Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Kochi for a two-day visit to Kerala. Prime Minister Modi arrived at the Naval Air Station on Wellington Island. The Prime Minister arrived from Madhya Pradesh by a special Navy aircraft. Vande Bharat Express Flag Off, Yuvam 2023 Conclave, Kochi Water Metro Inauguration etc. are the Prime Minister’s … Read more
Hyderabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that if the BJP comes to power, it will end Muslim reservation in Telangana. Religious exemptions are unconstitutional. Only Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes/Studies and OBCs are eligible for reservation. Amit Shah was addressing a rally at Shewalla in Hyderabad. Telangana currently has four percent reservation for Muslims. … Read more
The Indian state of Karnataka is set to hold Assembly elections on May 10, with a record number of candidates filing nominations. On the penultimate day of nomination filing, 935 candidates submitted their papers, including Siddaramaiah from Varuna, Jagadish Shettar from Hubli-Dharwad Central, and Chief Minister Bommai from Shiggaon. The Congress party has released its … Read more
Mukul Roy, a veteran leader of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), has hinted at rejoining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India. Roy, who had previously switched to the BJP in 2017 before returning to the TMC, travelled to Delhi for “personal work”, leading to speculation about his whereabouts. His son, also a former TMC member … Read more
Rahul Gandhi, the former chief of India’s main opposition Congress party, has called for a caste census ahead of the upcoming Karnataka state elections, eliciting support from allies Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav. The Congress had opposed a caste census for almost 60 years before eventually conducting one in 2011. Rahul Gandhi is now calling for the … Read more
On April 16, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in connection with the liquor policy scam case, in which former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI in February. The BJP reacted to the summons by accusing Kejriwal of being the “mastermind” behind the … Read more
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) faced a delay in finalising its list of candidates for the upcoming state assembly elections in Karnataka due to differences of opinion between senior leaders over candidate selection and demand for tickets for turncoat MLAs. Karnataka Chief Minister BS Bommai eventually announced that the lists had been finalised in two … Read more
Kochi: Union Minister V Muraleedharan counter-accusations after the Sangh Parivar’s approach towards Christians was criticized. Muralidharan wrote on Facebook that the first thing communists who come out to educate Christians about the ideology should do is to remove the pictures of Lenin and Joseph Stalin from the party offices. He also accused the communists of … Read more
Kiran Kumar Reddy, the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Reddy resigned from Congress in March 2023 over differences with the party leadership. His decision to join the BJP comes ahead of the assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh next year, potentially tipping the scales in favor of the … Read more
Several incidents of violence and vandalism have erupted in West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand in the wake of Ram Navami celebrations. Train services were suspended in West Bengal’s Rishra after reports of stone pelting, while reports suggested 140 people had been arrested in Bihar’s Nalanda and Sasaram after clashes. A Hanuman temple in Jharkhand’s Sahibganj area was reportedly … Read more