NEW DELHI: Former BJP MP from Tamil Nadu‘s Nilgiris M Master Mathan passed away on Friday night due to age-related issues at the age of 91.Expressing his condolences, PM Narendra Modi said in a post on X, “The death of former Member of Parliament Mr. Master Madan is deeply saddened. He will forever be remembered…
Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi appeared before Sultanpur MP/MLA court in connection with a defamation case lodged against him for alleged objectionable remarks directed at Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday. The court on July 2 had asked Rahul Gandhi to appear on July 26.Rahul Gandhi’s counsel Kashi Prasad Shukla told…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday lambasted former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi after he accused the Union government of curbing ‘free speech’ of newly elected MP and radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh by invoking the National Security Act against him.Accusing the grand old party of siding with the Khalistanis, Union minister…
NEW DELHI: After the Supreme Court ruled out re-test in the NEET-UG paper leak case, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad criticised Rahul Gandhi for fueling distrust in country’s examination system. He further asked if the leader of opposition will apologise for his remarks. “Rahul Gandhi was shouting that there is fraud and all and many…
The best clue to the politics of this Budget? The acronym emblazoned on the backdrop of Nirmala Sitharaman‘s post-Budget presser. First letters of ten different ‘priorities’ made up that acronym – EMPLOYMENT.Fresh from an where BJP lost its single party majority in part because many voters were unhappy with the lack of decent paying jobs,…
NEW DELHI: The third day of the Budget session is set for a massive showdown as the opposition INDIA bloc MPs have decided to protest in Parliament in the backdrop of the Union Budget, which they have called “discriminatory”.Union Budget presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharam for the seventh consecutive time on Tuesday drew opposition’s…
Former IAS officer V K Pandian with Naveen Patnaik (ANI file photo) BHUBANESWAR: After a brief lull, former chief minister Naveen Patnaik once again came in support of his trusted aide, V K Pandian, on Monday. He dismissed a media report against the former bureaucrat as unfounded and false.The report had claimed that Pandian had…
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde meets NCP-SCP chief Sharad Pawar (Image Source – CMO) NEW DELHI: NCP (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar met with Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde at the Sahyadri Guest House in Mumbai on Monday.The significant meeting between the two leaders is seen as crucial ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections scheduled for later…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP and leader of oppostion in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted the Centre over NEET-UG paper leak issue, stating that the there is a “very serious problem” in the country’s education system. “The issue is that there are millions of students in the country who are extremely concerned about what…
NEW DELHI: The BJP launched a fresh attack on the Congress on the eve of the budget session in Parliament, claiming that the pocket-version of the Constitution frequently displayed by Rahul Gandhi and other leaders highlights the opposition party’s disrespect for the document.BJP MP Anurag Thakur asserted that if Rahul Gandhi studies this copy, he…
