Category: Politics

The report released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) said that 41(18%) Rajya Sabha sitting MPs have declared serious criminal cases.  “Out of the 225 Rajya Sabha sitting MPs analyzed, 75, which is 33 percent MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves.”  The report further said that four MPs have declared cases related to crimes against women.  “Out of the four MPs, K.C. Venugopal from Rajasthan has declared a case related to rape (IPC Section-376),” it said.  The report also highlighted that Maharashtra has the maximum number…

Overriding the Biden administration’s appeal, a US court has ordered a stay on the extradition of Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, to India.  The extradition of Rana to India is stayed pending the conclusion of his appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  In doing so the judge overrode the government’s recommendations that there should be no stay on Rana’s extradition.  Rana faces charges for his role in the Mumbai attacks and is known to be associated with Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley.  India’s National…

ED raids premises of MLA A C Moideen, and others in Kerala in Rs 100 Crore cooperative bank “fraud” linked money laundering case.  The federal agency is covering about half-a-dozen premises in the state as part of the fresh searches being conducted under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).  The residence of Moideen, a former minister of local self-government, industries, and cooperation, at Wadakkancherry in Thrissur district and those linked to him are being searched for evidence of gathering details of “benami” assets.  The agency said…

The Congress leader alleged that the RSS is running everything in the country.  Rahul Gandhi is visiting Ladakh for the first time after the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories.  Rahul Gandhi has said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was placing its own people in every institution of the country.  Rahul Gandhi was also engaged with youth during an event in Leh, media reported.  The RSS is widely considered as the ideological wing of the Bharatiya Janata…

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh called on the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on Saturday, 19 August 2023. In their meeting lasting over an hour, they discussed threadbare the Digital Governance Plan for Uttar Pradesh. It was informed that the Uttar Pradesh District Good Governance Index (DGGI) 2022, the first of its kind survey of districts undertaken by any state in the country, is ready for release. The Good Governance…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has reportedly issued a summons to Jharkhand’s Chief Minister, Hemant Soren in a money laundering case.  ED has asked the CM to participate in their inquiry regarding the alleged money laundering incident on 24 August.  Earlier on 14 August, Soren was summoned by the ED in connection with an alleged land scam case.  Hemant Soren stated that the central agencies were targeting him because he is not aligning with the central government.  The chief minister has also mentioned that he has provided the details of his…

Rajasthan CM ordered to form a committee to provide suggestions to prevent suicide cases among the students and asked to submit the report within 15 days.  Around 20 students preparing for competitive exams in Kota have died by suicide so far this year.   The CM highlighted the burden being put on students studying in classes 9 and 10.  According to NCRB, around 13,000 students died by suicide in 2021. Maharashtra recorded the maximum number of suicides with 1,834 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh (1,308), Tamil Nadu (1,246), Karnataka (855),…

UP Congress chief said Rahul Gandhi will definitely contest from Amethi.  Ajay Rai said Priyanka Gandhi will contest from wherever she wants; if she wants to contest from Varanasi against PM Modi, every worker will work to ensure her victory.  In 2019, when speculations were rife that Priyanka Gandhi might contest against PM Modi from Varanasi, at the last moment Ajay Rai was fielded from Varanasi.  Before Ajay Rai, Priyanka Gandhi’s husband Robert Vadra dropped hints of the possibility of Priyanka entering electoral politics.  In 2019, Rahul Gandhi contested from…

The state has been hit by 113 landslides in the 55 days since the monsoon began.  Twenty-one people died in three major landslides in Shimla, including the one at the Shiva temple in Summer Hill.  IAF rescues over 780 people in HP, search operations continue  Himachal Pradesh CM, while presiding over a high-level meeting, directed the concerned departments to take appropriate steps to increase the number of Automatic Weather Stations.  Experts say that frequent landslides are caused by unscientific constructions in the ecologically fragile Himalayas.  The estimated ₹ 10,000 crores…

A big statement has come to the fore of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who broke away from Congress and formed DPAP.   He says, ‘All were Hindus before, became Muslims after converting’.  They are telling the people of Jammu and Kashmir that ‘Hinduism is older than Islam, all Muslims in India were Hindus first’.  The chief of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party said this while addressing a gathering in the Doda district on August 14.  Ghulam Nabi Azad courts controversy, says, ‘All were Hindus before, became…