After Sonia attack, government says committed to hold winter session
November 21, 2017 The government will call the winter session of Parliament in December and its dates will be announced soon, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said on Tuesday while citing precedents during the United Progressive Alliance rule to reject the Congress’ allegations of “delay”. Kumar said that the Opposition is suffering from “selective amnesia” as […]
6 killed in road accident in Rajasthan
(Rajasthan), Nov 21 :Six people were killed and over 10 injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a pickup van in Nokha police station area of Bikaner district today, police said. The accident took place on the Nokha-Mukam state highway around 3 am. The injured were taken to the Nokha community health care […]
Bhansali equally guilty as those threatening him: Yogi
November 21, 2017 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday alleged that Padmavati director Sanjay Leela Bhansali is no less guilty than those issuing threats to actors and others involved with the film and asserted that if there is any action, ‘it will be against both the sides’. Lashing out at the film-maker, he said Bhansali […]
Rajnath rejects presence of IS in valley.
Dismissing reports of the Islamic State gaining a foothold in Kashmir, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today that Indian Muslims would never allow outfits such as IS to have a base in the country. Singh also said he has complete faith in the Indian youth that they would not let IS misled them. “Any […]
Centre sabotaging winter session on flimsy grounds: Sonia
November 20, 2017 Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday launched an all out attack on the government, accusing it of sabotaging the winter session of Parliament on flimsy grounds. Addressing the meeting of the Congress Working Committee, she also accused the government of being ‘ill prepared’ to implement the goods and services tax, which she described as a ‘flawed’ tax […]
Build Ram temple in Ayodhya, mosque in Lucknow: Shia Waqf Board
November 20, 2017 The Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board has come up with a proposal wherein they suggested to build a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayidhya and a mosque in Lucknow. Shia Waqf Board chairman Syed Waseem Rizvi said that they have come up with the proposal following discussions with different […]
BJP releases 3rd list of candidates for Gujarat polls
Ahmedabad, Nov 20 : The ruling BJP today released its third list of 28 candidates for the Gujarat Assembly polls, fielding former minister Saurabh Patel from Botad and former state party chief R C Faldu from Jamnagar-South seat. In the third list, the party has dropped as many as 16 sitting MLAs, including three ministers, and […]
Chidambaram mocks Modi govt’s ‘sudden love’ for Moody’s
November 18, 2017 A day after Moody’s upgraded India’s sovereign rating to Baa2 from Baa3 with a stable outlook, former finance minister P Chidambaram on Saturday mocked the Narendra Modi-led central government’s sudden love for the global credit rating agency, saying that the present dispensation had flayed the rating methodology only a few months ago. […]
Would have implemented GST after adequate preparation: Manmohan
November 18, 2017 Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government at the centre, former prime minister Manmohan Singh has said that the Congress would have implemented the goods and services tax after considerable preparation. Addressing a gathering in Kochi on Friday, Singh said, “GST is an idea, which had the […]
BJP trying to divert people’s attention in civic polls: Akhilesh
Lucknow, Nov 17 :Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav today accused the ruling BJP of spreading “hatred” and trying to “divert people’s attention” through its campaigns for the civic polls in Uttar Pradesh. The former chief minister also criticised the Yogi Adityanath government for the plight of potato farmers and non-payment of arrears to cane growers, […]
