Month: January 2022

The RSS’ Muslim wing on Sunday carried out a public awareness campaign in three districts of Uttar Pradesh and held meetings with Muslim clerics and scholars to garner the community’s support for the BJP ahead of assembly polls. The campaign was carried out by a 10-member team of the Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) in Amroha, Moradabad and Rampur districts of Uttar Pradesh, the RSS affiliate said in a statement.   The MRM team comprised its national convenor Md Akhtar, head of the outfit’s Madrasa cell Mazahar Khan and Uttarakhand Madrasa Board…

The eternal Amar Jawan Jyoti flame at India Gate, which has been burning continuously for five decades, was put out on Friday and merged with the flame at the National War Memorial, which is just 400 metres away on the other side of India Gate. The Amar Jawan Jyoti was constructed as a memorial for Indian soldiers who were killed in action in the 1971 Indo-Pak war. The war which subsequently India won, led to the creation of Bangladesh.  It was inaugurated by the then prime minister, Indira Gandhi, on…

Uttar Pradesh assembly elections 2022: The announcement was made by Samajwadi Party national general secretary Ramgopal Yadav at a press conference. Akhilesh Yadav is an MP, and has never contested assembly elections. Karhal has been a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party since 1993. The Samajwadi Party (SP) put to rest the speculation about party chief Akhilesh Yadav contesting the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, confirming that he will be fielded from Karhal in Mainpuri. The announcement was made by SP national general secretary Ramgopal Yadav. “I am making a formal…

Congress leader and former CM Digvijaya Singh alleged that chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan cancelled their meeting to discuss issue of displacement of villagers due to the Tame Irrigation project. BHOPAL: Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh sat on a Dharna one km away from chief minister’s office on Friday after CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan allegedly cancelled their meeting to discuss issue of displacement of villagers due to the Tame Irrigation project. The political drama began when the photos and videos of a meeting of Chouhan with MP Congress Committee president Kamal Nath…

The Congress is nowhere in the contest in UP. But at a time when caste is the leitmotif, it makes a virtue out of adversity: feminising politics with 40 per cent seats to women It’s never a good idea to prejudge an electoral contest. But to the naked eye, there appear only two players in the game: the ruling BJP, and a newly energised Samajwadi Party. Most smaller pieces on the chessboard cohere around these two—a bipolarity that apparently leaves no great room even for Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party. Where…

Two Odisha government officials have accused Union Minister Bishweswar Tudu of assaulting them with a chair in his office in Mayurbhanj district, a charge that the BJP MP has categorically denied. Two Odisha government officials have accused Union Minister Bishweswar Tudu of assaulting them with a chair in his office in Mayurbhanj district, a charge that the BJP MP has categorically denied. Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Tribal Affairs Bishweswar Tudu represents the Mayurbhanj constituency in Lok Sabha. He was inducted as MoS into the Modi cabinet…

The Congress on Friday launched its ‘Youth Manifesto’ for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. Titled ‘Bharti Vidhan’, it promises 20 lakh job opportunities and lays out the party’s vision for the youth in the state. In a major outreach move, the Congress on Friday launched its ‘Youth Manifesto’ for the upcoming assembly election in Uttar Pradesh. Titled ‘Bharti Vidhan’, it promises 20 lakh job opportunities and lays out the party’s vision for the youth in the state. The idea behind the youth manifesto is not empty words, it is the…