Political

07 Jul

Modi cabinet 2.0: 12 ministers including the health minister and education minister resigned

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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Minister of State for Health Ashwini Chaube both resigned today, hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet reshuffle. Along with Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, these are the biggest casualties of the mega government reset. The resignation of both Health Ministers comes as the government battles criticism of its handling of the second wave of Covid in April-May, which ambushed India's health infrastructure and left tens of thousands desperate for oxygen, hospital beds and vaccine. As cases dip, the government's next priority is to stave off a third wave of the virus. This hinges…

07 Jul

Mamata Banerjee vs. Suvendu Adhikari: The Calcutta High Court fined the Bengal government Rs 5 lakh for portraying the judiciary in a bad light

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Mamata Banerjee had already addressed a petition to Rajesh Bindal, the Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, pleading with him to reassign her Election Petition to a different judge (not Justice Kausik Chanda) in order to avoid prejudice against herself. The Calcutta High Court fined West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Rs 5 lakh on Wednesday for "casting a bad light on the judiciary." The order was issued by a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court led by Justice Kausik Chanda, who recused himself from hearing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's election petition challenging BJP leader…

07 Jul

Modi government creates a new Ministry of Co-operation

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In a historic move, a separate ‘Ministry of Co-operation’ has been created by the Modi Government for realizing the vision of ‘Sahkar se Samriddhi’. It will help deepen Co-operatives as a true people based movement reaching upto the grassroots. This ministry will provide a separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative movement in the country. The Ministry will work to streamline processes for ‘Ease of doing business’ for co-operatives and enable development of Multi-State Co-operatives (MSCS). In our country, a Co-operative based economic development model is very relevant where each member works with a spirit of responsibility.…

06 Jul

BJP workers clash with police during a march to the KMC office in Bengal to protest fake vaccines

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Several senior BJP leaders and members were detained by the police as they marched towards the KMC headquarters. They were eventually released. On Monday (July 5), BJP supporters clashed with police during a march to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) offices to protest the city's bogus vaccine fraud. Despite the police denying them permission, saffron party workers and leaders held protests outside the BJP state headquarters and the Hind Cinema. The agitation programme exposed cracks in the saffron camp, as Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and BJP Yuva Morcha president Saumitra Khan were conspicuously absent. The saffron party had…

04 Jul

Pushkar Dhami is Uttrakhand new Chief Minister

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Nagra village in Khatima block in Uttarakhand's Kumaon region is rejoicing. Celebrations are underway in full swing with the beating of drums and distribution of sweets as villagers and supporters flock to Pushkar Singh Dhami's residence. BJP MLA from Khatima, Pushkar Singh Dhami (45) will be sworn in as the 11th chief minister of Uttarakhand on Sunday. Pushkar Dhami's wife Geeta, a housewife, and 90-year-old mother were seen receiving greetings from supporters at their family home. Geeta Dhami has also been actively involved in social welfare work in Khatima. "It was his long-time dream of his to become the chief…

04 Jul

Punjab power crisis: AAP workers protest outside CM Amarinder Singh’s farmhouse, police use water cannons to disperse crowd

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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers on Saturday staged a protest outside Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s residence in Mohali over the issue of power cuts in the state. Security was tightened outside CM Amarinder Singh's Siswan Farmhouse ahead of the planned demonstration by AAP workers. As the protest gathered steam, police used water cannons to disperse the agitators. A few AAP leaders have been detained by the police.Punjab AAP chief Bhagwant Mann and his party worker gathered in force outside Amarinder Singh's house in Mohali this afternoon and started shouting slogans. Later, they started marching towards the Chief Minister's…

03 Jul

Tirath Singh Rawat resigns as Uttarakhand CM, BJP meet on Saturday likely to decide on next leader

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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat resigned late on Friday night, less than four months after taking over, and hours after holding a press conference to talk about the achievements of his government. Rawat reached Raj Bhavan at around 11 pm with Cabinet colleagues and handed over his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya, citing the constitutional provision requiring him to get elected to the Assembly within six months, and the unlikelihood of that. Tirath said he had resigned to avoid a constitutional crisis. He had taken oath as the CM on March 10 and had to be elected as…

03 Jul

In the 2022 UP elections, the BJP will repeat its 2017 victory, according to deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya

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Keshav Prasad Maurya, Uttar Pradesh's Deputy Chief Minister, expressed confidence that the BJP will win the state's Assembly elections next year. Keshav Prasad Maurya, Uttar Pradesh's Deputy Chief Minister, expressed optimism that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will repeat its 2017 victory in the state's Assembly elections. "In the next assembly elections, the BJP will replicate its 2017 victory. The BJP will perform much better than in 2017, which will be noticed by the opposition parties. The BJP has a strong organisational presence, and its workers at the booth level are confident in it "On Saturday afternoon, he spoke at…

02 Jul

Om Prakash Chautala set to walk free after surrender at Delhi’s Tihar jail today

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Released from Tihar Central Jail on Friday on completion of 10-year jail term in a teachers’ recruitment scam, former Haryana Chief Minister and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Om Prakash Chautala said he planned to visit farmers at protest sites. Addressing party workers assembled at the Delhi-Gurugram border to welcome the octogenarian leader, Mr. Chautala thanked them for supporting his party against the wrong policies of the government and assured them that he would continue to fight for the poor, downtrodden and farmers. Mr. Chautala said doctors had advised him a few days of rest, after which he would…

01 Jul

Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, has sent mangoes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Politics is, without a doubt, a bitter-sweet experience. And parties have long exploited the mango season to try to sweeten their ties. Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi fought a fierce war for Bengal. Even after Mamata was sworn in as Chief Minister, the squabbles between the state and the federal government continued. But when mango season arrived, she was quick to extend her seasonal greetings to New Delhi. Last Monday, Mamata sent Bengal's best mango types to Modi Himsagar, Malda, and Lakshmanbhog. President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Defence…