Guj polls: 11 pc voter turnout in first two hours

Guj polls: 11 pc voter turnout in first two hours

Ahmedabad: Around 11 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the initial two hours during polling on 89 seats of Saurashtra and South Gujarat regions in the first phase of the crucial Gujarat assembly polls After the polling process began at 8 am, people could be seen stepping out of their homes despite cold weather and […]

Aiyar’s ‘neech’ remark has upset Gujarat: BJP

Aiyar’s ‘neech’ remark has upset Gujarat: BJP

New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that suspended Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar‘s remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi has upset the people of Gujarat.Hussain further averred that Congress party should have taken a stand against Aiyar earlier, as suspension post an outrage does not matter. “Sab kuch luta ke hosh main aae to kya hua? (So what if […]

PM Modi inaugurates Dr Ambedkar International Centre in Delhi

PM Modi inaugurates Dr Ambedkar International Centre in Delhi

New Delhi : A day after the 61st death anniversary of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Dr Ambedkar International Centre here today and said that it would become an important institution for research and economic issues. Whilst addressing a rally, the Prime Minister said, “Dr Ambedkar International Centre for Socio-Economic Transformation has also been created at […]

Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to Ambedkar on death anniversary

Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to Ambedkar on death anniversary

            New Delhi; Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today paid tribute to the architect of the Constitution, B R Ambedkar, on his death anniversary and said men might be mortal but their ideas need to be propagated. Gandhi, poised to take over as Congress president, took to Twitter to remember Ambedkar, […]

2G scam: I have faith in judiciary, says A Raja

2G scam: I have faith in judiciary, says A Raja

New Delhi : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader A Raja, who is one of the accused in the 2G spectrum scam, said on Tuesday that he had faced a trial and has faith in the judicial system of the country. The statement comes after a special court announced on Tuesday that the verdict on the money […]

Rahul Gandhi Could Be Congress Boss Today

Rahul Gandhi Could Be Congress Boss Today

        NEW DELHI: By the end of the day, Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as the Congress’ next president in place of his mother Sonia Gandhi is expected to be official. Today is the last day for filing nominations and the last chance for anyone in the party to challenge Mr Gandhi to an […]

Vijay Mallya to return to UK court as extradition trial begins today, CBI team to attend

Vijay Mallya to return to UK court as extradition trial begins today, CBI team to attend

   London: Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya, out on a 650,000-pound bail bond following his arrest by Scotland Yard over fraud and money laundering charges earlier this year, will return to Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Monday (4 December) as his extradition trial begins. The 61-year-old businessman, who has been in self-imposed exile in […]

TN fishermen, 248 from Kerala rescued: Defence minister

TN fishermen, 248 from Kerala rescued: Defence minister

  CHENNAI: A total of 357 fishermen, including 71 from Tamil Nadu, stranded in sea due to Cyclone Ockhi, were rescued this morning, defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday. In addition to the fishermen from Tamil Nadu, 248 from Kerala and 38 from Lakshadweep Islands, were rescued by Airforce, Navy and Coast Guard personnel, she said in a tweet. […]

UP civic poll: BJP gets 9 out of 10 seats declared, ahead in 6

UP civic poll: BJP gets 9 out of 10 seats declared, ahead in 6

Lucknow; Ruling BJP swept the Uttar Pradesh civic polls bagging nine of the ten mayoral seats for which results were declared till evening today while leading in six others where the counting was in progress.Opposition Congress again fared poorly, including in its bastion of Amethi, while the BSP had some reason to cheer as its candidate […]

Hadiya’s Encounter With the Courts Reveals the Continued Stranglehold of Brahmanical Order

Hadiya’s Encounter With the Courts Reveals the Continued Stranglehold of Brahmanical Order

On November 27, we witnessed an extraordinary encounter in the Supreme Court: a face-to-face meeting between an adult, non-urban, non-elite woman, primarily a regional-language speaker, and three of India’s most powerful legal authorities – all senior, elite, English-speaking, urban men. So unique was this experience to the latter that one of them candidly admitted that […]