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NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, campaigning ahead of the state assembly elections, on Saturday slammed the Union government's proposed amendment to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), alleging it targets minorities, particularly Christians.Also Read | 'Anxiety among minorities': Shashi Tharoor questions FCRA Ammendment BillThe FCRA bill could not be taken up for discussion in the Lok Sabha due to opposition protests. The BJP-led Centre has defended the legislation, wi ...Read More >
Alappuzha (Keralam) : Top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday targeted the ruling LDF in Keralam and the BJP, alleging that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is in a partnership with people who "attack minorities" in other parts of the country. Addressing an election gathering here, Gandhi reiterated his allegation of a BJP-LDF understanding and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not speaking about the Sabarimala issue during the election campaign. Referring to former CPI(M) leader G Su ...Read More >
Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 4 (ANI): The saying 'talent needs no introduction' found a fitting example at the Khelo India Tribal Games 2026, where wrestlers from Karnataka's Siddi community have made a powerful statement on the mat. Their success is no longer just about medals--it reflects the emergence of an entire community as a force in wrestling. Of African descent, there are about 50,000 Siddis in India, of which one-third live in Karnataka. Out of the nine wrestlers represent ...Read More >
Alappuzha (Kerala) | Top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday targeted the ruling LDF in Kerala and the BJP, alleging that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is in a partnership with people who "attack minorities" in other parts of the country. Addressing an election gathering here, Gandhi reiterated his allegation of a BJPâ€"LDF understanding and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not speaking about the Sabarimala issue during the election campaign. Referring to former CPI(M) leader G S ...Read More >
Alappuzha (Kerala), Apr 4 (PTI) Top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday targeted the ruling LDF in Kerala and the BJP, alleging that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is in a partnership with people who "attack minorities" in other parts of the country. Addressing an election gathering here, Gandhi reiterated his allegation of a BJP-LDF understanding and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not speaking about the Sabarimala issue during the election campaign. Referring to former CPI(M) l ...Read More >
On Good Friday, Bishop Dr Sagili Prakash urged the Supreme Court to review its verdict denying SC reservation benefits to Dalit Christians, highlighting constitutional rights, historical discrimination, and the need to address continued social and economic marginalisation. Khammam: Chairman of Prison Ministries of Telugu States and erstwhile Khammam Catholic Diocese Bishop Dr Sagili Prakash stated that there was an urgent need for the Supreme Court to review its verdict to extend Scheduled Cast ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 4 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Prakash Reddy on Saturday accused the Muslim Law Board of opposing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), asserting that its "intellectuals" should understand that UCC is not a "Hindu Civil Code." Speaking to ANI, Reddy highlighted the importance of UCC, adding that there cannot be two laws in the country at one time. Also Read | Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026: PM Narendra Modi to Hold Key Strategy Meet With BJP Leade ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has declared the removal of Punjab Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha from the post of deputy leader as a routine disciplinary action, while firmly pushing back against his claims. The party has directly questioned why he has consistently avoided speaking out against the BJP and the Modi Government on issues concerning the country and the party, raising serious concerns over his prolonged silence. It asserted that Raghav Chadha had repeatedly acted against the part ...Read More >
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday asked voters, particularly Muslims, to back the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) in the upcoming Assam assembly polls, underlining that neither the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nor the Congress wanted Muslims to have their own leadership in the state. "The state government, led by Himanta Biswa Sarma is promoting politics of hatred, and more than 50,000 Muslim homes have been demolished in recent years, l ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 4 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Prakash Reddy on Saturday accused the Muslim Law Board of opposing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), asserting that its "intellectuals" should understand that UCC is not a "Hindu Civil Code." Speaking to ANI, Reddy highlighted the importance of UCC, adding that there cannot be two laws in the country at one time. "The Muslim Law Board is opposing the UCC bill passed in Gujarat. But the Muslim Law Board and the intell ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 4 (PTI) The TMC sought the immediate removal of the returning officer for the Bhabanipur assembly constituency in West Bengal, alleging he has proximity with BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari. In a representation submitted to Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal on Friday, the ruling party raised objections to the appointment of RO for the Bhabanipur seat in southern Kolkata. The party alleged that the returning officer has a "documented and close association" with Adhikari, w ...Read More >
New Delhi: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team from Delhi reached Kaliachak in Bengal's Malda on Friday following the Election Commission of India's orders to investigate the mob siege at a block development officer's (BDO) office the night before that held seven judicial officers hostage for hours and attracted the ire of the Supreme Court. The 20-member NIA team reached Mothabari in the afternoon in 12 cars kept at the Kolkata airport - about 315 km away - hours after the state Crimina ...Read More >
The political battle has intensified in West Bengal ahead of the assembly polls in April. The Election Commission of India had announced earlier that voting in the Bengal elections will be conducted in two phases on April 23 and 29. The first phase in the state will cover 152 constituencies, and the second phase will cover 142 seats. The battle, largely, will be between the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), to stake claim of the CM seat. Since the announcement o ...Read More >
The Madhya Pradesh assembly secretariat on Thursday terminated the membership of Congress legislator Rajendra Bharti within hours of a Delhi court sentencing him to three years in jail in a fraud case, triggering sharp protests from the state Congress. The assembly secretariat started working on the disqualification order after principal secretary Arvind Sharma returned to the secretariat late on Thursday night. The Congress asked why the assembly secretariat could not wait for the next workin ...Read More >
Uddhav Sena leader faces criticism after drawing a connection between the 17th-century text and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's formative years Kishori Pednekar, a leader of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction, withdrew a proposal to make the Manache Shlok -- a composition by Samarth Ramdas Swami -- a part of the curriculum in schools run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, after AIMIM raised objections. The withdrawal came alongside a statement from Pednekar in which she expressed regre ...Read More >
