RAIPUR: The opposition in Chhattisgarh, Congress , has alleged that the security forces in Bastar were under tremendous political pressure to get quick results on the anti-Naxal front, leading to fake encounters of innocent tribals, planting of muzzle-loading guns to brand them as Maoists and also make more arrests in insurgency-hit tribal Bastar region. Addressing…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday raised questions over West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s claims that her microphone was muted during the 9th Governing Council Meeting of the Niti Aayog, and accused her of “lying“.“The things that Mamata Banerjee is saying regarding NITI Aayog meeting, I feel like she is lying…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday accused PM Narendra Modi of speaking “blatant lie” by calling the Agnipath scheme a brainchild of the Army, even as he slammed Modi for “doing petty politics” on a special day like the Kargil Vijay Diwas. He reiterated that the Agnipath scheme is bad for national security…
NEW DELHI: With a looming international debt crisis fueled by instable political situation and Gulf crisis at the time, India had foreign exchange reserves that could “suffice to finance imports for a mere fortnight.” Thus, came the 1991 economic reforms, popularly dubbed as the liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation of the Indian economy.“I rise to present…
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…
Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who played a pivotal role in federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence and recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday, passed away at 74. Lillie Conley, her chief of staff, confirmed that Jackson Lee, who had pancreatic cancer, died in Houston with her family by her…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Surender Pawar, Congress MLA from Haryana‘s Sonipat, in connection with a mining scam on late Friday night. Pawar is known to be a close confidant of former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The ED also took his son into custody. (More details awaited) Source link
NEW DELHI: Calling it “Bhagwat Bomb” and “Agni missile“, Congress amplified its “non-biological PM” jibes at Narendra Modi by referring to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s viral video on Thursday in which he is seen mocking the human desire to become superman and god, while not having “basic humanity”. Bhagwat made the comment at a convention.Attaching…
NEW DELHI: The opposition on Tuesday trained its guns at the Centre after four army personnel, including an officer, were killed in gunfight with heavily armed terrorists in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. This was the third major encounter between security forces and terrorists in the forests of Doda district in the past three…
