Taking different interesting angle on the ongoing fight over the death of a Dalit research scholar in Hyderabad University, the Aam Aadmi Party has said that the student needed to be “reformed”, and not pushed to the point of suicide. “This could have been avoided, Rohith could have been reformed, but they chose to ignore […]
US President Barack Obama called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to talk about the ongoing climate change talks, the Indian government said. “The conversation focused on the ongoing Conference of Parties (CoP21) in Paris. Both leaders underscored their strong commitment to address issues related to Climate Change being discussed in the Paris conference through constructive […]
Incidents of communal violence increased this year compared to 2014, according to numbers from the Home Ministry. Adjusted for population, Karnataka saw the highest level of such incidents, while Madhya Pradesh showed the highest growth over 2014. Total number of such incidents are on track for a 15-20% jump in 2015 compared to last year, […]
Punjabi writers have returned the highest number of awards and honors under the ‘award wapsi’ protests against intolerance, numbers from the ministry of culture revealed. The second highest number of Sahitya Akademi (Literary Council) awards were returned by Hindi writers, with six of them choosing to show their protest this way. In all, a total […]
Despite protests, the Delhi government has tabled Lokpal bill in the Assembly. Leaders of Swaraj Abhiyan, the hardline group that split from Aam Aadmi Party, including Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav were detained by the police after they marched to the Delhi Assembly against the ‘toothless’ Lokpal in Delhi. The bill is unlikely to be […]
All India Bank Officers’ Association, the second largest organisation of bank officers, said it would support the upcoming strike by IDBI employees against disinvestment of IDBI Bank. The government is reportedly planning to bring down its holding in the bank below 51% like it did in case of Axis Bank (formerly UTI Bank). “The entire […]
Snapdeal, one of India’s top three e-commerce firms, has distanced itself from a comment made by actor Aamir Khan on the perception that there has been a rise in intolerance in India in recent months. Khan, who features in many of Snapdeal’s ads, had said that his wife is starting to have some doubts about […]
The results of Bihar’s Assembly polls will start trickling in at 8:10 AM, with the trickle turning into a full flow by 9. The poll was one of the most fiercely fought with Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar on one side and the BJP, Ramvilas Paswan and Jitin Ram Manjhi on the other. Exit polls […]
In a boost for the Left front, early trends have given a lead to the Left Democratic Front in Kerala’s local body elections. Early indications say that LDF has 27 leads, while Congress-led UDF led in 9 seats. LDF is leading in 11 municipalities and the UDF in 6. The fight is crucial for the […]
Kerala is all set for the revelation of Panchayat Election numbers today. The first indications of the local body elections will come out by around 8 am, and all figures are expected by 1 pm. The performances will be seen as a precursor to the big fight next year for the state assembly. The election is […]
Initial results from exit polls conducted by various organizations seemed to indicate a slight lead for the grand alliance or Mahagatbandhan. On average, exit polls are giving a slight lead of around 10-15 seats to the Grand Alliance. According to News Nation, Mahagatbandhan got 45% of the votes while NDA got 44%. It should be […]
After a day of brainstorming and feedback from ‘intellectuals’ of Kerala, the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (Council for Sree Narayana Philosophy) said its planned new political party will not be a ‘Hindu Party’. “When we say, from Nayadi (hunter) to Namputhiri (Brahmin), we do not mean that it will be a Hindu only party. […]
Finance minister Arun Jaitley launched a scathing attack on the Congress Party for ending the monsoon session of the Parliament in a wash-out. “No legislation work could happen in monsoon session.. It was sad on the part of nation and at the same time was educative for the nation,” he said today. GST bill could […]
BJP has decided to respond to the Congress’ protests in the same manner, and decided to use the disruption of proceeding in the Parliament in a campaign against the Congress Party. In response to the protest of congress party members out side parliament today morning, NDA members are going to march from Vijya Chowk outside […]
BJP general secretary Amit Shah said the central government will ensure that funds generated by mines in eastern India are used primarily to develop the local economy and not channelled elsewhere and said the Center could deliver power to all villages in West Bengal within one year if the state government co-operated. Speaking at the […]
Donald Trumph the Republican Party candidate for US presidential elections of 2016 is being trolled under the #periodsarenotaninsult after his controversial remark about Megyn Kelly of Fox News over GOP debate. The #periodsarenotaninsult is now a trend circulating on twitter. Pictures of tampoons are being tagged on the Trumph’s twitter handle criticizing his remarks. “You […]
Taslima Nasreen, who was forced to leave Bangladesh after religious fundamentalists there objected to her writings, has accused ‘pseudo secular’ liberals in her host country India of being complacent about the threat of Islamist fundamentalist in India. “ISIS has planned to take over India by 2020. Pseudo-secular Indians might say, Atithi Devo Bhava,” Nasreen tweeted […]
Activist Medha Patkar, who quit Aam Aadmi Party a few months ago over policies of Arvind Kejriwal, has come out in support of former AAP colleague Yogendra Yadav, who has been arrested by the central government for holding a protest without permission. “Narmada Bachao Andolan condemns the arbitrary arrest of Yogendra Yadav and other Saathis […]
A survey by Kerala’s biggest broadcasting group, Asianet in association with agency C fore, has predicted rising influence for the Bharatiya Janata Party among young voters in Kerala and predicted that the party will send its first ever representatives to the Kerala Assembly in 2016. UPDATE: Asianet has published a new survey as well. The […]
A photo of IPS officer Rishiraj Singh sitting while all his colleagues stand up and salute Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has gone viral on social media with many Malayalis supporting the defiant act of the IPS officer from Rajasthan. The Kerala government, led by the Congress Party, has been grappling with the question of […]
