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13 Nov

Karnataka will soon make law on religious conversions

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Coming under pressure from Hindu outfits and religious pontiffs, the Karnataka government is all set to make a law on religious conversions soon. Sri Ram Sena has warned that it would launch a statewide agitation if the ruling BJP government in Karnataka doesn't enact a law to ban forceful conversions. Sources in the BJP confirmed that the government is all set to make a law in this regard and the bill will be suggested in the coming winter session scheduled to be held in Suvarna Soudha at Belagavi next month. Various mutts have appealed to the state government for implementing…

11 Nov

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh moves privilege motion over ex-BJP MP’s appointment as NMA chief

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The Congress has sought to move a privilege motion over Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tarun Vijay’s appointment as the National Monuments Authority (NMA) chairman, saying the appointee does not meet the criteria laid down under a law passed by the Parliament for the post. Congress’s chief whip in Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh wrote a letter on Thursday to Venkaiah Naidu, the chairman of Parliament’s Upper House, for the privilege motion. He pointed out that Vijay, a former editor of the weekly Panchajanya of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP’s ideological fountainhead, is ineligible for the post. Ramesh said the appointment…

11 Nov

Tollywood actress Srabanti Chatterjee quits BJP

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Tollywood actress Srabanti Chatterjee has announced her exit from the BJP. She in a tweet said that she is severing all ties with the BJP as she cited the party's 'lack of initiative and sincerity to further the cause of Bengal' as the reason for her resignation. Srabanti had joined the saffron party just before the Assembly polls earlier this year. "Severing all ties with the BJP, the party for which I fought the last state elections. The reason being their lack of initiative and sincerity to further the cause of Bengal..." she tweeted. Severing all ties with the BJP,…

08 Nov

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra criticizes demonetisation as ‘disaster’

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On the fifth anniversary of demonetisation, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra termed it a "disaster" and asked if the step has been successful, why hasn't corruption ended and black money returned to the country. On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on national television his government's decision to ban all currency notes of higher denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 from midnight on the same day. "If 'notebandi was successful, why hasn't corruption ended? Why hasn't black money come back? Why hasn't the economy gone cashless? Why hasn't terrorism been hit? Why hasn't price rise been reined…

05 Nov

West Bengal Minister Subrata Mukherjee passes away at 75; ‘big blow’, says Mamata Banerjee

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Senior Trinamool Congress leader Subrata Mukherjee died while being treated for cardiac ailments at a state-run hospital in Kolkata on Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said. Mukherjee, who was the state panchayat minister, was 75. He is survived by his wife. Mukherjee was also in charge of three other departments. The veteran politician who underwent angioplasty early this week, died at 9.22 PM after suffering a massive cardiac arrest, state minister Firhad Hakim said. The chief minister who was performing Kali Puja at her Kalighat residence, visited the SSKM Hospital and announced that he is no more. "I…

28 Oct

BJP To Be Centre Of Indian Politics For Many Decades: Political Strategist Prashant Kishor

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Political strategist Prashant Kishor has said that even if the people of this country throw Narendra Modi out, the BJP would remain at the centre of Indian politics for the next many decades. Interacting with the media in Goa, Kishor equated BJP’s current influence in India to the first forty years of the Congress. According to him, it was difficult to envisage the saffron party fading away easily as it had crossed the 30 percent vote share at the national level. On this occasion, he asserted that former Congress president Rahul Gandhi was mistaken in believing that people will vote…

27 Oct

CM Arvind Kejriwal announces free Ayodhya Ram Mandir pilgrimage for senior citizens

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On Wednesday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the Cabinet has approved the addition of Ayodhya in its free pilgrimage scheme for senior citizens. Addressing the media, Kejriwal said that the Delhi government's 'Mukhya Mantri Teerth Yatra Yojana' will be free of cost for the aged people. The religious places that are already included under the scheme are Vaishno Devi, Rameshwaram, Dwarka Puri, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Mathura and Vrindavan. Over 35,000 senior citizens have undertaken pilgrimage under the scheme. "Elderly people can also bring a member/kin along," he said, adding that the scheme which was stopped for over one year due…

24 Oct

Lakhimpur Kheri violence case: Union minister’s son Ashish Mishra hospitalised with dengue symptoms

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Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, has been shifted to a government hospital due to suspected dengue. His blood samples have been sent to a laboratory for testing. The son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni, Ashish, was taken on police remand on Friday. He was hospitalised by the jail authorities after he had complained of fever. Four farmers and a journalist were run over on October 3 by a convoy of three vehicles, one of which belongs to Union Minister of state for home, Ajay Mishra. The minister's son was arrested on October 9,…

22 Oct

‘Barbaric attack’: TMC MP Sushmita Dev attacked in Tripura, party blames BJP

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Trinamool Congress MP Sushmita Dev's car was vandalised by some people in Tripura today. Some employees of a private firm that is helping Ms Dev's party in political campaigns were injured in the attack. Ms Dev, who is overseeing the Trinamool Congress's activities in Tripura, alleged the BJP was behind the attack. Ms Dev was with employees of Indian Political Action Committee or I-PAC, a political public relations and consultancy firm, when the attack happened. Political strategist Prashant Kishor and I-PAC had worked with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's party for the West Bengal assembly election earlier this year. TMC MP…

22 Oct

Amit Shah to begin his three-day Jammu and Kashmir visit on Saturday

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Amit Shah, Union Home Minister, will address a mega public rally, flag off the first Srinagar-Sharjah direct flight, lay foundation stones of two medical colleges and chair a high level security review meeting during his three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir which will begin on Saturday. This will be his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after the agreement of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state into two Union Territories. Amit Shah will arrive first in Srinagar on Saturday accompanied by the Home Secretary AK Bhalla, other senior officials of the Home Ministry, heads of most of the Central…