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Bengal’s minorities dealing with budget cuts, violence under BJP
Kolkata: The West Bengal as India knew it has drastically changed in the one month since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the state Assembly elections. With a newly presented budget that…
- India
SIR completes one year: Nearly 6 crore names deleted so far
New Delhi: The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, which has so far led to the deletion of nearly six crore voters and triggered acrimony between the Opposition and the Election Commission,…
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Why no questions on Babri Masjid donations: UP Deputy CM
Mirzapur (UP): Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Friday, June 26, alleged that the controversy surrounding the Ram temple donation case was part of a conspiracy involving the Samajwadi Party…
- Kolkata
Eggs off the plate, politics on the menu in Bengal govt schools
Kolkata: The battle over West Bengal’s political future may have ended, but one of the assembly poll campaign’s most emotive themes has resurfaced in school kitchens. The BJP government’s decision to engage…
- Telangana
SIR should not be viewed through political lens: Kishan Reddy
Hyderabad: Union Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy has defended the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying the exercise is being unnecessarily viewed through a political lens by…
- Hyderabad
BJP membership will be citizenship proof in coming days: Owaisi
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi attacked the Centre on Thursday, June 25, over reports that a passport is not proof of citizenship and sarcastically commented that it won’t…
- Bangalore
‘Krishna’ textbook name linked to river, not religion: NCERT
Bengaluru: Amid a growing political debate over alleged saffronisation of school textbooks, NCERT has issued a clarification defending the content and naming of its recently introduced textbooks, including the Class 6 Kannada…
- Opinions
West Bengal’s political crisis and future of Indian federalism
In a democratic system, elections are premised on the idea that voters elect representatives who remain honest and accountable to the public, upholding the very mandate upon which they were chosen. However,…
- Bangalore
BJP targets Priyank Kharge over traffic violations
Bengaluru: The Karnataka BJP on Wednesday, June 25, launched a sharp attack on Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge over alleged traffic violations linked to a vehicle registered in his name, accusing him of…
- Bangalore
BJP accuses Kharge family of political influence in land deals
New Delhi: A fresh political confrontation erupted on Wednesday, June 24, after the BJP accused Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and his family of benefiting from irregular land allotments in Karnataka through the…
- Hate Crime
Hijabi Congress worker forced to chant Jai Shri Ram in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers allegedly asked a Congress worker in a hijab to chant “Jai Shri Ram” during a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) meeting at Imperial Garden in Begumpet on…
- India
BJP wants 2/3rd majority to scrap reservation: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday, June 24, alleged that the BJP is striving for a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha as its “real and ultimate target” is to be able…
- Kolkata
No street in Kolkata to have names of Mughals, Pathans: Adhikari
Kolkata: The West Bengal capital would not have roads or areas named after Mughals, Pathans or oppressive British rulers, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Tuesday, June 23, in the face of…
- India
BJP govt trying to impose vegetarianism in Bengal: O’Brien
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) joint secretary Derek O’Brien on Wednesday, June 24, targeted the BJP over reports that eggs might be excluded from midday meals in West Bengal, alleging that the…
- Hyderabad
Congress, Left, organise protest rally against SIR in Telangana
Hyderabad: Congress, Left parties and Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) on Tuesday, June 23, took out a rally protesting what they described as “undemocratic and vote-theft” activities allegedly being carried out through the…