BJP hails death penalty for rapists, oppn skeptical

New Delhi: After the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre on Saturday approved an ordinance to award death sentence to rapists of children below 12 years of age, the saffron party hailed the decision, while the opposition remained skeptical about the move. Talking to ANI, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan believed that this ordinance will instill fear among criminals. “A huge step […]

U’khand MP requests CM Rawat to withdraw his Y level security

Dehradun: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabhamember and party’s national media chief Anil Baluni on Wednesday requested Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Rawat to withdraw his Y-category security cover. In a letter written to the Chief Minister, he requested that he does not need the Y level security. The Y level security cover has a security cover of 11 personnel. It encompasses two […]

BJP MLAs seen eating during fast?

Pune : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MaharashtraMLAs Sanjay Bhegade and Bhimrao Tapkir were seen eating on Thursday, even as the party was observing a day-long fast. In a video clip that surfaced, the two MLAs were caught in the act during a meeting in Pune. Holding the opposition parties responsible for the Parliament washout in the second phase of the budget session, the BJP including […]

Swamy not in favour of relinquishing his salary

New Delhi: A day after NDA MPs decided to relinquish their salaries, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday refrained from supporting the move. Swamy said that he attended Parliament proceedings daily and it was not his fault that no business could be transacted in the House. “I used to go daily, if House did not run, […]

‘Minister babas’: MP govt’s intentions questioned

Narsinghpur: Dwarka Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati on Thursday said that the Madhya Pradeshgovernment gave the Minister of State (MoS) rank to five religious leaders for personal gains. Talking to ANI, Swami Swaroopanand said, “The government gives such a status to people who are respected and who can help people spiritually but the government, for its own selfish motives, is […]

Asansol violence outcome of Mamata’s appeasement politics: Babul Supriyo

Bengaluru: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Babul Supriyo on Saturday blamed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the recent communal tension in the Asansol, saying that it was an outcome of her “appeasement politics”. “Processions are taken out in West Bengal for a long time. There was a feeling of competition between communities. This is the outcome of Mamata Banerjee‘s appeasement […]

Mahesh Sharma, Ram Madhav attend Tibetan event

Dharamshala: Minister of State for Culture Mahesh Sharma and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary Ram Madhav on Saturday attended ‘Thank You India’ event in Dharamshala, organised to mark 60 years of The Dalai Lama’s exile. The year-long event has been planned by Central Tibet Administration. This comes after Centre recently issued advisory asking leaders and government […]

BJP leader dies during election victory celebration

  Muzaffarnagar: A district-level BJP leader in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh died of cardiac arrest while preparing to celebrate the party’s impressive performance in the assembly polls in three northeastern states, another leader said. Budhana Singh, 54, was the vice president of the district unit of the BJP. He died at the party office last evening […]

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 […]