Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday accused the BJP-led Assam government of harassing Bengali-speaking residents in the state, calling the alleged targeting of a linguistic community “discriminatory and unconstitutional.” In a statement posted on her official X handle, Mamata wrote, “The second most spoken … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) A verbal duel took place in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday between Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena camp ministers and SS-UBT legislator Aditya Thackeray. Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar expressed his displeasure over the gesture and language used by Shiv Sena-UBT legislators Aditya Thackeray … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, July 15 (IANS) Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday witnessed uproar for a while after members engaged in a war of words over the redevelopment of slums situated on Defence land in Bandra East. It all started after Shiv Sena (UBT) Legislator Varun Sardesai through a Calling Attention Motion claimed delays … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday defended the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the Assembly elections, even as the Mahagathbandhan alliance intensified its protest, alleging a deliberate attempt to disenfranchise voters. The ECI posted on X … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) A political slugfest erupted in Maharashtra after BJP leader and state minister Nitesh Rane issued a sharp warning to Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) over the recent assault on a shopkeeper who allegedly refused to speak Marathi. Rane questioned whether MNS workers had the courage … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Commenting on the Preamble of the Indian Constitution, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Saturday that the Preamble of any Constitution is its soul, and the Preamble of the Indian Constitution is unique. He called the changes made in the Constitution during the Emergency period wrong. … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bhopal, June 28 (IANS) The Congress and BJP leaders, on Saturday, engaged in a political war of wards after an FIR was registered against the Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitu Patwari for allegedly forcing two persons to make false claims against a local villager in Orchha earlier this week. A … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) A day after the Centre notified the two-phased population census, the Congress and BJP are caught up in political bickering over former’s claims that caste clause have been given a miss. Many Congress leaders questioned the government over ‘advertently’ dropping the caste clause from official … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited the site of the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash and met with the injured at a hospital in Ahmedabad on Friday, stated that the loss of so many lives in such a heartbreaking manner was beyond words. The … Read more