Has announced the name of Draupadi Murmu as the presidential candidate. Murmu had earlier also been the Governor of Jharkhand. BJP national president JP Nadda said that for the first time, preference has been given to a woman tribal candidate. If Draupadi Murmu (64) wins the presidential election, she will become the first tribal woman to hold the country’s top constitutional post and there is a strong possibility that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will favor Let me decide. Voting to choose the next President of the country will be held on 18 July. The counting of votes will take place on…
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The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition challenging the Special Investigation Team’s decision to acquit the then state Chief Minister Narendra Modi and several others in the 2002 Gujarat riots case. THE PETITION WAS FILED BY ZAKIA JAFRI, WIFE OF FORMER CONGRESS MP EHSAN JAFRI. Earlier, Zakia’s lawyer had said that his complaint in the 2006 case was that “a grand conspiracy was hatched, involving bureaucratic inaction and complicity of the police and hate speech and violence.” The top court dismissed the petition saying it was not maintainable. Zakia Jafri, wife of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was killed in…
NDA’s presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu filed her nomination at the Parliament House Complex today. He filled the form in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, BJP President JP Nadda and Chief Ministers of BJP and NDA ruled states and leaders of NDA allies. Murmu spoke to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar and sought their party’s support. Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha will file his nomination for the post of President on June 27. The last date for filing nominations is June 29. Polling…
“The numbers can change any time,” Raut said, adding that the loyalty of the rebel MLAs to the party would be tested only after returning to Mumbai. Shinde, who rebelled against Shiv Sena, is currently in a hotel in Guwahati along with 37 party MLAs and nine independents. Talking to reporters, Raut admitted that the party’s strength in the assembly has been reduced due to the rebellion. When the rebel MLAs return, their loyalty to Balasaheb Thackeray and Shiv Sena will be tested. On Thursday, Rane had hit out at Pawar, saying he was threatening the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs and if…
The YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government of Andhra Pradesh has started a drone pilot project, which has been targeted by state BJP general secretary Vishnu Vardhan Reddy. He took to Twitter to explain how the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government has reportedly started a drone pilot training program only for people from two minority communities. EVERYONE HAS THE EQUAL RIGHTS ON THE RESOURCES THEN WHY @ANDHRAPRADESHCM HAS SPECIFICALLY KEPT TRAINING ONLY FOR STUDENTS OF 2 COMMUNITIES? IT COULD LEAD TO COMMUNAL TENSIONS, ANDHRA GVT IS DOING VERY DIRTY POLITICS WITH OUR STUDENTS. THEY SHOULD TAKE BACK THIS DECISION. PIC.TWITTER.COM/GGUL3V2LMD — VISHNU VARDHAN REDDY (@SVISHNUREDDY) JUNE 22,…
The 8th International Day of Yoga is being celebrated today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the yoga practice program in Mysuru, Karnataka. On this occasion, he said that Yoga is for the entire humanity and Yoga has given new direction to health in the world and the belief of a healthy life. The Prime Minister said that Yoga is not only for India but for the entire humanity. Yoga is not just for individuals but helps in global peace. He said that our ancestors used to stress the need to know oneself to understand the universe. Today Yoga shows the way to achieve that. He called…
Trinamool Congress leader Yashwant Sinha quit the party today amid reports that the party is going to propose his name as the opposition candidate in the presidential election. In a tweet, Sinha said the time has come to break away from the party for a larger national cause and work for the unity of the opposition. Opposition leaders are scheduled to meet in New Delhi today to decide on the candidate for the presidential election. Earlier last week’s meeting was attended by representatives of 17 parties. Meanwhile, the BJP Parliamentary Board is also going to meet today, where the name…
The clouds of crisis are seen over the Maharashtra government. Shiv Sena leader and minister in the Uddhav government, Eknath Shinde, has reportedly moved out of Maharashtra along with several MLAs. It is claimed that Eknath Shinde is in Surat in Gujarat with about 29 MLAs. The phones of Eknath Shinde and the MLAs are also being told as ‘Not Reachable’. Not only this, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has called a meeting at the official residence, Varsha at 12 noon on Tuesday. Eknath Shinde is believed to have no displeasure with the Shiv Sena high command. Even before this, when there was a coalition government…
Indian Army has released the notification for Agniveer Recruitment Rally under Agneepath Scheme. Under this, it is mandatory for the candidates to register online. Registration for this will start in July. The notification contains the details of eligibility conditions, recruitment process, salary and allowances to service rules. According to the notification, 30,000 / – salary and allowances will be given in the first year of service, 33,000 / – salary and allowances in the second year, 36,500 / – salary and allowances in the third year and 40,000 / – salary and allowances in the last year. After completion of four years of service,…
Rahul Dravid feels Dinesh Karthik has provided many options ahead of the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year with his aggressive final overs batting. After the five-match series against South Africa ended 2-2, Dravid said, “It was really good to see that Karthik played the role he was picked for. This gives us a lot of options.” According to Dravid, Karthik and Hardik Pandya are the two batsmen who can change the equation of the match in the death overs. “We needed this kind of big performance in the last five overs to get a good score and he and…