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02 Jul

Ex-Haryana Chief Minister OP Chautala Walks Out Of Tihar Jail

editor0 CommentsIndia, PoliticalINDIA, POLITICS

Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala was on Friday released from Tihar jail where he was serving a ten-year sentence after his conviction in a corruption case. Chautala, his son Ajay, and 53 others were convicted on January 13, 2013, by a Delhi court for illegally recruiting 3,206 basic teachers in Haryana in 1999-2000 when the INLD chief was the chief minister. A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe was ordered by the Supreme Court on a petition by IAS officer Sanjeev Kumar, who accused the leader of taking bribes to recruit teachers and said he was forced to…

02 Jul

Bengal post-poll violence: People were dying, govt in denial mode

editor0 CommentsBreaking News, Political, West BengalMamata Banerjee, TMC, west bengal

In a major embarrassment to the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, the Calcutta High Court has instructed the police to register all the cases pertaining to post-poll violence in the state. The Calcutta HC, after reading the National Human Rights Commission report on post-poll violence, has directed the police to register cases in all matters which have either been reported to it or have been placed before NHRC or any other authority/Commission, get statements of victims recorded under Section 164 of CrPC. Acknowledging the violence, the HC also finds Mamta Banerjee Government on the wrong foot and in denial mode,…

01 Jul

Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, has sent mangoes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

editor0 CommentsPoliticalCM, Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Politics is, without a doubt, a bitter-sweet experience. And parties have long exploited the mango season to try to sweeten their ties. Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi fought a fierce war for Bengal. Even after Mamata was sworn in as Chief Minister, the squabbles between the state and the federal government continued. But when mango season arrived, she was quick to extend her seasonal greetings to New Delhi. Last Monday, Mamata sent Bengal's best mango types to Modi Himsagar, Malda, and Lakshmanbhog. President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Defence…

30 Jun

Sukhbir, Sidhu spar over misguided missile attack

editor0 CommentsIndia, PoliticalSukhbir Singh Badal

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal and Punjab Congress MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu sparred on Wednesday after the former caustically called the cricketer-turned-politician “a misguided missile” Addressing mediapersons after paying obeisance at Golden Temple with his wife and former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Sukhbir said: “Sidhu is a misguided missile, which has no control. It can hit anywhere, including himself.” “Over the past 25 years, Sidhu hasn’t been loyal to anyone. He deserted cricket, left the BJP and turned to the Congress only to criticise its leaders. Earlier, he would make Prime Minister Narendra Modi happy with a…

28 Jun

VIP Cars, Including Sharad Pawar’s, At Racetrack

editor0 CommentsPolitical, SportsKiren Rijiju, Sharad Pawar

On Saturday, Sharad Pawar, the former chief of the Indian Olympics Association, visited Pune's Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex along with state Sports Minister Sunil Kedar and Minister of State Aditi Tatkare to review a project. Images of their cars parked on the racetrack were posted on Twitter by BJP MLA Siddharth Shirole." Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said today he was "very sad" to see "disrespect for sports" as he reacted to senior Maharashtra ministers and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar using a sports stadium racetrack to park their cars during a meeting in Pune. It is one thing for…

27 Jun

Wooing Chirag? RJD to celebrate Ram Vilas Paswan’s birth anniversary on July 5

editor0 CommentsPoliticalbihar

Amid signs of chill in LJP leader Chirag Paswan's ties with the BJP-led NDA, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday reached out to him for aligning with the Opposition, saying he can carry forward his father Ram Vilas Paswan''s legacy only by joining the "existential fight" against RSS ideologue M S Golwalkar's thoughts. Experts believe, RJD's decision to celebrate the birth anniversary of LJP founder and former union minister (late) Ram Vilas Paswan on the same day as RJD's foundation day, July 5, can have a far fetched impact on Bihar's politics. RJD's decision has assumed more political significane now…

27 Jun

Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao to Hold an All-party Meeting on Dalit Empowerment

editor0 CommentsPoliticalINDIA

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar will hold a meeting with all-party leaders to prepare guidelines for the CM Dalit Empowerment Scheme at Pragati Bhavan on Sunday. The Chief Minister invited all Dalit public representatives, Dalit MPs, MLAs and MLCs to participate in the meeting which is likely to last about three hours. The Chief Minister contacted CPM and CPI party's state secretaries Chada Venkat Reddy, Tammineni Veerabhadram over the phone requesting to send their senior Dalit leaders to the meeting. Opposition parties, including Congress and BJP floor leaders and AIMIM, would participate in the meeting. KCR asked Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar,…

27 Jun

Yogi to woo Dalits, plans another Ambedkar memorial

editor0 CommentsIndia, PoliticalAmbedkar memorial, Yogi

The foundation stone for the Bharat Ratna Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar Memorial and Cultural Centre, to be located in Lucknow's Aishbagh, is likely to be laid by President Ram Nath Kovind during his Lucknow visit on June 28. In an apparent attempt to woo Dalits, ahead of the 2022 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced that he would build a grand memorial in the name of Dalit icon Dr B.R. Ambedkar. The project is expected to cost around Rs 50 crore and sources indicated that a portion of the centre, which would include a 45m…

22 Jun

Gyani baba’: Smriti Irani slams Rahul Gandhi over his criticism of Modi govt’s

editor0 CommentsPoliticalRahul Gandhi, Smriti Irani

Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday called Rahul Gandhi a 'gyani baba' who is 'dishing out pearls of wisdom' to others. Irani in a series of tweets said that Rahul should introspect that why Congress-ruled states failed in flattening the Covid curve during the second wave. "While Gyani Baba is dishing out pearls of wisdom to Honourable Prime Minister, he may like to introspect on the following - Where did second wave start? - Congress ruled states. Which states had huge percentage of India’s cases and deaths? - Congress ruled states," she tweeted. While Gyani Baba is dishing out pearls…

22 Jun

Dhankhar: Alarming situation in Bengal

editor0 CommentsPoliticalJagdeep Dhankhar, state government, Trinamul Congress, west bengal

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today said that he had not seen “such post-poll violence after Independence” as he has been seeing in Bengal of late. Talking to reporters at the Bagdogra Airport here upon his arrival today, Mr Dhankhar said: “Such post-poll violence was not seen after Independence. The situation of West Bengal is alarming. Administration is not taking any action.” “Denying fundamental rights is the axe to grind democracy. No proper action was taken in the last seven weeks. People are in no position to discuss the present situation out of fear. Has administration reached out to those…