Tripti Desai, the gender rights activist who was forced to turn back from the Kochi airport last year by protestors, has once again landed in Kerala with a request to be escorted to Sabarimala temple by the police. However, BJP activists got wind of Desai’s plans and confronted her in the city. Some of the […]
The internal disciplinary committee of the Nationalist Congress Party has recommended the expulsion of Ajit Pawar from the primary membership of the party. With the recommendation, the responsibility to remove Ajit Pawar from the primary membership of the party has now moved to party president and uncle Sharad Pawar. Any expulsion of Ajit Pawar will […]
The Supreme Court of India is hearing the petition filed by political parties Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Indian National Congress, accusing the governor of violating constitutional norms in inviting the BJP to form the government in the state. The judgment has been reserved for 10:30 AM tomorrow, giving much-needed respite for the BJP […]
Family members of Nitin Pawar, the NCP MLA from Nashik, have lodged a police complaint alleging that the MLA has gone missing. Pawar is one of the three MLAs who failed to turn up for the party meeting called by NCP President Sharad Pawar yesterday. It is believed that Nitin Pawar may be under the […]
Congress general secretary Ahmed Patel today denied charges that his party dragged its heels in the formation of a new government in Maharasthra, giving rival BJP enough time to break Congress’ ally Nationalist Congress Party and come back to power. “We haven’t caused even a second’s delay,” Patel said, addressing media today. “But it’s true […]
Union minister and Republican Party of India leader Ramdas Athavale said he was aware of moves to woo Sharad Pawar Nationalist Congress Party to join with the BJP, but the patriarch had refused the invitation. His comments came in the wake of Pawar’s nephew and NCP leader Ajit Pawar breaking away from the NCP and […]
The Sabarimala temple case has been referred to a larger, seven-judge bench, giving relief to pro-tradition activists. The case has been referred to a seven-judge bench on the basis of a 3:2 ruling by the judges. The case refers to a petition filed by some Delhi-based lawyers complaining that women devotees of Ayyappa are not […]
Uddhav Thackeray, the head of political party Shiv Sena, confirmed today that his party has begun official talks with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party on forming a government in Maharashtra. The statement indicates that the Congress Party and the NCP have reached some kind of consensus on what to expect and demand from […]
The Supreme Court has allowed the rebel Congress and JD(S) members of the Karnataka Assembly to contest in the upcoming bypoll on Dec 5. The ruling is a big boost to the 17 MLAs who helped the BJP come back to power by resigning from their seats and reducing the head count of Congress and […]
With only a day remaining for the BJP to inform the Raj Bhawan of its final stand on forming the government in Maharashtra, the state-leadership of the Congress Party seems to have fully come around to the idea of lending support to a government involving rival Shiv Sena. Speaking to a TV channel from a […]
The Supreme Court has handed over the possession of the dispute piece of land in Ayodhya to a trust for the construction of a Hindu temple, while allocating a separate, 5-acre plot for the construction of a mosque. The following is the full judgement of the Supreme five-judge bench in Ayodhya Ram Temple Babri Masjid […]
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board, one of the parties to the Babri Masjid case, has said that it is not satisfied with the outcome of the Ayodhya Babri Masjid title suit in the Supreme Court. A counsel for the Board said its executive committee will meet on Monday to decide whether to file […]
The Supreme Court of India has handed over the dispute site in Ayodhya to a trust for the purpose of constructing a temple to Ram, while Muslims have been given an alternate location ‘in a prominent location’ for the construction of a mosque. The judgement was based on historical and archaeological evidence that suggested that […]
Early trends from Kerala by-poll indicates that the Congress Party needs a major operation if it is to come back to power in Kerala in 2021. Of the four sitting seats held by the Congress that went to poll, it is set to lose two, retaining only Ernakulam. On a positive note, it has put […]
Three candidates in the upcoming state elections in Haryana — all belonging to the ruling BJP — have declared total income of Rs 1 lakh per day or more, according to an analysis of income tax filings by Haryana Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms. Total income, in this context, includes the income of […]
Five months, it seems, is a long time in politics, certainly long enough for the electorate in Kerala to forgive, if not forget, the Left Front’s decision to ‘desecrate’ the holy shrine of Sabarimala. The Left Front has emerged as the undisputed and unexpected winner in today’s results of the high-profile Pala by-election, but it […]
China’s use of water as an “unconventional weapon” of warfare against India is a major geopolitical and environmental concern for New Delhi, strategic affairs expert Brahma Chellaney warned, as he recalled how Beijing’s refusal to provide New Delhi with hydrological data in 2017 had caused “preventable deaths.” “As an upper-stream state, China is obliged to […]
Kerala government has issued a request for proposals from artificial intelligence companies to develop a real-time mass surveillance and facial identification system to be deployed across the state. The surveillance cameras will be connected to powerful computers, and any person whose name has been entered into the system will be detected the minute he or […]
The demolition of five illegal high-rise apartment buildings in Kochi has snowballed into a major controversy, with some of the state’s prominent politicians who openly supported the illegal buildings now coming under fire from social media and even their own colleagues. The initial response of the political community in the state was one of support […]
A “silent minority” in the Kashmir region favours complete integration with India and back Centre’s decision to change Article 370, the top commanders of the Border Security Force have been told during a specially-arranged closed door meeting addressed by a former Indian Army general. “The BSF should identify and empower these people,” a former three-star […]
