NEW DELHI: Delhi Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri on Saturday demanded the resignation of deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, alleging that he subverted rules to benefit liquor mafias. “AAP is conspiring with the liquor mafias in Delhi to open liquor shops in every nook and corner of the city,” he said during a protest […]
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Gorakhpur Ravi Kishan will introduce a private member’s bill in the Lok Sabha today aimed at controlling the population. The bill comes days after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had expressed concern over the exploding population and population imbalance. Speaking on World Population Day on July […]
NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday accorded Y category security to Samajwadi Party ally Om Prakash Rajbhar, who is the national president of Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP). Rajbhar is an MLA from Zahoorabad Constituency in the Ghazipur district of eastern Uttar Pradesh. The SBSP has six MLAs in the assembly. Although still […]
NEW DELHI: Heavy cross-voting in favour of Draupadi Murmu became the distinctive feature of this Presidential election as the Opposition’s candidate Yashwant Sinha drew a blank in three states Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland and Sikkim. What sets the tongues wagging is an indication that Bengal satrap Mamata Banerjee’s fortress might have been breached. The result of […]
NEW DELHI: In what turned out to be a historic election, Draupadi Murmu was declared the winner of the presidential poll securing 64 per cent votes. She is the first tribal to occupy the highest Constitutional post in the country. Congratulating President-elect Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “India scripts history. At a time when […]
NEW DELHI: A confident BJP is gearing up to celebrate the victory of Droupadi Murmu in the presidential poll. Prime Minister Narendra Modi may visit the house of Murmu in Delhi to congratulate the newly elected president after the results are announced officially. PM Modi’s cabinet is expected to accompany him to Murmu’s House. BJP […]
NEW DELHI: Before the final battle in 2024, the Presidential and Vice-Presidential election was a time when it was expected that the Opposition, especially Congress, would show some challenge to the ruling BJP. But, if the Opposition’s Presidential and Vice-Presidential choices are anything to go by, the Opposition is in no position to offer any […]
NEW DELHI: What Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi Leave Behind When He Moves On? Veteran journalist Ajay Singh, the Press Secretary to the President of India, in his book ‘The Architect of the New BJP: How Narendra Modi Transformed the Party’ explores this question by tracing the journey of PM Modi. A tectonic shift happened […]
NEW DELHI: In a letter bomb on Tuesday night, Uttar Pradesh Minister Dinesh Khatik submitted his ‘resignation’ to Union Home Minister Amit Shah complaining that he is being neglected and ignored in his department. Khatik is the Minister of State in the Jal Shakti Department of the Uttar Pradesh government. In his letter to Shah, […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim relief to suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma in the Prophet Mohammad comment case. While issuing notices to all the states where FIRs have been registered against her, the bench of Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala said, “This matter be listed on August 10, 2022. Copies […]