Ex-SC judge Kurian Joseph disagrees with NJAC verdict; Arun Jaitley says ‘mass intimidation of the judiciary has begun’

While discussing the independence of the judiciary, Jaitley said a “process of mass intimidation of the judiciary” has begun through social media. Read More
5 16 8
 
 

Yechury says Ramayana, Mahabharata filled with violence

Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) said it would be wrong to say Hindus can’t be violent because there are many examples in epics and history that Hindu rulers were not averse to violence. Read More
0 26 6
 
 

Akhilesh on Priyanka’s claim of cutting BJP votes: ‘Don’t believe it’

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, on Thursday, said that he “doesn’t believe” in Priyanka Gandhi’s claims that Congress has fielded “weak” candidates in Uttar Pradesh to eat into the Bharatiya Janata Party’s votes. Read More
1 18 6
 
 

Bhim Army chief: Will campaign for sacked BSF jawan against Modi

Chandrashekhar Azad, founder of the Bhim Army said that the dalit organization will campaign in favour of Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance candidate Tej Bahadur Yadav, who is contesting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi. Read More
0 19 9
 
 

Didn’t say ‘Mamata, Naidu, Maya are better PM options’: Pawar

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar asserted that West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu and former Uttar Pradesh CM Mayawati would be top contenders for the prime minister’s post if the Modi-led NDA fails to secure a clear majority. Read More
0 22 7
 
 

‘Narendra Modi is not a backward by birth’: Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, on Friday, alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a “fake backward” and claimed that he got himself a “backward caste certificate” by using the state machinery when he was chief minister of Gujarat Read More
0 28 7
 
 

On Modi news conference, Cong says ‘tumse na ho payega’

The Congress, while often criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not holding a press conference in his tenure, on Wednesday, took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party minutes after the ruling party denied media reports of Modi holding a press conference in Varanasi. Read More
0 31 5
 
 

Gujarat BJP MLA threatens voters, says ‘Modi is watching via CCTVs’

BJP MLA from Fatepur, Ramesh Katara, in at a public rally in Gujarat’s Dahod Lok Sabha constituency, was caught in a video threatening voters that Narendra Modi would come to know about the number of votes for BJP as he had installed CCTV cameras across all polling stations. Read More
1 24 11
 
 

Mehbooba: ‘Soldiers forced people to vote for BJP’ in J&K

Peoples Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti alleged that uniformed personnel forced people to vote for the BJP and claimed that the EVMs malfunctioned in some places with the Congress button not working during the first phase of polling in Jammu’s Poonch area. Read More
1 23 8
 
 

Raman Singh: ‘Chhattisgarh got lost control in 100 days’

Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh said that the government has “lost control in just 100 days”, a day after Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Bhima Mandavi was killed on the last campaigning day in a blast carried out by Maoists. Read More
1 25 4