Politics Today

Congress president Rahul Gandhi officially announced Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the in charge of 41 Lok Sabha constituencies in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Jyotiraditya Scindia was made in charge of 39 constituencies in western UP. Read More

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav was stopped from boarding a special flight to Allahabad at Amausi airport by Lucknow district administration. This triggered a political controversy and statewide protests by his party workers. Read More

It was known that Prime Minister Modi would make an official visit to France from April 9–11, 2015, when Ambani visited the French defence minister’s office. Reliance Defence was also incorporated in the same week as this meeting, on March 28, 2015. Read More

The HK Arts College, Ahmedabad, declined permission to use the college auditorium for an annual function, where Vadgam independent MLA Jignesh Mevani was invited as chief guest. Read More

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said, “Contempt has been committed. So, there will be a mark on his career.” Read More

N Ram, in his latest revelation about Rafale deal, has reported that the Modi-government had intentionally waived provisions for anti-corruption penalties before signing the inter-governmental agreement of the €7.87 billion Rafale deal. Read More

N Chandrababu Naidu sat on the daylong fast at Andhra Bhavan demanding a special status for the state, which became the rallying point for opposition leaders seeking to put up a united front against the BJP-led NDA for the upcoming Lok Sabha election. Read More

The parliamentary committee on IT, headed by the BJP MP Anurag Thakur warned Twitter that the panel has taken very serious note of the company’s refusal to send its senior executives to India and will take appropriate action against the social-media giant. Read More

The Congress has asked comptroller and auditor general Rajiv Mehrishi to recuse himself from auditing the Rafale warplane deal with France because of “conflict of interest” as he was part of the negotiations as the-then finance secretary. Read More

The tanneries in UP, which had been ailing and ordered to be shut down during the Kumbh so that the Ganga water isn’t polluted when it reaches Prayagraj, are now beginning to shift to Bengal, where they had been recently welcomed with open arms by the state government. Read More