An Indian cultural organization was forced to take ‘beef curry and parota’ — a popular food item in the South Indian state of Kerala — from its menu at an exhibition organized by the Indian consulate in Frankfurt. The incident took place over the weekend at ‘Indien Fest’, an event aimed at giving local Germans […]
The arrest of former finance minister P Chidambaram has thrown many critics of the current administration into a quandary. On the one hand, they know that there may be some truth to the allegations of corruption made by the investigating agencies. They would, therefore, like nothing better than for corrupt politicians to be probed just […]
When Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan put up a black rectangle as the profile picture on his official Facebook page, it is unlikely that he anticipated the reaction, particularly from a small state across the border. Khan, who changed his profile picture to black on the night of Aug 14, simply wrote #15AugustBlackDay next to […]
Bhim Singh, a prominent Dogra politician of Jammu & Kashmir who has been leading a campaign for the abrogation of Article 370, today called on members of the Indian parliament to reject BJP’s J&K reorganization bill. Singh, a descendent of General Zorawar Singh of the erstwhile Kingdom of Jammu & Kashmir, objected to taking away […]
Zee Group Chairman Subhash Chandra, an independent Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana, today said all parties, including the opposition Congress, are secretly in favor of the abrogation of Article 370, but political compulsions force them to adopt a different stance in public. Delivering his maiden speech in the Rajya Sabha, the independent member from Haryana […]
The move to the abrogate Article 370, which gave special status to the state of Jammu & Kashmir, seems to have won over BJP’s bickering ally Shiv Sena. Sanjay Raut, one of the prominent leaders of the Maharashtra-based party and a member of Rajya Sabha, even went to the extent of saying that the Narendra […]
Opposition party leaders today claimed that they were cheated by the BJP government, which, they said, broke a promise not to present Triple Talaq bill and UAPA bill in the Rajya Sabha before they were examined by select committee of MPs. Speaking to the media, Ghulam Nabi Azad, who heads the Congress Party’s Rajya Sabha […]
Milind Deora, head of Congress Party’s Mumbai unit who is known to be close to the business community of the country, said businessmen in the country are feeling uneasy about the current climate, but not speaking out due to fear. Deora, who was speaking in the context of the suicide of entrepreneur and businessman VG […]
HD Kumaraswamy, former chief minister of Karnataka and a friend of missing businessman VG Siddhartha, said he was puzzled by the turn of events surrounding the Cafe Coffee Day owner. Kumaraswamy, who stepped down as chief minister last week, said Siddhartha is not someone who runs away from challenges. “He protected more than 30,000 families […]
The state wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) seems to have decided to win back the support of Hindu segments of the population, particularly savarnas (those with caste), to overcome a drop seen in its vote-share after the government sent a team of policemen and activists inside a temple last year. The forced […]
A total of 63,959 people have been declared as foreigners through ex-parte proceedings by Foreigners’ Tribunals in Assam as of February this year, minister of state for home affairs said today. Ex-parte proceedings refer to those cases where the person does not turn up to contest the initial finding, and is therefore declared as a […]
At a time when a conflict between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran threaten to not only plunge West Asia into a deep turmoil but also let loose economic chaos in the wider world, the Muslim community of the tiny Himalayan region of Ladakh held a conference in Delhi on Saturday titled “Celebrating Diversity in […]
BJP chief Amit Shah has been given charge of the Ministry of Home Affairs, which takes care of India’s internal security, while Nirmala Seetharaman has been moved from Defence to Finance. The move indicates that Narendra Modi expects things to remain ‘under control’ on the party front, even without a key loyalist at the helm. […]
Battered by the party’s second-worst defeat in the Lok Sabha polls, Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi is most likely to submit his resignation at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Saturday. The Congress scion, who took ‘100 percent responsibility’ for the embarrassing loss in the polls, has insisted on resigning as the party boss. While […]
Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, state chief for Kerala CPIM and the most vocal proponent of a hard-line stand on the Sabarimala issue, said he sticks to his earlier stand on the issue, despite the negative results in recent polls. The Left Front in Kerala has been reduced to 1 seat from 8 seats in the Parliamentary elections […]
While the Left Front was expected to lose Hindu votes due to the Sabarimala issue, a closer look at voting numbers from Kerala reveals that Sabarimala hit both LDF and UDF, but the UDF was able to sail through with increased support from minorities. Even as Hindu voters shifted their votes to the BJP to […]
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to break new ground in Kerala, a state that it has found notoriously difficult to conquer despite trying for nearly half a century. The saffron party, which is now ruling in 16 out of 29 states in India, has largely failed to make electoral inroads in the state […]
Close to ten exit polls are set to announce the results of the most highly anticipated and tightly fought elections in Indian history in recent decades. Among those offering exit poll results today are India Today group, which has tied up with polling agency Axis, News18, which has signed on international agency Ipsos and NewsX. […]
In what is considered a major diplomatic victory for India and an extra push for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the middle of the general elections, the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday declared Masood Azhar, chief of Pakistan based terror group Jaish-e –Mohammad, a designated terrorist. The way was cleared for declaring the terror […]
“I will leave you in suspense” is what Congress President Rahul Gandhi said eight days ago when asked about rumors of his sister’s candidature in Varanasi. Now, with just four days remaining to file nominations in Varanasi, it looks like Gandhi is willing to end the suspense According to reports of multiple TV channels, including […]
