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December 19, 2018 No Responses

Four men held for cow slaughter falsely implicated: Police

Four men arrested on charges of slaughtering cows, which led to the mob violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr earlier this month that had resulted in the death of a police inspector and another person, were falsely implicated by district convener...

December 14, 2018 No Responses

BJP has devil’s luck: Omar on timing of SC verdict on Rafale

In a funny aside to the Supreme Court verdict ruling out a probe into the Rafale deal, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said the order could not have come at a better time for the BJP. In a reference to...

December 12, 2018 No Responses

As BJP is losing political ground, the Battle for 2019 is becoming more interesting

The assembly elections in five states have shown that the BJP can be shaken up, even defeated, by strong, strategic opposition alliances. After the victory of the Congress in all three Hindi heartland states in the tightly-fought assembly elections, some...

December 12, 2018 No Responses

Shaktikanta Das, MA in History is first non-economist in 28 years to be RBI governor

Highlights * 14 of 25 RBI governors have been bureaucrats including 12 coming from IAS/ICS* Immediate predecessors of Shaktikanta Das were economists* Shaktikanta Das has got tenure as RBI governor till 2023 There are no fixed eligibility criteria for appointm...

December 11, 2018 No Responses

Celebrations begin as Congress races ahead in Rajasthan assembly elections

Counting of votes began at 8 am today for the Rajasthan assembly elections with trends at 10 am showing the Congress racing ahead with leads in 99 seats and the BJP in 75. As trends started trickling in, celebrations broke...

December 4, 2018 No Responses

What Atal Bihari Vajpayee told Imran Khan on Kashmir

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had told him that Kashmir would have been resolved if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had not lost the 2004 Lok Sabha elections. In an...

December 3, 2018 No Responses

Protesting cow slaughter, UP police officer killed by villagers

A police officer was killed by a mob in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr after hundreds of people attacked the district’s Syana police station. Initial reports said the villagers had gathered outside the police to protest cow slaughter and threw stones. At...

November 24, 2018 No Responses

Ayodhya On Alert -2 Lakh people expected tomorrow, claim VHP & RSS

There is heavy security in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya ahead of a Dharam Sabha or religious meeting called on Sunday by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad to push for the construction of a Ram temple and a two-day visit beginning today by...

November 24, 2018 No Responses

Beating Netflix and Amazon BJP become top advertiser on Indian Television

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the top advertiser on Indian television, placing ahead of Netflix and Trivago, in the weeks and months leading up the crucial state polls and the 2019 general election. Citing the latest data from...

November 23, 2018 No Responses

Amit Shah a Key Conspirator in Prajapati Killing, Investigating Officer Tells Court

In explosive testimony before the special Central Bureau of Investigation court here on Wednesday, Sandeep Tamgadge, chief investigating officer in the 2006 Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounter case, has said that Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah and IP...