Political

17 Mar

Punjab CM launches anti-corruption helpline, says it’s his personal WhatsApp number

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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday announced that an anti-corruption helpline will be launched in the nation on Shaheed Diwas on March 23. The newly elected chief minister said that people will be able to resort complaints against corruption by way of WhatsApp. “99 per cent of humans are honest, due to the fact of 1 per cent the gadget breaks down,” said Mann. Mann had additionally taken to Twitter to post, “On the martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh ji, we will launch the anti-corruption helpline number. That will be my private WhatsApp number. If anyone asks you for…

13 Mar

Police tightened up security outside Devendra Fadnavis’ residence to record his statement

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A group of the BKC cyber police here on Sunday reached senior BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis's house to document his assertion in connection with a case of alleged unlawful tapping of phones, an official said. Heavy security used to be deployed outside the home of former Maharashtra chief minister Fadnavis in Malabar Hill area of south Mumbai, where the team, comprising Assistant Commissioner of Police Nitin Jadhav and two inspectors, reached around noon, he said. The Mumbai cyber police had in the past issued a note to Fadnavis, asking him to show up before them on Sunday in connection with…

13 Mar

Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo to contest West Bengal bypoll: CM Mamata Banerjee

editorPoliticalMamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee named Shatrughan Sinha as the Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate for the bypolls in Asansol parliamentary seat and Babul Supriyo for the Ballygunge Assembly seat. "Happy to announce on behalf of the All India Trinamool Congress that Sri Shatrughan Sinha, former Union Minister and famed actor, will be our candidate in Loksabha by-election from Asansol," Banerjee tweeted, asserting Sinha's candidature. "Sri Babul Supriyo, former union minister and mentioned singer, will be our candidate in Vidhansabha by- election from Ballygunge. Jai Hind, Jai Bangla, Jai Ma- Mati- Manush!" the chief minister added in a follow-up tweet.…

10 Mar

Major embarrassment for Capt Amarinder, loses Patiala seat

editorPoliticalCapt Amarinder Singh, Punjab

In a major embarrassment for two-time Punjab Chief Minister and Congress rebel Capt Amarinder Singh in a fag-end of his political career, he faced a humiliating defeat from AAP’s greenhorn Ajit Pal Kohli with over 13,000 votes on Thursday from his stronghold Patiala, the seat that he has won for four consecutive terms since 2002 when he first contested. He is seen as a nationalist, and widely respected leader of the BJP-led alliance. In the Congress-ruled state, Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP is heading for a landslide win, with the Congress, the Shiromani Akali Dal and the BJP far behind. Capt Amarinder…

10 Mar

Tamil Nadu minister’s daughter appeals to CM Stalin to probe threats by her father

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For the last 4 days, Jayakalyani, the daughter of Tamil Nadu minister PK Sekar Babu, has been tenting in Bengaluru with her husband, Sathish Kumar. They acquired married at a mutt in north Karnataka just a couple of days in the past in the presence of a few activists and lawyers. Even as they continue to attain out to Bengaluru police, seeking protection from the DMK minister and his family, they have been constantly altering locations, with the concern that her father’s mates might attain them. According to the couple, Sekar Babu, who is the Minister of the Hindu Religious…

09 Mar

Under PM Narendra Modi, India More Likely To Respond To Pak Provocations: US Intel

editorPoliticalPakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is greater possibly than in the previous to respond with army force to any actual or perceived Pakistani provocations, the American brain neighborhood has told the US Congress.The annual danger evaluation of the US Intelligence Community launched by using the Office of Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) also stated that the "expanded navy posture by way of both India and China along the disputed border elevates the chance of armed disagreement between two nuclear powers that may involve direct threats to US men and women and pastimes and calls for US intervention." "Crises between…

09 Mar

Videos of ‘stolen’ EVMs in Varanasi become a viral sensation in front of counting of votes, DM explains

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Just two days earlier than counting of votes in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged that a truck carrying Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) had been intercepted in Varanasi on Tuesday. The videos of the EVMs in the truck have long gone viral on social media and numerous opposition leaders have tweeted it. However, the District Magistrate of Varanasi has issued a clarification. He said the EVMs, which are considered in the videos, had been not the ones used for balloting and are just being used for hands-on training, mentioned NDTV. The DM additionally accused some…

08 Mar

West Bengal Assembly: Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar delivers one-line speech amid protest

editorPoliticalJagdeep Dhankhar, Mamata Banerjee

Unlike acrimonious comments made on one some other in current times, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a folded-hands meeting on Monday to reach an settlement to prevent "a constitutional crisis" in the kingdom legislative assembly. Governor Dhankhar used to be leaving the residence besides studying his tackle to West Bengal Legislative Assembly amid ruckus as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contributors shouted slogans in the house. The country assembly witnessed chaotic scenes with the MLAs belonging to the BJP elevating slogans at some point of Governor Dhankhar’s address and the ruling Trinamool Congress contributors…

08 Mar

Shiv Sena Leader, Aide To Aaditya Thackeray Raided

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The Income Tax Department is conducting raids at the workplace and dwelling of shut aides of Shiv Sena leaders and Maharashtra ministers Aaditya Thackeray and Anil Parab, ANI mentioned on Tuesday. The raids are being performed in Mumbai and Pune. Before this, the branch had conducted raids at the places of work and premises of a number of BMC contractors and Shiv Sena leaders. Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said it was a tactic to pressurise and destablise the MVA government of Sena, Congress and NCP. “Why are central agencies focused on a chosen few from states like West Bengal…

04 Mar

“Attack On Me In Varanasi Means…”: WB CM Mamata Banerjee At Samajwadi Rally

editorPoliticalMamata Banerjee

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav at her side, declared that the protests against her through right wing employees on her arrival at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency in Varanasi, "indicates they (the BJP) are going out of power"."I have been attacked numerous times, shot at and beaten by using sticks in past, however in no way bowed down… I am not coward, I am fighter," Ms Banerjee stated at the rally in Varanasi, which is drawing eyeballs as the election in Uttar Pradesh attracts to a close. Polling in Varanasi and its eight adjoining districts…