Rafale: N Ram story says India gave in to unreasonable demands

Veteran journalist N Ram, in his report published in the Hindu newspaper, has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hasty decision to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets from France instead of 126 demanded by the IAF increased the price of each aircraft by 41.42%. Read More
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MP moves to drop BJP-era cases against Congress workers, activists

The Madhya Pradesh cabinet, led by chief minister Kamal Nath, has initiated a new procedure for withdrawal of cases lodged against Congress workers, farmers and social activists registered by the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the last 15 years. Read More
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Protest against collegium selection of judge for Supreme Court

A former Delhi high court judge wrote to President Ram Nath Kovind criticizing the Supreme Court collegium’s alleged decision to recommend the elevation of a high court judge to the apex court by superseding 32 other judges of various high courts. Read More
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SC stalls BJP’s Bengal rath yatra for now citing state’s concerns

Earlier, a two-judge bench of the Calcutta high court stayed the permission of a single bench order of the same court that gave the BJP the go-ahead for the yatra. Read More
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Ex-CMs Raje, Chouhan, Raman Singh appointed BJP vice-chiefs

On Thursday the BJP appointed the three ex-chief ministers of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh – Vasundhara Raje, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Raman Singh Read More
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Congress produces tape, takes Rafale row to Parrikar’s bedroom

The Congress, on Wednesday, while attacking the Narendra Modi government, has claimed, while producing an audio tape, that the Goa chief minister, Manohar Parrikar, is “hiding all files related to the controversial Rafale deal in his bedroom”. Read More
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Opposition sees red at Stalin’s proposal of Rahul as PM pick

Many senior members of opposition parties have reacted to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief MK Stalin’s proposal of Rahul Gandhi’s name as the prime ministerial candidate of the opposition for the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Read More
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Rafale: SC finds no irregularities, dismisses petitions for probe

The Supreme Court, on Friday, has dismissed all the petitions demanding investigation into Rafale jet deal saying it found no irregularities or wrongdoing in the government’s decision-making process for the purchase of the warplanes from France’s Dassault Aviation. Read More
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Bulandshahr: FIR against 28 filed, 8 belong to right-wing groups

The Uttar Pradesh Police has filed FIR against 28 people in connection with the violence in Bulandshahr following rumours of cow slaughter that resulted in the death of a police inspector and a village youth. Read More
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EC orders transfer of Chhattisgarh public relations chief

The Election Commission has ordered transfer of secretary and commissioner of public relations in the state government of Chhattisgarh, Rajesh Sukumar Toppo, from his present post for alleged “misconduct and unbecoming of a civil servant”. Read More
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