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One of the first demands of NDA ally Janata dal (United) at the Centre is to scrap the Agnipath scheme for defence forces. JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar is reportedly adamant on its removal. Sensing possible trouble, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced that the government was open to reviewing the scheme. Similar indications also emanated from […]
The PM-KISAN scheme was launched in the interim budget of 2019. It involves a cash transfer of Rs 6,000 per year to farmers which is distributed in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000 each. Sixteen such instalments have already been paid, and this month the 17th instalment is being released. By now one would have […]
With the new Lok Sabha set to choose a Speaker on June 26, the ruling and Opposition coalitions are trying to reach a consensus on the post. In case of a consensus candidate, the new Speaker will take charge without any contest the same day. Sources in the government said it does not want a […]
Pakistani spies posing as young Indian women with alluring names are honeytrapping officials in the Indian defence establishment, reveal court papers about Nishant Agrawal, a former scientist of Brahmos Aerospace Private Limited’s (BAPL) Nagpur unit recently convicted of leaking military secrets. Sejal Kapoor, Arohi Alok, Aditi Aaron, Aditi Agrawal, Anamika Sharma, Divya Chandan Roy, Neha […]
In a recent development shedding new light on the death of IIT Kharagpur student Faizan Ahmed, a second forensic report has unveiled chilling details pointing towards murder as the cause of his death in 2022. The revelation comes in the wake of a second autopsy ordered by the Calcutta High Court. The 23-year-old mechanical engineering student […]
Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena on Friday sanctioned the prosecution of writer Arundhati Roy for allegedly provocative statements made at a 2010 event propagating Kashmiri separatism, under Section 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, according to Raj Niwas officials. The L-G had already sanctioned prosecution under several sections of the Indian Penal Code […]
The Shiv Sena (SHS) having no minister in the cabinet, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) rejecting a ministerial berth, and the RSS mouthpiece openly attacking the Maharashtra unit of the BJP – the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra is grappling with intra and inter-party friction since their dismal performance in the Lok Sabha elections. The […]
“Modi jee bees saal pradhan mantri rahe, koi buri baat nahi hai, lekin vipaksh mazboot hona chaiye (Modi can be prime minister for 20 years, there’s no problem, but the opposition should be strong),” said a neighbourhood shopkeeper as he readied the order of a customer. Harish Khare said in The Wire that the shopkeeper’s native […]
The Union government on Tuesday announced the appointment of Vice-Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Upendra Dwivedi as the next Army Chief. He will take over from General Manoj Pande on June 30. “The government has appointed Lt. General Upendra Dwivedi, presently serving as Vice Chief of the Army Staff, as the next Chief of […]
The portfolios are yet to come, but the first key takeaway from the new Council of Ministers is the political imperative of a coalition government. This is reflected in the record high of 72 being sworn in on Sunday in the third term of the BJP-led NDA government compared with 45 ministers in 2014 and 57 ministers […]
Nine pilgrims were killed and 33 injured after terrorists fired at a bus carrying pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi, which led to the vehicle falling into a gorge. Police sources said they had received reports that militants were lying in wait. The militants fired at the bus, which had left Shivpuri and was on […]
Narendra Modi has taken oath as India’s prime minister for a historic third consecutive term on Sunday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections in the country. Here we list down the stated policy priorities and biographies of the […]
The INDIA bloc brought caste and social justice to the centre of the election narrative by promising a caste census. The BJP accused Opposition of trying to take reservations from OBC and SC Hindus and giving it to Muslims. But how did OBCs, SCs and Adivasis vote in this Lok Sabha election? According to post-poll […]
Is Narendra Modi no longer the prime vote-catcher? His victory margin in the recent Lok Sabha election, the impact of his poll rallies, the Varanasi region defeat and voters response to his own repeated exhortation to ‘vote for Modi, not candidate’ – have the answer. Narendra Modi in his speech to the National Democratic Alliance MPs said […]
India’s government faces the challenge of mitigating the economic concerns of the southern states, which are demanding their due share within the country’s federal framework and rebelling against ‘fiscal injustice’. The main point of contention is the alleged discrimination in the distribution of central funds against the more developed South Indian states not ruled by the BJP […]
Some The National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the results of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, Undergraduate (NEET UG. The results drew immediate attention for the extraordinarily large number of candidates who got the perfect score of 720/720, and for the reason that some candidates got 718 or 719 — marks that others claimed were impossible […]
TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu praised Narendra Modi’s leadership for transforming India into a “global powerhouse” and acknowledged the “huge difference” the latter made to TDP’s sweep of AP, while also calling for measures to balance “regional aspirations with national interests”. “In Andhra, he (Modi) held three meetings and one big rally. It made a […]
Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut was slapped by CISF personnel at the Chandigarh airport on Thursday. As per the source, the newly elected MP from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi constituency was at the airport to travel to New Delhi, when the alleged incident took place. Ranaut was slapped at security check for pushing the security personnel after she […]
Of the 303 seats the BJP won in 2019, it retained 208 this time, lost 92, and gave three to its allies — Janata Dal (United), Janata Dal (Secular), and Rashtriya Lok Dal — who won a seat each. It won 32 new seats in 2024 pushing its tally to 240. An analysis of the […]
With the BJP sweeping both the Assembly and Lok Sabha polls in Odisha, speculation is rife on who the next chief minister will be. Based on the criteria set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier during the poll campaign, the names of some Odia sons are doing the rounds both at the BJP state office […]
