Tag: syndication
Bid to dissuade Pawar from attending Modi event
As NCP supremo Sharad Pawar is set to attend an event that will honour Prime Minister Narendra Modi with an award, several Opposition parties, including his own have voiced their opinions against it saying it won’t look “appropriate.” Pawar will attend an...
Amit Shah making ‘Sin Yatra’ to Rameswaram: TN minister
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin launched a tirade against Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday accusing him of starting a “sin yatra” (pava yatirai in Tamil) from the pilgrim town of Rameswaram and claimed that the BJP is also perpetuating famil...
Delhi minister pulls up official over flood relief delays
Delhi Revenue Minister Atishi pulled up Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar on Saturday over laxity in the disbursal of flood relief amounts to affected families, stating that she was “shocked” when she found out that only 197 families had received the Rs 10,000...
UAE has world’s highest average temperature
Arabian Post Staff A new study has […]
EC asks NCP factions to back up claim for party
Amid the war between Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar for control over the Nationalist Congress Party, the Election Commission of India has asked both factions of the NCP to submit their responses by August 17 to stake a claim for the party, sources told CNN-N...
TMC asks PM why he is so negative on Opposition bloc
The Trinamool Congress on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks on the 26-party opposition bloc’s name ‘INDIA’, asking why he was being so “negative”. During his address at a rally in Rajasthan earlier in the day, Modi derided...
Modi to brief 430 NDA MPs on ‘Phir Ek Baar, Modi Sarkar’
After meeting 39 National Democratic Alliance (NDA) parties on the completion of 25 years of the alliance on July 18, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will now meet 430 NDA MPs from July 31 to August 10 in Delhi. The meetings assume significance in the backdr...
INDIA’s Mumbai meeting set for Aug 25, 26
Opposition parties will hold the next meeting of their 26-member INDIA coalition in Mumbai on August 25 and 26, sources said on Thursday. The third meeting of the bloc will be hosted jointly by the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the NCP’s Sharad Pawar faction, with...
Kejriwal gets more time in Modi degree case
A court in Ahmedabad on Wednesday granted some more time to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh to appear before it in response to a summons issued to them in a criminal defamation case. The court...
MP Cong promises free electricity for farmers if voted to power
The Congress on Wednesday promised free power for farmers and waiver of their agri loans and pending electricity dues if the party forms the government after the year-end assembly elections. Addressing a press conference, which saw a brief power cut, MP C...
Opposition MPs to go to parliament wearing black
A day after Speaker accepted no-confidence motion notice, all MPs belonging to Opposition’s I.N.D.I.A bloc will wear black clothes to Parliament on Thursday as a mark of protest against the government over the Manipur issue. All MPs belonging to the India...
Delhi ordinance: All eyes on non-aligned parties in Rajya Sabha
The ruling NDA will have to lean on the support of Biju Janata Dal, YSR Congress Party, nominated members and Independents in the Rajya Sabha to ensure the passage of the bill to replace the Delhi Services Ordinance. While there is no official word on whe...
Kharge tells Shah govt’s words don’t match actions
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday told Home Minister Amit Shah that there is a world of difference between the words and actions of the sentiments expressed in his letter and also lamented over Prime Minister Narendra Modi ”equating” the...
Call to Hazare to launch new stir against graft, dictatorship
The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday said conditions in the country are such that veteran social activist Anna Hazare should once again “lit the torch” and fight against “corruption and dictatorship” in the country. An editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ sa...
Bill to replace Delhi ordinance approved by cabinet
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod for a bill to be placed in Parliament to replace the ordinance on control of services in Delhi. The Centre had on May 19 promulgated the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance, 202...