Tag: india politics
Akhilesh says many backward communities still outside mainstream
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said there are many people from backward communities and classes who are yet to be brought into the mainstream, as he pitched for a caste census in the country. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister was add...
Priyanka alleges collusion between BJP, BRS and AIMIM
AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday alleged that the ruling BRS in Telangana, Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM and the BJP were working together in collusion. Addressing an election rally at Khanapur, she said there was a tacit understanding...
Kumaraswamy alleges ‘cash for postings’ scam
The JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday alleged that an official’s name mentioned in a phone conversation between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his son Yathindra has figured in the transfer list of police inspectors released on the previou...
Amit Shah promises backward class CM for Telangana
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided that if BJP comes to power in Telangana, the party will elect a Chief Minister from the Backward Class, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. Shah also hit out at the ruling BRS and Congress and said that...
Modi cites Gehlot-Pilot tussle to target Cong
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a swipe at the Congress over the tussle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot, saying the two are only pretending to join hands for elections and there has been no reconciliati...
Haryana party hopes to become key player in Rajasthan
The Jannayak Janta Party is confident of putting on a good performance in the assembly elections in Rajasthan, where the Haryana-based outfit is contesting from 20 seats in its first foray outside its home base. Ajay Singh Chautala, who heads the regional...
Kejriwal asks L-G to order suspension of chief secretary
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has sent to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena the vigilance minister’s report accusing chief secretary Naresh Kumar of using his position to enable a “lucrative collaboration” between a company in which his son is a partne...
NBFCs To Face More Heat Than Banks
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) move on Thursday to increase risk weight on banks and non-banking finance companies’ (NBFCs) unsecured personal loan and credit card portfolio would likely hit the capital adequacy ratio (CRAR) of NBFCs more again...
Indian E-Commerce Exports Should Touch $200 Billion In Next 6-7 Years: DGFT
NEW DELHI: India’s e-commerce ecosystem is about to explode in the near future as exports may touch $200 billion during the next six-seven years from the current $1.2 billion, said Santosh Kumar Sarangi, director general (DG), Directorate General of Forei...
NHAI To Award Rs 44,412-Crore Worth BOT Projects This Fiscal
NEW DELHI: To bring private investments back in the highway construction sector, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to award 937-km-long of stretches entailing investments of Rs 44,412 crore via the build operate transfer (BOT) mo...
India’s G20 Presidency Advocated Solutions From Within Global South: EAM
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that India’s G20 Presidency advocated for finding solutions from within the Global South. He said that India walked the talk by hosting the first Voice of the Global South Summit in January...
India Seeks To Restart Stalled Adani Coal Imports Probe
NEW DELHI: Investigators are seeking to restart a probe into Adani Group for alleged overvaluation of coal imports and have asked the Supreme Court to allow them to collect evidence from Singapore, a step they say the company thwarted for years, legal doc...
Kejriwal says PM scared of losing polls
After meeting his MLAs and councillors with the question of whether he should resign if arrested or run the government from jail, AAP convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday met the party’s volunteers, office bearers, and Members of Pa...
Badal notice to CM Mann for ‘malicious’ allegations
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal sent a legal notice to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday, asking him to tender an unconditional apology within five days for levelling “malicious” allegations against the Badal family dur...
Clash between rival Shiv Sena factions in Mumbai
The Mumbai police have registered an offence against 60 unidentified persons in connection with the clash that occurred between supporters of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray at Shivaji Park here, an off...