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Fadnavis: All-round demand for ‘Love Jihad’ laws
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the state government was thinking about introducing a law to curb “love jihad” but will study similar legislations in other states before taking a decision. Love jihad is a term used by...
Karnataka govt launches free power scheme
The Karnataka government on Saturday formally launched the ‘Gruha Jyothi’ scheme, one of the five poll guarantees of the Congress party, which promises to provide up to 200 units of free power to households in the state. Formally launching the scheme by h...
Rahul’s relief adds impetus to Mumbai meet of INDIA Bloc
The third meeting of the opposition INDIA bloc will be held in Mumbai on August 31- September 1 which will be attended by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi from Congress and chief ministers of at least five states. Leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) met in th...
Cong demands restoration of Rahul’s membership
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday said he has sent all documents pertaining to revocation of Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha to the Speaker and his membership should be restored immediately. He said Speaker Om Birla should...
‘Satyamev Jayate’: Cong, Opposition hail SC verdict
As the Supreme Court passed an order to stay the conviction of Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 defamation case over his Modi surname remark, several Congress and Opposition leaders on Friday welcomed the verdict and called it a “victory of truth and justice” and a...
BJP slams HP govt for ‘propaganda’ against Centre
Politics over floods continued in Himachal Pradesh even as the hill state, battered by heavy rains, is struggling to limp back to normalcy. A day after chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu sought central assistance to put infrastructure back on track, th...
Gehlot says Rahul is party’s PM Face
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said Rahul Gandhi is the prime ministerial face of the Congress and the only leader in the country who can take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He made the remark shortly after the Supreme Court stayed Gand...
European Countries Are Keen To Get Increasing Share Of Indian Defence Market
By Girish Linganna China and Russia’s aggressive actions against the West have caused problems, like conflicts over spy balloons, and have also led to NATO becoming stronger. One important result of this has been the West’s effort to develop a close...
Space Economy For The New Space Faces Mounting Concerns
By Gyan Pathak Space economy for the ‘new space’ is now face to face with mounting concerns which include the fragility of current growth and the worrying rate of increase in orbital debris. An OECD report prepared for the G20 Space Leaders’ Meeting u...
‘Ghamandia, not INDIA’, Modi tells Bihar MPs
In his meeting with Bihar MPs from the Bharatiya Janata Party and other National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took potshots at the opposition front, saying it was not “INDIA” but “Ghamandia” (alliance of the...
Modi tells party MPs to be wary of opposition’s bait
Addressing a gathering of MPs from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday once again advised the lawmakers to watch their public statements to avoid controversies. “Stay away from controversy and controve...
Haryana panel to study social media activity before violence
The Haryana government on Wednesday said it was setting up a three-member committee to look into social media activity in the run-up to the Nuh violence. State home minister Anil Vij said social media played a significant role in fuelling the violence and...
Fadnavis says love jihad laws on anvil
“The Maharashtra government is mulling laws on love jihad,” Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Wednesday adding the state Police will be asked to create a standard operating procedure (SOP) to handle cases of women duped into inter-religious...
Opposition rift boosts govt hopes on Delhi bill
The Centre hopes to pass the Delhi Ordinance Bill in Lok Sabha today as the issue has exposed the fissures in the Opposition. While the ‘INDIA’ bloc remains united on the matter, pparties like Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Part...
Owaisi calls Pawar sharing stage with Modi ‘hypocrisy’
. NCP chief Sharad Pawar was on Tuesday accused by AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi of hypocrisy for sharing the stage with PM Narendra Modi in Pune. The Pawar-led party rubbished Owaisi’s remarks, and questioned his “lack of political awareness”. “While...