TN CM Stalin slams BJP, says bid to politicise temple issue will not succeed
Chennai: If the BJP tried to politicise a temple issue to strengthen the party, it would not succeed, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Tuesday in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. Stalin, speaking on an issue raised by BJP MLA Vanathi Srinivasan, told her to concentrate more on issues that affected the poor people. He […]
Ram Navami violence: 1 dead, 12 injured in Jharkhand, 77 arrested in curfew-bound MP town, 9 held in Gujarat
Bhopal/Ahmedabad/Ranchi: Violence marred Ram Navami celebrations in parts of the country, with one person killed and 12 others injured at Lohardaga in Jharkhand, while curfew was clamped in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone city and 77 people were arrested there, officials said on Monday. Khargone’s Superintendent of Police Siddharth Choudhary received bullet injury and at least 24 […]
JNU violence: AISA-affiliated students protest near Delhi Police headquarters
New Delhi: Scores of JNU students affiliated to the All India Students Association staged a protest near Delhi Police headquarters here on Monday and demanded the arrest of ABVP activists for their alleged role in the violence at the university. Two groups had clashed at the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Kaveri Hostel here on Sunday allegedly […]
Fighting Hindutva communal polarisation major challenge: Yechury
Kannur (Ker): CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday said the Hindutva communal agenda has to be frontally taken on and every attempt of communal polarisation has to be countered at each level, which is a major challenge facing the Marxist party, particularly in the Hindi speaking states. Besides the northern states, the northeast […]
India has 217 space objects orbiting earth; working towards reducing space debris: Report
New Delhi: India has 103 active or defunct spacecraft and 114 objects categorised as ‘space debris’ in orbit and it has embarked on a research to reduce such fragments from outer space. “Presently, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has taken up research activities to study the feasibility and technologies required to undertake active debris […]
BJP highlights govt’s pro-farmer measures
New Delhi: The BJP said on Sunday that agriculture produce from India has made their presence felt in the global market, noting that their export has reached USD 51 billion with a rise of 20 per cent according to the latest figures. Addressing a press conference, BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said export market for […]
Opposition parties should come together to end BJP’s ‘oppression’: Kharge
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said all opposition parties should unite against the BJP to relieve people of its “oppression” and asserted that the party had approached BSP chief Mayawati to lead the coalition in UP, but never heard back. Kharge seconded Rahul Gandhi’s statement made a day before according to […]
Mayawati hits back at Rahul Gandhi; asks him to worry about his own party
Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday rejected Rahul Gandhi’s claim that she had spurned an alliance offer from his Congress during the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, asking him to get his own house in order instead of worrying about other parties. Gandhi had on Saturday said that the Congress reached out to the BSP leader, […]
Prominent southern leaders oppose Home minister’s ‘Hindi should be alternative to English’ remark
Chennai/Hyderabad: Opposing voices from prominent southern political parties, including BJP ally AIADMK, continued on Saturday against Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement on Hindi, with former Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam insisting the language cannot be foisted. Senior Telangana Minister K T Rama Rao said “language chauvinism and hegemony” in the country will boomerang, […]
Constitution is a weapon, but meaningless without institutions: Rahul
Says had offered CM's post to Mayawati but she 'did not even talk to us'
New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Constitution is a weapon but it is meaningless without institutions, which he alleged have been captured by the RSS. He also hit out at Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, saying she did not respond to the Congress’s offer to contest the Uttar Pradesh […]
