AYODHYA: A three-member BJP delegation on Sunday met the 12-year-old rape survivor and her family members here, and urged the state government to raise the compensation to the girl’s kin from Rs 5 lakh to 25 lakh.Rajya Sabha MP Sangeeta Balwant Bind, who was part of the delegation, said her blood boiled when she heard…
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav launched a fierce attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, accusing the ruling party of politicizing the Ayodhya rape case for electoral gain. Yadav alleged that the BJP is orchestrating a conspiracy to tarnish his party’s reputation with an undemocratic and unconstitutional approach.“The Bharatiya Janata…
BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi NEW DELHI: Former minority affairs minister and senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has urged the Waqf system to move beyond its “touch-me-not” syndrome, following the government’s plan to introduce a Bill to amend the 1995 law governing Waqf boards. This amendment aims to ensure more accountability and transparency in…
GUWAHATI: BJP-governed Assam is ready with a proposed law mandating life imprisonment for anyone convicted of “love jihad“, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Sunday, less than a week after the UP assembly passed a Bill amending the state’s 2021 anti-conversion legislation to increase the punishment for offences linked to marriage or elopement from the current…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday responded to claims made by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O’Brien regarding the withholding of MGNREGA funds for West Bengal. O’Brien had accused the central government of failing to release funds for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme, but the BJP argued…
Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor, often known for his verbal flair and choice of words, found himself at the receiving end after he shared a video of relief work in landslide-hit Wayanad, calling it ‘memorable.’The four time MP from Thiruvananthapuram shared a video on X from his relief work and captioned it, “Some memories…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal minister Akhil Giri has come under scrutiny after a video surfaced showing him threatening and verbally abusing Moumita Sahu, a woman official from the state forest department. The incident took place on Saturday in Purba Medinipur district following the removal of illegal encroachments from forest land near Tajpur sea beach.In the…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of engaging in “power jihad” by breaking political parties to remain in government. Thackeray’s remarks came on Saturday in Pune as he countered Union minister Amit Shah‘s comment dubbing him the head of the “Aurangzeb Fan Club.” Thackeray further accused Shah…
LUCKNOW: When UP BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary, an MLC, referred the Nazul Property (Management and Use for Public Purpose) Bill 2024 tabled by his own governmentt in the assembly to a select committee of the Upper House, it was initially taken as another episode of govt vs organisation in UP. However, a close examination reveals…
On March 7, 2024, Yogi government notified the ordinance which barred conversion of Nazul land into freehold in favour of a private person. LUCKNOW: When UP BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary, an MLC, referred the Nazul Property (Management and Use for Public Purpose) Bill 2024 tabled by his own governmentt in the assembly to a select…
