Politics Today

The police opened fire when protesters set a police station on fire, in which one protester was killed and two others were critically injured, forcing the state administration to call out the Army and impose prohibitory orders. Read More

After a parliamentary panel chaired by BJP MP Anurag Thakur received complaints alleging bias against right-wing voices on the platform, Thakur asked Twitter to address issues in “real-time” and “engage more” with the Election Commission. Read More

Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy, on Monday, has requested the Supreme Court for urgent listing of his plea seeking enforcement of his fundamental right to pray at birth place of Lord Ram in Ayodhya. Read More

The Supreme Court, on Monday, has agreed to examine the petitions filed by the daughters of a retired CRPF jawan and a serving officer, seeking protection for security personnel from human-rights violation from unruly mob and individuals while discharging their duties. Read More

After joining hands in Uttar Pradesh, the Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party announced an alliance in Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The BSP, in a news statement, said that it will contest more Lok Sabha seats than the Samajwadi Party in both the states. Read More

In a second such incident in less than two weeks in the country, around 140 tea garden workers in Assam’s Golaghat district have lost their lives after drinking contaminated liquor and over 300 have been hospitalized. Read More

The police said that a bike and a car were used in the crime and added that the words “Ram Rajya” were written on the number plate of one of the bikes and that the car used in the crime carried a BJP flag. Read More

The hardship and risk allowance for central armed police forces personnel has been raised from 16,900 to 25,000 per month for officers and Rs 9,700 to Rs 17,300 per month for those up to the rank of inspector. Read More

Kashmir was on the edge with leaders of Congress, Peoples Democratic Party and People’s Conference cautioning the Centre to desist from any “misadventure” to scrap the Article 35A of the Constitution. Read More

Politicizing the accident where 340 vehicles were gutted in a fire at the Aero India 2019 venue at Bengaluru’s Yelahanka airbase, the Bhartiya Janata Party has blamed the state’s Janata Dal (Secular)-Congress coalition government. Read More