Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan’s party Makkal Needhi Maiam has announced its first list of 70 party candidates for the April 6 elections to the Tamil Nadu Assembly, including former associate of former president, the late APJ Abdul Kalam. The alliance, which faces an election with its allies, actor R Sarath Kumar, led by All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) and India Jananayaka Katchi (IJK) of Lok Sabha MP Paarivendhar, has declared that it will try its fortunes from 154 out of 234 seats, leaving the rest to its two partners. Haasan announced the candidacy of 70 people to fight his party’s…
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Yogi Adityanath’s is preparing to establish a Lord Ram University in Ayodhya. The planned university would carry out studies and experiments on the history, scriptures, values and theological details of Lord Ram. According to Deputy Chief Minister Dr Dinesh Sharma, the university will let people around the world know about Lord Ram’s life and values. It will also include analyses on Hindu philosophy and history. The new university is likely to be established by the private sector in cooperation with the state government. Many religious figures accepted the idea. Mahant Paramhans supported the decision and said that he had written…
The BJP-JJP government has defeated Congress’ no-confidence motion in the Haryana Assembly. All Congress MLAs supported the motion of non-confidence, while BJP-JJP MLAs voted against it. The motion of no-confidence was supported by 32 members and opposed by 55. JJP MLAs Ram Kumar Gautam and Devender Babli, who spoke against the government urging the JJP to withhold support from the BJP, also voted against the non-confidence motion. Gopal Kanda also backed the coalition and voted against the resolution. The Assembly currently has 88 members, which means that the governing alliance required 45 votes to remain in office.
In order to boost its defence sector, India plans to buy 30 armed drones from the United States. In April, India will authorize the purchase of $3 billion of 30 MQ-9B Predator drones produced by General Atomics, based in San Diego. Currently, Indian drones can only be used for surveillance and reconnaissance, but the inclusion of armed drones would add to India’s military capability. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration is in the middle of a 10-year, $250 billion military upgrade. U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin is scheduled to visit India in March, while President Joe Biden will shortly join…
Tirath Singh Rawat is going to become Uttarakhand’s next Chief Minister, the BJP declared today at its party meeting in the state capital. He’s expected to be sworn in at 4 p.m. On Tuesday, Trivendra Singh Rawat resigned as Chief Ministerial Officer. His resignation came after the BJP General Secretary in charge of Uttarakhand Dushyant Kumar Gautam and former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh sent a report to the BJP’s central leadership outlining the revolt in the party’s state unit, according to sources. Tirath Singh Rawat, 56 years old, is a BJP MP. He was the party’s leader in…
Hindu religion is considered as the oldest religion in the world. The world over many Hindu practitioners refer to their religion as Sanātana Dharma, which means the Eternal Way, which refers to the idea that its origins lie beyond human history, as it is clearly mentioned in the Hindu texts. But these days, Hindu students are tormented for carrying their identity as a staunch Hindu. Hindus on Campus, an organisation that battles the oppression of Hindus, Hinduphobia and hostile ambience for Hindus prevalent in college campuses, today took to Twitter to respond to the statement put out by Rutgers Newark over…
The very next day after erstwhile Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi had remarked on Jyotiraditya Scindia, the latter taunted by challenging Gandhi’s concerns and said, “It would have been a different situation had Rahul Gandhi been concerned the same way as he is now when I was in Congress.” This arises after Rahul Gandhi spoke on Monday that Scindia had worked incredibly hard for the party, that he could have assumed the post of Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, however after transitioning to BJP, he was in the “last seat.” Gandhi expressed this opinion during a summit of the Youth Congress in New Delhi. He…
BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday provided a strong call to topple the Trinamool Congress from authority in Bengal because it led the “padayatra” in the Jhargram district. Mr Adhikari, sporting a saffron ”tilak” on his forehead, chanted ”Hare Krishna Hare Hare, BJP Ghore Ghore” (BJP in every household), as a battery of BJP workers cheered for him. Some of his supporters also raised the slogan ”TMC sarkar aar nei darkar” (we dont need the TMC government any longer), while holding high lotus symbol cutouts and saffron-coloured balloons. Mr. Adhikari, who crossed the TMC to the BJP in December last year,…
Representatives of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha will be administered Covid immunizations as India accelerates the country’s leading immunisation drive and ascends a fresh process involving all over 60 years of age and those over 45 years of age afflicted from comorbidity. Immunisation began at the Parliament site from 10 a.m. and will continue until the Budget Session is concluded. The drive will take place every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. except on Saturday and Sunday. All Members of Parliament had been briefed of the campaign and required to consult the Covid-19 Facility near the reception office of…
The Delhi government aims to host the 2048 Olympic Games and to realize that goal it’ll build adequate infrastructure and make an environment where sports flourishes, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday. Presenting the city’s allow 2021-22, Sisodia said, “There is another big dream associated with sports which i’m placing before this house… it’s a dream to organise the Olympic Games in Delhi.” He said that the Olympic torch has never come to Delhi since the Games began in Athens, Greece, in 1896. “The 32nd Olympic Games are to be held in Tokyo. subsequent three host cities have…