Political

27 Aug

‘BJP a party of illiterates’: Manish Sisodia blasts Centre amid lens on Delhi govt. educational institutions

editorPoliticalDelhi

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday criticized the BJP-led Central Authority for over two years seeking a file from the Chief Secretary to work on the CVC report of an inquiry amid a review by Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena. Construction of additional lecture rooms in government schools. Addressing an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) press briefing, Sisodia, who is the Additional Training Minister, said government schools in Delhi are outnumbered by private schools. He said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a political party of illiterates and its leadership wants the country to remain that way. “It (BJP)…

26 Aug

‘Insult to Hindu faith’: BJP purifies temple after Muslim minister enters with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

editorPoliticalBihar

The BJP's Gaya district unit conducted a purification ceremony at the Vishnupada temple amid controversy over a non-Hindu minister of the new Bihar government entering the sanctum sanctorum. On ThursdayBJP district unit president Dhanraj Sharma said, "We performed a 'suddhikaran' puja at my temple after offering prayers by fetching water from the Falgu river,". On Wednesday, the Panda Samaj participants performed a puja and cleaned the temple sanctum with water from the Falgu river..The controversy erupted after Bihar's Communications and Information Technology Minister Mohammad Israil Mansuri entered the sanctum sanctorum of the Vishnupad temple during a visit to Gaya with…

25 Aug

Relief for Imran Khan, former Pakistan PM Imran Khan granted interim bail in terrorism case

editorPoliticalPakistan

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Thursday granted interim bail till September one to Ex-PM Imran Khan in a terrorism case registered towards him for threatening police, judiciary and different state institutions throughout a rally in the capital closing week. Judge Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan of the anti-terrorism court docket here granted the bail to him until September 1 against a surety of Rs 100,000, the Dawn News reported. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief's bail plea used to be filed in the courtroom on Thursday prior to his arrival, with the petitioner contending that the terrorism case against him used…

25 Aug

Politician Sonali Phogat’s post-mortem report shows ‘multiple blunt force injuries’ on body

editorPolitical

BJP chief and actress Sonali Phogat's autopsy file says she had "multiple blunt force injuries" on her body. The Goa police on Thursday registered a case of murder against the two friends following the post-mortem report. Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code was handed down in the case linked to the death of the 42-year-old leader. Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Singh, who were with Phogat when he reached Goa on August 22, were named as accused in the case, senior police authorities advised news corporation PTI. Phogat's brother Rinku filed a complaint against the two men at Dhaka…

25 Aug

Free and quality healthcare in Himachal Pradesh if AAP voted to power: Manish Sisodia

editorPoliticalHimachal Pradesh

With eye on meeting elections in November this year, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday promised to supply free and first-class healthcare in Himachal Pradesh, if voted to power. Addressing a townhall meeting in Una district, AAP leader and Delhi’s deputy chief minister stated his celebration will set up ‘mohalla clinics’ in Himachal Pradesh. Punjab CM Mann was additionally current on the occasion. It was once Sisodia and Mann’s 2nd go to to the nation in less than 10 days. He also introduced a monetary reward for precise samaritans. To promote precise samaritan behavior, the character who takes the accident…

23 Aug

Sonali Phogat’s autopsy to be conducted in Goa; family member suspects foul play

editorEntertainment, Political

The autopsy of BJP chief and actress Sonali Phogat, who died due to a heart attack on Tuesday, will be conducted through a scientific board at Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Panjim. Phogat was once brought useless to the medical institution from Anjana seashore where she used to be staying. Phogat, who had also contested in the last meeting election in Haryana on a BJP ticket from the Adampur meeting constituency, had told her household that she was once going for a shoot to Goa and would return via August 27-28. Bambolim Deputy SP Jeeva Dalvi advised news agency ANI that…

22 Aug

Clashes In JNU, BJP-Linked Group Say Students Attacked By Security Guards Over Scholarship

editorEducation, PoliticalDelhi

A group of college students of Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University today claimed that they were attacked by security guards deployed by the institute when they peacefully disrupted the release of scholarship money which they insisted had been withheld for over two years. Half a dozen college students were reportedly injured in clashes between BJP-affiliated student recruiters Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, or ABVP, and campus security guards. ABVP JNU president Rohit Kumar said the guards abused and misbehaved with the students. “The condition of this department is such that now only 4 staff are left where earlier there was 17 staff.…

22 Aug

On camera, Patna bureaucrat thrashes protesting job aspirant holding national flag

editorEducation, PoliticalBihar

Hundreds of aspirants for teachers' posts protested the prolongation of their recruitment by baton-charging the police in Bihar's capital Patna on Monday. A video of the protest has gone viral, showing a bureaucrat beating a protester to the ground. Once there was a protest at the Dak Bangla intersection in Patna. In the video, the official, identified as KK Singh, Additional District Magistrate of Patna, can be seen dragging the man and beating him as he crouches on the floor and holds the national flag in his hand. The flag was later confiscated by the police. A large number of…

20 Aug

TMC leader Anubrata Mondal sent to four-day CBI custody in cattle smuggling case

editorPolitical, West Bengal

TMC leader Anubrata Mondal has been remanded to CBI custody for 4 more days in the cattle smuggling case. The Birbhum TMC president was once picked up by using the CBI on August 12 from his Bolpur domestic after the central probe company said it had determined Mondal’s direct involvement in the cattle smuggling scam. He was once remanded to CBI custody until August 20. On Saturday, Anubrata Mondal’s legal professional prayed for bail, citing the TMC leader’s poor health. During the hearing in the unique CBI courtroom in Asansol, the probe organization said Anubrata is a “powerful person” and…

19 Aug

CBI Raids On Manish Sisodia Over Delhi Liquor Policy End After Twelve Hours

editorBusiness, PoliticalCBI, Delhi

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who also heads the excise department, was raided by the CBI these days for alleged corruption at the Center on liquor policy. The Aam Aadmi Party government denied the allegations. The CBI searched Manish Sisodia's house in Delhi and 31 different places across seven states. Mandatory approval to register corruption cases was given through Lt. Governor VK Saxena. Sources stated for the duration of the 12-hour raid, the business enterprise officials seized confidential professional archives pertaining to the new excise coverage from the home of a public servant. The place of the seizure is…