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01 Dec

Swara Bhaskar joins Bharat Jodo Yatra in Ujjain

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsEntertainment, India, PoliticalINDIA, POLITICS, Swara bhaskar

On Thursday, Bollywood actress Swara Bhasker joined Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Ujjain and walked with Rahul Gandhi. The actor reached Indore on Wednesday and was scheduled to walk with Rahul Gandhi this morning. Along with Swara Bhaskar, the list of Bollywood appearances at Bharat Yatra continued to grow with Pooja Bhatt, Sushant Singh, Rashmi Desai, Rhea Sen, and Amal Palekar joining the Yatra. Known for her anti-BJP views, Swara Bhaskar supported him when the yatra began and praised Rahul Gandhi for his efforts despite electoral defeats, trolling and personal attacks. "Credit where due. Despite electoral defeats, trolling, personal attacks…

31 Oct

Partha Chatterjee brought to the special CBI court in Alipurduar

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsPolitical, West Bengalcbi, INDIA, Partha Chatterjee, POLITICS, west bengal

The state is still facing the issue of teacher recruitment. Earlier, former education minister Partha Chatterjee and former board chairman Manik Bhattacharya were arrested. Partha Chatterjee, who was arrested in the recruitment case, was not produced even though the case was scheduled to be heard last Friday due to technical complications and a misunderstanding between the court and jail authorities. Partha Chatterjee will have to appear in court on Monday as he did not appear on Friday. Partha Chatterjee was ordered to be remanded in jail till October 28 in an earlier hearing. At the same time, Kalyanmoy Gangopadhyay, and…

19 Oct

President accepts AAP leader Rajendra Pal Gautam’s resignation

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsPoliticalDraupadi Murmu, INDIA, POLITICS, President

President Draupadi Murmu has accepted the resignation of Delhi Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam with immediate effect after he submitted his papers following a controversy over his attendance at a religious conversion ceremony. The Delhi government accepted Gautam's resignation and sent it to Lt Governor VK Saxena for approval, who sent it to the President for approval last week. A notification issued by the Union Home Ministry on Tuesday said, "The President is pleased to accept the resignation of Shri Rajendra Pal Gautam, Minister of the National Capital Region, Delhi, with immediate effect, on the advice of the Chief Minister of…

05 Sep

Not Our View, Says RSS On ‘Anti-National Infosys’ Article In Journal

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The BJP's ideological mentor RSS has distanced itself from a piece published in Panchjanya - a journal with roots in the Sangh - that questioned whether an "anti-national" conspiracy could be behind glitches on India's tax-filing websites handled by information technology giant Infosys Ltd. The editor of the magazine, Hitesh Shankar, backed the article and said if Infosys has objections "it should present its side by urging for a more thorough investigation".In the latest edition of the journal linked to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a four-page cover story on the Bengaluru-based firm founded by Narayana Murthy asked whether "anti-national…

05 Aug

Delhi gang rape, murder: NCPCR asks Delhi Police, Twitter to act against Rahul Gandhi

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met the family of the nine-year-old Dalit girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in the Capital. Mr. Gandhi said he will stand with the family till they get justice and will not back down even an inch. Reacting to a picture that Mr. Gandhi posted on Twitter with the girl’s parents, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) wrote to the social media platform asking for action against Mr. Gandhi’s account for revealing the identity of the victim. “Tweeting a photo of a victim’s parents and thereby revealing her identity is…

20 Jul

Prashant Kishor Hacked by Pegasus, Mamata’s Nephew Also Selected as Potential Snoop Target

editor0 CommentsPolitical, West BengalPOLITICS, west bengal

In the midst of the heated Assembly elections in West Bengal earlier this year, the phone of poll strategist Prashant Kishor was broken into using NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, according to digital forensics conducted by Amnesty International’s Security Lab and shared with The Wire. They were among dozens of Indian politicians, journalists, activists and government critics whose numbers were identified as possible targets for the Israeli company NSO Group’s government clients, a global collaborative investigative project has revealed after examining a leaked database of phone numbers listed by multiple government clients of the surveillance firm. The leaked global database of…

12 Jul

Rajinikanth says ‘NO’ to politics,

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Superstar Rajinikanth on Monday announced he has no plans of entering politics in the future and dissolved his outfit Rajini Makkal Mandram. The announcement came after Rajinikanth's meeting with members of the RMM. "I don't have any plans to enter politics in the future,” the 70-year-old actor said after his meeting with RMM functionaries. pic.twitter.com/kaG2L3xil6— Rajinikanth (@rajinikanth) July 12, 2021 The dissolved Rajini Makkal Mandram will be morph into "Rajinikanth Rasigar Narpani Mandram" or the Rajinikanth Fans Welfare Forum. Before the meeting, Rajinikanth had said he will discuss his political entry with members of his political party. On 3 December 2020,…

05 Jul

Chirag Paswan launches Ashirvaad Yatra

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Locked in a tussle over the control of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), senior leader Chirag Paswan on Ram Vilas Paswan's birth anniversary said that his own people have betrayed him. Speaking to the media, Chirag said, "I am beginning Ashirvad Yatra from Hajipur because it was my father's karmbhoomi. We will hold this yatra in every district. Our only aim is to take everyone's blessings. I don't have the status to show power to anyone. My own people have betrayed me." "There is no specific message regarding this yatra, I just want the blessings of the people of Bihar. I…

04 Jul

Pushkar Singh Dhami To Be Uttarakhand’s 3rd Chief Minister In 4 Months

editor0 CommentsIndia, Politicalpoliticians, POLITICS, Uttarakhand

Pushkar Singh Dhami was on Saturday unanimously chosen by the Uttarakhand BJP legislature party to be the eleventh Chief Minister of the state. The change of guard came a day after Tirat Singh Rawat resigned from the post amid infighting and fading chances of his getting elected to the state Legislative Assembly by September 10.The name of Mr Dhami, considered close to Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, was declared after the 57 Uttarakhand BJP MLAs met at the party headquarters in capital Dehradun. The 45-year-old is a two-time legislator representing the Khatima constituency in the state's Kumaon region. He was…

04 Jul

Water Cannons Used On AAP Workers Protesting At Amarinder Singh’s House

editor0 CommentsIndia, Politicalpoliticians, POLITICS, punjab

Hundreds of Aam Aadmi Party workers led by their Punjab unit chief faced water cannons outside the house of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh while protesting against the electricity crisis in the state during peak summer. A few AAP leaders have been detained by the police.Punjab AAP chief Bhagwant Mann and his party worker gathered in force outside Amarinder Singh's house in Mohali this afternoon and started shouting slogans. Later, they started marching towards the Chief Minister's residence. This drew the police to use water cannons on the protesters. The Punjab government has been facing criticism over severe power shortage…