In a surprise statement, BJP MLA from Gorakhpur, Dr Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, has said that he will resign from his membership of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly “if any Indian Muslim of his constituency is evicted from the country during the CAA exercise”. Agarwal, who has been a legislator since 2002, is reaching out to Muslims in his constituency as part of BJP’s mass contact programme to dispel myths over the CAA. “During the contact programme, I have assured Muslims that I will tender my resignation if any genuine Indian Muslim citizen of my constituency in Gorakhpur is evicted under…
Author: Our Correspondent
“Most likely the announcement of conferring Bharat Ratna to Veer Savarkar and Syama Prasad Mookerjee will be made on the upcoming Republic Day”, the national president of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha Swami Chakrapani Maharaj told IANS on Monday. The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha has urged the Prime Minister to give Bharat Ratna to Veer Savarkar and Syama Prasad Mookerjee. Swami Chakrapani on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the same. Speaking to IANS, Swami Chakrapani said, “I have written many times to the Prime Minister that these two should be given Bharat Ratna. They were highly intellectual…
The Jammu & Kashmir Police is enrolling more women in its battalions for which dates have been declared. According to a senior J&K Police officer, recruitment dates have been set for physical endurance test and physical standard test to be conducted in six districts. It is expected that a large number of women will enrol. A senior officer said the recruitment process for two women’s battalions has been started.
In a warm gesture to strengthen India’s bilateral relationship with Oman, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended congratulations to the newly anointed Sultan HM Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq al Said. “I heartily congratulate HM Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq al Said on taking over as Sultan of Oman. I am confident that under his leadership, Oman will continue to progress and prosper and contribute to global peace. India has millennia old relations with Oman. We look forward to working hand in hand with HM Sayyid Haitham to further strengthen our strategic partnership,” Modi tweeted on Monday. The 66-year-old Haitham bin…
Actress Rani Mukerji says it is regressive thinking on stereotyping actresses on the basis of their marital status and parenthood. “I have always believed in letting my work do the talking and not pay heed to what the stereotypes said about actresses. Having been in the industry for a while now, I’m aware of loose conversations like a woman ceases to be a leading actor once she is married or how she can say bye to her career if she becomes a mother. It’s regressive thinking,” Rani said. She added: “I’m delighted with the love that audiences have showered on…
Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party will also skip the opposition meeting called by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, saying it was not invited for it, joining the list along with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena. AAP leader Sanjay Singh said the party was not informed about the meeting called by the Congress against the amended Citizenship Act (CAA) and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC). “AAP had not been informed about the meeting,” Singh said, adding “the question of attending it does not arise”. While the Shiv Sena, a Congress ally in Maharashtra, on Monday also…
Over 37 per cent of new voters in Persons with Disability (PwD) category have been added for the upcoming Delhi Assembly election as compared to last year’s general election. A total of 55,823 PwD voters are registered in the electoral roll as on January 6, 2020 for the Assembly Election 2020, according to the latest figures compiled by the office of Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi. The number of PwD voters was 40,532 in the Lok Sabha election, 2019. This is a net increase of 15,291 voters (37.72 per cent). The PwD voters are categorised under – Visually Impaired, Speech/Hearing Disabled,…
With less than a month to go for the Delhi polls, BJP President Amit Shah held a night-long core group meeting on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday that lasted till 3 a.m. He has also convened the party’s Central Election Committee (CEC), on Monday evening to decide on candidates. Monday’s CEC meeting, which is the party’s highest decision-making body, is scheduled to take place at 6 p.m. at the party headquarters in Delhi and is likely to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself, along with Shah and working president J.P. Nadda. The nightlong meeting took the…
To corner the Narendra Modi-led central government on the issue of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the economy, Congress attempted to chalk out an effective strategy. Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee skipped the meeting of Opposition parties in the national capital today giving a big blow to the Congress’ strategy to oppose the government on CAA. The expected leaders are of the Congress, Left, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), is set to see discussions on an elaborate plan by these parties to put up a united front against the Bharatiya…
Addressing a public meeting in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, BJP chief Amit Shah launched a blistering attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday. He said that those youths who had raised “anti-national” slogans on the JNU campus deserved to be put behind bars. Talking in support of the new citizenship law, Amit Shah said, “In JNU, some boys had raised anti-national slogans. They raised slogans like ”Bharat tere tukde honge ek hazar, inshallah, inshallah”. Should they not be put in jails?” Amid cheers by people, Amit Shah said, “Rahul Baba and Kejriwal are saying- save them, save them…Are they…