectors of Kargil, Ladakh region. Their objective was to gain control over both military and civilian...

World recognised India’s military strength during Kargil War: Yogi Adityanath

July 27, 2023

The world recognised India’s military strength during the Kargil War in 1999 as the armed forces successfully pushed back Pakistani intruders from Indian soil, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday as the country observed the 24th Kargil Vijay Diwas. At an event at the Kargil Shaheed Smriti...

PM Modi performs ‘pooja’ at redeveloped ITPO complex at Pragati Maidan

July 27, 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday performed “pooja” at the redeveloped India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) complex at the Pragati Maidan here ahead of its official inauguration. He also interacted with the workers who were involved in the construction of the complex and felicitated them. The revamped International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre...

India will cross LOC if situation arises: Rajnath

July 27, 2023

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said while the jawans of the Indian Army did not step across the Line of Control (LoC) during the Kargil conflict in 1999, they could have ventured inside enemy territory if they so wanted. Addressing an event commemorating soliders, who laid down their lives...

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