Cricketer turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, Akali MLA Pargat Singh together with other prominent leaders on Friday announced launch of a new political front, Awaaz-e-Punjab, ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections that are due early next year. The formal announcement regarding the modalities of the new political party would be made in the next few days, however, the leaders announced […]
» Read moreSwamy Prasad Maurya, formerly with the Mayawati led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) joined the BJP on Monday in the presence of BJP president Amit Shah, BJP general secretary in charge of UP Om Mathur, state unit chief Keshav Prasad Maurya, senior leaders Rameshwar Chaurasia and Shrikant Sharma. Welcoming him to the party, Mr Keshav Prasad Maurya said that his namesake […]
» Read moreThe Goods and Services (GST) Bill will be taken up by Lok Sabha on Monday. The GST, the biggest economic reform since 1991, is likely to sail through smoothly in the Lower House. The GST Bill will replace a raft of different state and local taxes with a single unified value added tax system. This will in effect turn the […]
» Read moreThe AIADMK today expelled its Rajya Sabha MP Sasikala Pushpa from the party for slapping a leader from the rival DMK. Meanwhile, Pushpa broke down in Parliament today, claiming threat to her life. In a brief statement, Jayalalithaa said that Pushpa was eing expelled from all party posts, including primary embership, as she had acted in violation of the party […]
» Read moreDayashankar was suspended for a period of six years by the BJP after his derogatory remark against BSP chief Mayawati pushed the party into a tight corner. Earlier in the day, party’s UP president Keshav Prasad Maurya sacked him from all party posts. Maurya told reporters that Singh has been relieved of all posts and said “such language has no […]
» Read moreRahul Gandhi appeared to have dozed off in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday during a discussion on attack on dalits in Gujarat, inviting barbs from BJP and BSP while Congress defended its vice president and suggested that he was checking his mobile. Congress also showed a photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha from November last year […]
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