Upset over Budget, TDP declares ‘war’ on ally BJP
February 02, 2018 The Telugu Desam Party has declared “war” on its alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party over what it called a “raw deal” meted out to Andhra Pradesh in the Union Budget. “We are going to declare war (on the BJP). We now have three options. One is to try and continue. The second […]
No violation by govt in allowing early release to Sanjay Dutt: HC
February 01, 2018 The Bombay high court today said it had not found any violation on part of the state in allowing actor Sanjay Dutt to walk out of jail eight months before the completion of his five-year sentence in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case. A bench of Justices S C Dharamadhikari and Bharati […]
Customs duty hike on mobile phones to hurt consumers
In a bid to further help domestic smartphone manufacturers, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced a hike in customs duty on mobile phones to 20 per cent from 15 per cent — a move that will force foreign players to pass on the burden to consumers. “Customs duty on import of mobile phone parts […]
Budget 2018 anti-poor, pro-capitalists, says Mayawati
Feb 01 2018 Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has dubbed the Union Budget presented in Parliament on Thursday as anti-poor and pro-capitalists. In a statement issued in Lucknow, she said like the previous budgets of the Narendra Modi government, this one was also “anti-poor and pro-capitalists”. “What happened to Modi’s promise of ‘achchey din’ […]
All-friendly Budget will push development: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for presenting an all-friendly Union Budget 2018-19 with the focus on agriculture, health and small businesses. “This budget is farmer-friendly, common citizen-friendly, business environment-friendly and development-friendly,” Modi said in his first reaction after Jaitley presented the Budget in the Lok Sabha here. “Along with […]
Jaitley’s fifth is a please-all Budget, almost
February 01, 2018 A slew of measures for the agriculture and rural sectors, a new health insurance scheme for the poor and some relief in income tax for the salaried class and senior citizens, were announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today in the last full budget before the general elections. Presenting his fifth straight […]
Rajasthan bypolls: Congress wins Mandalgarh, leading in Ajmer, Alwar
February 01, 2018 Congress has won the Mandalgarh assembly byelection in Rajasthan and is leading in the two Parliamentary seats of Ajmer and Alwar. This is turning out to be a massive blow to the Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government in Rajasthan that is headed for assembly elections in a few months. In Rajasthan, the by-polls […]
Uttar Pradesh :New Video Shows Young Men Marching With Guns, Clubs, Sticks On The Morning Of Republic Day
January 31st, 2018 A new video has emerged of the violence that erupted in Kasganj, where communal clashes broke out on Republic Day. As reported by The Times of India, the video shows a group of ABVP and VHP youth, the ones who took out the ‘Tiranga Yatra’, marching towards a Muslim-dominated area. The video is taken […]
BJP takes potshots at Rahul for wearing jacket worth Rs 70,000
January 31, 2018 The BJP took potshots at Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his jacket, which they claim cost nearly Rs 70,000. Rahul was attending a concert in Shillong when he was seen sporting the apparel. “So @OfficeOfRG, soot(pun intended!)-boot ki sarkar with ‘black’ money fleeced from Meghalayan state exchequer by rampant corruption? Instead of […]
Main accused in Kasganj violence held
Lucknow, Jan 31 : The main accused in the Chandan Gupta murder case in Kasganj was arrested today even as a Congress delegation was stopped from entering the violence-hit district amid continuing tension in some pockets. “Saleem, the main accused, has been nabbed,” IG, Aligarh range, Sanjeev Gupta said. Kasganj SP Piyush Srivastava said notices […]
