Category: Politics

 Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu is set to be released from Punjab’s Patiala jail today (April 1). Speaking to the media on Friday, Punjab Minister Brahm Shankar Jimpa said that the state government has no objection to this. “The issue of release of prisoners whose sentence has been completed is approved by the cabinet. Those who have completed their sentence will be released,” he added as per the news agency ANI. Notably, the former Punjab Congress chief is undergoing a year’s rigorous imprisonment in jail in connection to a 1988 road rage…

The “Modi Hatao, Desh Bachao” campaign was launched from Jantar Mantar on Shaheed Diwas (March 23) by Arvind Kejriwal. The AAP stepped up its attack on P M Modi by expanding the poster campaign to 22 States in 11 different languages. “The poster campaign is a response to the government’s failure to fulfil its promises to farmers, diluting labour laws, and oppressing students in universities,” the AAP said. BJP said Arvind Kejriwal and his party were surrounded by allegations of corruption and were facing a credibility crisis.  Now, a desperate…

Gearing up for a week long celebration of National maritime Celebration from April 5, the ‘First Merchant Navy Flag’ was pinned on the lapel of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi by the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal  in presence of Sudhansh Pant, Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) and other senior officials in New Delhi today. A memento was also presented to the Prime Minister. To mark the importance of the day government is celebrating by organising the National Maritime…

Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday will hold a review meeting to take stock of the situation, said official. Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj and senior officials will be present at the meeting. On Thursday, Bharadwaj met with Health department officials to take stock of the situation. Speaking to reporters after chairing meeting, Bhardwaj said “there is no need to panic as of now, but we are monitoring the situation.” COVID testing to be increased “The infection rate is definitely more…

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah inaugurated Computerization of Uttarakhand’s Multipurpose Primary Agricultural Credit Cooperative Societies (MPACS), Joint cooperative farming, Jan Suvidha Kendras and Janaushadhi Kendras in Haridwar today. Many dignitaries including the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami were present on the occasion. In his address, Shri Amit Shah said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, on October 30, 2021, for the first time in the country, the work of computerization of Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS) started in…

A magistrate’s court issued a summons to Mamata Banerjee on the complaint filed by an activist alleging that during a public function, Mamata Banerjee had started singing the National Anthem in the sitting position. The West Bengal Chief Minister had challenged the summons before the special court, saying  that the sessions court, instead of quashing the summons and remitting the matter, ought to have quashed the entire complaint. The high court held that no fault can be found with the order passed by the sessions court, hence the HC need…

The state chief minister Mamata Banerjee marked the launch of the 12,000 km “Pathashree Rastashree” project with a concrete mixture on the foundation stone of the road. Bengal will see 7,219 new roads and witness the upgrade of another 1,548. Over 29,475 villages, across all gram panchayats will be covered under the scheme. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee said the entire expense will be borne by the state government since the central government has stopped all the development funds meant for the state. “Today we feel that it was a great…

The United States is keeping a close eye on Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi’s court case, an official said, adding that Washington remains committed to working with India on democratic principles and the protection of human rights, including freedom of expression.   Gandhi was sentenced to two years in prison on March 23 by a Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case for his remark “why all thieves have Modi surname.” He was disqualified from the Lok Sabha a day later, effective from the date of his conviction in…

Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified from the Lok Sabha, a day after he was convicted in a defamation case by a Surat court. A notice issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat said he stood disqualified from the House from March 23, the day of his conviction. Rahul Gandhi has to now move a higher court and get his conviction stayed. Rahul Gandhi defamation case was filed on a complaint lodged by BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi for remarks he had made at a Lok Sabha election rally…

Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified from the Lok Sabha, a day after he was convicted in a defamation case by a Surat court. A notice issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat said he stood disqualified from the House from March 23, the day of his conviction. Rahul Gandhi has to now move a higher court and get his conviction stayed. Rahul Gandhi defamation case was filed on a complaint lodged by BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi for remarks he had made at a Lok Sabha election rally…