Home Minister Amit Shah today said that he was opposed to the idea of the judiciary donning the mantle of ecclesiastical courts and telling people how to worship their gods and interfering in their religious practices. He was answering a question about his “dual stand” on the issues of Sabarimala temple and Ram Janmabhoomi temple, […]
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 […]
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. […]
As part of the ongoing crackdown on tax evasion and illicit funds, the Bharatiya Janata Party has asked all its MPs and MLAs to submit the full details of their banking transactions from Nov 8 onwards. The central leadership of the party will examine the bank statements of these representatives to check for any illegal […]
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 […]
