Category: Politics

Former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan while speaking at the 5th national conclave of the All India Professionals’ Congress (AIPC) said on Saturday that any attempt to reduce the minority communities to second class citizens will divide the country and create an internal rift. The conclave was held in Chattisgarh’s capital, Raipur on Saturday. He opposed any attempts at turning minorities into second-class citizens and said it is time to confront majoritarianism and authoritarianism. “In this age of geo-political development it will make us vulnerable and…

Highlighting India’s hard reality of social and economic disparities, the Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana said that only a small percentage of the population can afford to approach the courts for justice, while the majority suffer in silence. “The majority of the population lack legal awareness and necessary means to approach the courts, the top judge said. “Modern India was built around the goal of removing the disparities in society. Project Democracy is about providing a space for participation of all. Participation will not be possible without social emancipation.…

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has seized An AgustaWestland helicopter from the property of a builder accused of money laundering and cheating in the ₹ 34,000 crore Diwan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd scam case. India’s biggest bank fraud. The helicopter was found inside a large swanky hall in Pune built like a hangar, with pop culture posters decorating the tall walls at the property, which belonged to one of the DHFL scam accused, Avinash Bhosale. The CBI has been carrying out searches at many locations for the last few days to…

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is said to be addressing the National Conference on ‘Drug Trafficking and National Security’ in Chandigarh on Saturday. The Chief Ministers of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, The Administrator of Chandigarh, Officers from the BSF, NIA and NCB as well as ANTF chiefs of the respective States and NCORD members will also be present at the conference. This is the first such national conference where the Union Home Minister, Chief Ministers of different States and the different Drugs Enforcement Agencies will all be on one platform.…

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that India’s history would not be complete without mentioning the sacrifice of the Sikh gurus as they transformed their ‘bhakti’ into ‘shakti’ to protect the nation. Hailing the ‘unmatched’ contribution of the Sikh gurus in safeguarding the dignity and culture of the nation, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that India’s history would not be complete without mentioning the sacrifice of the Sikh gurus as they transformed their ‘bhakti’ into ‘shakti’ to protect the nation Marking the 401st ‘Prakashotsava’ of…

PM Modi, CJI NV Ramana and Law Minister Kiren Rijiju will participate in the inaugural session of the two-day national level meeting of All District Legal Services Authorities (DLSA) in New Delhi on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana and Law Minister Kiren Rijiju will participate in the inaugural session of the two-day national level meeting of all district legal services authorities (DLSA) in New Delhi on Saturday. They will discuss the implementation of the Unified business process for providing effective legal aid to…

In an exclusive interview with India Today, Arpita Mukherjee’s driver confirmed that multiple vehicles under her name have been missing for the past few months. In an exclusive interview with India Today, Arpita Mukherjee’s driver confirmed that multiple vehicles under her name have been missing for the past few months. He added that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) also questioned him regarding the case.

Hours after a bitter face-off between party president Sonia Gandhi and BJP MP Smriti Irani in the Lok Sabha created a furore and blame game between the ruling and Opposition camps on Thursday, Congress MPs have written to Speaker Om Birla. The Congress sought Birla’s intervention in sending the matter to the Privilege Committee as it said the party president was “subjected to the outrageous misdemeanour by the ruling party MPs”. The Congress said that Gandhi had walked over to a big group of BJP MPs to enquire about their nature of…

To mark Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the government has intensified its efforts to get more people to join its ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign (hoisting of flag in every home) from August 13 to 15. As part of the campaign, every citizen is asked to hoist the national flag at their homes. Sources in the government said that starting from August 1, around 500-750 top celebrities from different fields will start posting on social media platforms about their participation in the campaign. Between August 13 to 15, these celebrities would post…

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Malviya shared a message for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee amid Enforcement Directorate raids in West Bengal school teacher recruitment scam. The BJP leader tweeted a video of former governor of West Bengal, Jagdeep Dhankhar, at an India Today event where he claimed that many chief ministers have spent several years in jail for similar but much smaller recruitment scams. Amit Malviya wrote, “Former West Bengal Governor, who knows finer details of the SSC Scam, had made an important point at a program…