Mumbai: A political storm has erupted in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) following a proposal by Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and the leader of opposition Kishori Pednekar to make the recitation of 'Manache Shlok' verses mandatory in city schools. The proposal has faced strong opposition from the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), which termed it an attempt to 'saffronise' education. Pednekat, the Leader of the Opposition in the BMC, has tabled a motion demanding recitation of ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday made a strong pitch for the return of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power in Assam as he reiterated his party's commitment to implementing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Assam, while clarifying that tribal communities will remain outside its jurisdiction. "If you form a BJP-led government in Assam, we will bring in uniform civil code, which will ensure that no one marries four time. And I assure that tribals will be kept outside of the purv ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 3 (PTI) The TMC on Friday sought the immediate removal of the returning officer for the Bhabanipur assembly constituency in West Bengal, alleging his proximity with BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari. In a representation submitted to West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal, the ruling party raised objections to the appointment of RO for the Bhabanipur seat in southern Kolkata. The party alleged that the returning officer has a "documented and close association" with se ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): The Malda violence has triggered a major political showdown, with the arrest of alleged mastermind All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Mofakkarul Islam by the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) drawing sharp reactions from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee defended her government. The West Bengal CID arrested advocate Mofakkarul Islam, identified as the alleged mastermind of ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): The Malda violence has triggered a major political showdown, with the arrest of alleged mastermind All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Mofakkarul Islam by the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) drawing sharp reactions from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee defended her government. The West Bengal CID arrested advocate Mofakkarul Islam, identified as the alleged mastermind of ...Read More >
NALGONDA: Khammam Catholic Diocese Bishop Sagili Prakash on Friday urged the Supreme Court to review its verdict on Scheduled Caste reservations for Dalit Christians. He flagged off a 'Way of the Cross' procession at the Old Bus Stand Centre in Khammam on the occasion of Good Friday. The rally passed through ZP Centre, NTR Circle and New Bus Stand area before concluding at Kanigiri. Speaking on the occasion, he said Articles 13, 14 and 25 of the Constitution guarantee individuals the freedom t ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka along with minister Ponnam Prabhakar campaigned in Puducherry on Friday in support of Congress-DMK Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) candidates in Assembly elections on Friday. Bhatti urged voters to elect the alliance candidates supported by the alliance to protect democracy and safeguard the dignity and freedom granted by the Constitution. Bhatti campaigned extensively in the Manavely Assembly constituency in support of Congress candid ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI) A day after the AAP removed him as its deputy leader in Rajya Sabha, MP Raghav Chadha Friday said he has been "silenced, not defeated", prompting the party to launch an all-out attack, accusing him of shying away from raising his voice against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre in Parliament and instead engaging in "soft PR". As he appeared to be falling out of favour with the party's leadership, Chadha vowed to hit back like a devastating 'sailab' (flood) at an ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Indian National Congress on Friday strongly criticised the Centre's decision to convene a special three-day session of Parliament from April 16 to 18, terming it a clear violation of the Model Code of Conduct as the dates coincide with the peak of election campaigning in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Party general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh, addressing a press conference here, alleged that the real purpose behind the session was to influence the outcome of ...Read More >
Puducherry: Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Friday, April 3, campaigned in Puducherry ahead of the assembly elections in the Union Territory (UT), urging voters to elect the Congress-Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) alliance candidates by a "massive majority" to protect democracy and the rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Bhatti, accompanied by Telangana Minister Ponnam Prabhakar and Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee president Vidyalingam, canvassed in the Mana ...Read More >
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday exhorted his party cadre to work at the booth level with their full strength to ensure the party's victory in the 2027 UP assembly polls, saying, "it is an election to save the Constitution." Yadav further said his party's objective was to win the 2027 polls and better SP's 2024 Lok Sabha polls performance. Addressing workers from various districts at the SP's state headquarters in Lucknow, he said: "It (2027 UP polls) is an election to safegu ...Read More >
Chairing a meeting to review preparations for Ambedkar's 135th birth anniversary on April 14, Fadnavis stated that the Constitution and vision provided by the great leader continue to guide the nation's progress. Celebrating the birth anniversaries of great leaders should go beyond ritual and serve as a means to pass on their ideas and inspiration to future generations, a release from the chief minister's office quoted Fadnavis as saying. "The Constitution given by Dr Ambedkar is among the fin ...Read More >
Mumbai, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday appealed to the public to celebrate the Jayanti (birth anniversary) of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar as a festival of his thoughts, saying that the thoughts and Constitution given by Bharat Ratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar have provided direction for the nation's progress. "It is essential to ensure that his work and his contributions towards the upliftment of society reach every section of society. The State Government ...Read More >
Jaipur, Apr 3 (PTI) Tense scenes unfolded outside the Rajasthan University on Friday after NSUI members staged a protest against a programme on women's empowerment on campus, linking it to the ideology of the RSS. The demonstration turned tense as some protesters tried to jump barricades to enter the campus, prompting police to use mild force to disperse them. Police also detained several NSUI members, while additional force was deployed in and outside the campus to maintain law and order. Th ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi President Saurabh Bhardwaj and other party leaders on Friday openly criticised his party MP Raghav Chadha following his removal as AAP's Rajya Sabha Deputy Leader, citing concerns over his reluctance to raise issues against the Central Government. Speaking to ANI here, Bhardwaj asserted that Raghav Chadha "consistently hangs back" whenever the party wants to raise issues against the Central government in Parliament. "The primary dut ...Read More >
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