Political

25 Nov

Let me control CBI and ED for one day, half of BJP will be in jail: Arvind Kejriwal

Priyanka BhowmickIndia, Political, PoliticsArvind Kejriwal, india, politics

Attacking the BJP for filing "false" cases against AAP members, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that despite filing 167 cases against its leaders, no investigating agency has been able to prove if any AAP members are doing wrong. Kejriwal said, “ They have filed 167 cases against AAP leaders in the last seven years, and not a single one has been proved in court. AAP leaders have been cleared in more than 150 cases and the rest are pending… 800 investigation agency officers are dedicated only to find wrongdoing by AAP leaders but they have found nothing.…

24 Nov

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to attend PM Modi’s G20 meet on Dec 5

Business CorrespondentPoliticalMamata Banerjee, PM Modi, West Bengal

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to meet PM Modi’s G20 meeting on December 5 in the Delhi. A meeting has been convened by Narendra Modi with CM's of all states to discuss the preparatory process for the country hosting the G20 Summit in 2023. Four events of the G20 are scheduled to held in the state of West Bengal. After the meeting, the Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan. On December 5, PM Modi has called for a meeting with presidents of all political parties in the national capital in order to discuss and…

23 Nov

Pooja Bhatt responds to BJP’s claim that actors are paid to walk with Rahul Gandhi

Priyanka BhowmickEntertainment, India, Politicalindia, politics, Pooja BHatt, rahul gandhi

Bollywood actress Pooja Bhatt has responded to BJP leaders' claims that actors are paid to walk with Rahul Gandhi on the Bharat Joro Yatra. Quoting from Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, the actor wrote: "They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions… but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience" -- discharge of claims. Actor Sushant Singh, who walked with Rahul Gandhi and claimed it would be his first appearance at a political…

21 Nov

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi holds Rashami Desai, Akanksha Puri’s hands as they walk together during Bharat Jodo Yatra

Business CorrespondentPoliticalrahul gandhi

TV actress Rashami Desai and Akanksha Puri joined Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for another day of his party's Bharat Jodo Yatra on Saturday. Pictures and videos of the three from their symbolic walk together are surfacing on social media. In a photo, the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi can be seen in the middle with Rashami and Akanksha Puri next to him. Holding hands of each other as they walked together. They are being seen smiling during their walk. The program Bharat Jodo Yatra has already made up through states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra. The…

21 Nov

Sanjay Raut appreciates Rahul’s gestures

Priyanka BhowmickPoliticalindia, politics, rahul gandhi

Sanjay Raut, leader of Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena faction, today tweeted that Rahul Gandhi called him and asked about his health, amid a row over the Congress leader's comments attacking Veer Savarkar. Sanjay Raut tweeted in Marathi, "Rahul called me at night even though he was busy with Bharat Jodo Yatra. He asked about my health, said 'we were worried about you. It is only human to feel sorry for a political friend framed in a false case and tortured for 110 days in jail,". He followed it up with a longer post in English. Mr. Raut wrote," Inspite of…

20 Nov

Retired IAS Arun Goel Appointed Election Commissioner

Business CorrespondentPolitical

Retired bureaucrat Arun Goel has been selected as an Election Commissioner ahead of the crucial assembly election in the state of Gujarat. The third post in the country's top poll body was vacant for around 6 months. An official notice from the law ministry this evening mentions, "The President is pleased to select Shri Arun Goel, Retired IAS of 1985 batch , Punjab Cadre, as the Election Commissioner in the Election Commission with effect from the date he takes over his duties in the office". Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey in the poll panel…

19 Nov

Calcutta High Court Appoints New Head To Probe West Bengal Teachers’ Job Scam

Business CorrespondentPolitical, West Bengal

Calcutta High Court has appointed senior police officer Ashwin Shenvi as the head of the SIT, investigating the alleged teachers' job scam in the state of West Bengal. Mr Shenvi is a 2006-batch IPS officer from the Haryana cadre. He had joined the Central Bureau of Investigation in the year 2020 and was the SP at Jind, Haryana. "CBI has referred the names of Sudhanshu Khare, Michaelraj S and Ashwin Shenvi. Out of these three names, I select Mr Ashwin Shenvi, who is DIG ACB in CBI Chandigarh, that has vast experience in investigation of corruption cases," the single judge…

19 Nov

BJP files an F.I.R against Satyendar Jain, Kejriwal over Tihar jail video; AAP tweets medical report

Business CorrespondentPoliticalBJP, Delhi

Bharatiya Janta Party on Saturday filed an F.I.R against Delhi minister Satyendar Jain and CM Arvind Kejriwal after claiming a video clip of Jain getting a massage inside his cell in Tihar Jail got leaked and went viral triggering a massive face-off between the two political party, BJP and the AAP. The Aam Aadmi Party, on the other hand, tweeted the post the medical report of Jain claiming that the minister has an L5-S1 vertebrae disc injury for which the doctor suggested regular physiotherapy and acupressure treatment. The AAP said that the massage, Satyendar Jain was shown to be receiving…

18 Nov

Mahatma Gandhi’s Great Grandson Joins Bharat Jodo Yatra

Priyanka BhowmickIndia, Politicalindia

Mahatma Gandhi's great-grandson Tushar Gandhi joined in the Bharat Joro Yatra with Rahul Gandhi at Shegaon in Maharashtra's Buldhana district this morning, with the Congress hailing his participation as "historic".The yatra, which has been continuing in Maharashtra since November 7, resumed the day's journey from Balapur in Akola district around 6 am and reached Shegaon a few hours later, where writer and activist Tushar Gandhi joined in the rally. Tushar Gandhi tweeted, ''I will join the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Shegaon on 18th. Shegaon is my Birth Station as well. The train my mother was traveling in, 1 Dn. Howrah…

18 Nov

‘Kashi-Tamil Samagam’ in Varanasi, will also be inaugurated by the Prime Minister

editorIndia, Politicalbanaras hindu university, india, kashi, PM Modi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Kashi-Tamil Samagam begins in Varanasi The festival will continue for a month Prime Minister Modi will formally inaugurate this gathering at the amphitheater ground of Banaras Hindu University on Saturday. The central government is the organizer of this festival As part of the 'Azadi Ka Amrita Mohotsav' the main objective is to revive the cultural link between Varanasi and Tamil Nadu. The month-long festival is being organized to celebrate the sentiment of 'Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat', as well as to showcase the Tamil language and culture, the center said. This festival will continue till December 16. Chairman of Varanasi Vidyasagar…