The Delhi High Court has lifted the 36-year-long import ban on Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel, “The Satanic Verses.” The court’s ruling, delivered on November 5, 2024, effectively nullifies the ban imposed by the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1988, which had prohibited the book’s import into India due to its alleged blasphemous content. The case was […]
JAMMU: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) achieved a record-breaking victory in the Jammu division, winning 29 out of 43 Assembly seats, an improvement from the 25 it held in 2014. In contrast, the Congress party experienced a historic low, securing just one seat in Rajouri. Prominent Congress figures, including former Deputy Chief Minister Tara […]
NEW DELHI – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has surged ahead in the Haryana state elections, overtaking the Indian National Congress (INC) which had initially led in the early stages of vote counting. By 10 a.m., the BJP was leading in 60 constituencies, positioning itself to form the next government in the state. Former […]
JAMMU: Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused the NC-Congress coalition of destabilising Jammu and Kashmir by seeking the release of those linked to terrorism activities. Speaking at a rally in Jammu ahead of the Assembly elections, Shah expressed concerns over attempts to revive unrest. “The NC and Congress want to release stone throwers. They […]
SRINAGAR: Reaffirming the need to restore Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi argued that the current status of J&K as a Union Territory does not align with the principles of democracy. “Either the BJP will reinstate statehood for J&K, or the INDIA alliance will do so as […]
SRINAGAR: The Congress party has unveiled its first set of nine candidates for the forthcoming three-phase Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Notable contenders include party general secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir, who will run from Dooru, and former state unit president Vikar Rasool Wani, who will vie for the Banihal seat. The candidate list […]
New Delhi: In a significant political development, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh met with former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday, pledging full support to the India United Front in the upcoming elections. The AAP later clarified that it would not contest the elections in Uttar Pradesh, instead extending […]
New Delhi: As the political landscape heats up ahead of the upcoming elections, the Congress Party has unveiled its roadmap to bolster national security and foreign policy, signaling a departure from the narrative set by the current Modi government. In a bid to recalibrate India’s foreign policy trajectory, the Indian National Congress has unveiled its […]
It is after a long arduous struggle that the new India has understood and realised that Hinduism is not a contradiction but is synonymous with the Constitutional values of justice, liberty, equality, and fraternity. No one deserves to be on that pedestal at Ayodhya more than Prime Minister Modi, who represents the Indian fraternity collectively.
Supreme Court has stayed the conviction of its former president Rahul Gandhi over his 2019 remark on the Modi surname