Bengal polls for first phase of assembly elections start today amid a resurgent Covid-19 crisis to decide the fate of a number of top politicians. Thirty seats go to the polls in the first phase and include all constituencies in Purulia and Jhargram and segments of Bankura, Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur. The first phase of polling will decide the electoral fate of 191 candidates including 21 women. The polling will likely witness a straight contest between the saffron party BJP and the ruling TMC. Elections to the 294-member West Bengal Assembly will be held in eight phases starting from…
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PM Modi presented the Gandhi Peace Prize 2020 to late Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s daughters Sheikh Rehana and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, which was bestowed upon late Sheikh Mujibur Rahman posthumously by the Government of India. The Gandhi Peace Prize was instituted by the Indian government in 1995 to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The award has been given posthumously for the first time. At the time of Bangladesh’s independence, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was imprisoned in Pakistan. On January 8, 1972, he was set free and returned to Dhaka two days later. He went on to become the…
Home minister Amit Shah who was in an election rally in Assam said on Friday that if the BJP is elected, it will enact legislation to combat the “menace of love and land jihad” in Assam. Amit Shah stated that appropriate laws and policies will be enacted to strengthen Assamese culture and civilisation. The manifesto also stated that it will implement a deradicalisation policy to identify and eliminate terrorist organizations and individuals. “The Congress manifesto is merely a campaign tool, whereas the BJP manifesto is intended for implementation,” he asserted. He also accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of referring to…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Bangladesh today for a two-day stay, his first as the coronavirus pandemic broke out. PM Modi talks about a joint march towards a glorious world where people can “research, work, and do business peacefully across the subcontinent” in such a special op-ed published in leading Bangladesh newspaper The Daily Star ahead of the tour. He also discusses “resolving complex bilateral problems in a sense of good neighbourliness” when it comes to resolving complex bilateral issues. As per the PM, India and Bangladesh also made significant strides in communication, citing proposals such as Bangladeshi barges…
PM Modi makes his first international visit since Covid-19 outbreak to Bangladesh. This would reflect India’s solidarity for the neighbouring nation’s economic and social development accomplishments. In a statement released the day before his two-day tour, Modi conveyed his joy how his first overseas visit since the COVID-19 outbreak would be to “our friendly neighbouring country, with which India shares close cultural, linguistic, and people-to-people relations.” On March 26, the Prime Minister would fly to Bangladesh at the behest of his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina to actively participate in the country’s National Day celebrations. “My visit will not only be an occasion…
Actor Mithun Chakraborty who joined the Bhartiya Janata Party just a few days ago before West Bengal assembly polls, led three back-to-back roadshows in the state’s Jungle Mahal area on Thursday in support of the saffron party candidates. Campaigning on hoodless cars decked out in marigold, actor Mithun Chakraborty was welcoming the enthused fans who assembled in big numbers everywhere he went. People climbed their houses and mobbed Chakraborty’s car to get a glimpse of the superstar of yesteryears, even as shouts of “guru guru” rang out in the air. “The overwhelming response, the emotion of the people prove that…
https://twitter.com/PMOIndia/status/1375272074122559495?s=20 PM Modi arrived in Bangladesh on Friday for a two-day visit, during which he would participate in a variety of programs aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation. “PM @narendramodi dispatches a delegation to Dhaka. During his visit to Bangladesh, he will participate in a variety of programs aimed at strengthening cooperation with our friendly neighbor “The PMO tweeted a photo of Modi boarding the plane. On Thursday, PM announced that he would have substantive discussions with his Bangladeshi counterpart, Sheikh Hasina, during the visit, and expressed his delight that his first foreign trip since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic…
The Congress party has fielded a candidate in the 2021 assembly election who organized notorious anti-Hindu “Beef Festivals” throughout Kerala in 2017. As the joint UDF candidate, the Congress party has fielded one of its senators, Bindhu Krishna, from the Kollam constituency. Bindhu Krishna, who was instrumental in organizing anti-Hindu beef festivals in Kerala to offend Hindus, was named as the party’s candidate from Kollam in the 2021 Kerala elections in a list of 86 candidates released by the Congress party ahead of the Kerala Assembly elections. Bindhu Krishna, Congress leader and District unit head of the Congress party in…
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) issued its election manifesto for the state on Wednesday, after announcing ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan as its Chief Ministerial candidate. Two promises stand out from the many made in the manifesto. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar’s manifesto makes a few huge promises about the Sabarimala temple and the threat of love jihad in the state. The party has vowed to pass legislation to uphold the Sabarimala temple’s age-old rituals, which have become the subject of leftist propaganda. According to the party, all temples in Kerala should be taken out of government control and given to…
https://twitter.com/davidfrawleyved/status/1374684803568697345?s=20 Abhijit Sarkar, an Oxford University faculty member who launched the ‘Hinduphobic’ attack on Rashmi Samant, the first female Indian student elected as President of the Oxford University Student Union, is now facing backlash from netizens. On Twitter, an online petition against Abhijit Sarkar has gone viral. The petition asks that Oxford University investigate Abhijit Sarkar’s nasty conduct on social media and suspend him before the investigation is concluded. Dr David Frawley, a blogger, is a sponsor of the movement. The campaign started by a British Hindu on the online petition platform Change.org specifies that “the Hindus of Britain and…