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Counting is scheduled for May 4. Chennai: Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tamil Nadu election in-charge Piyush Goyal, alongside State President Nainar Nagenthran, on Tuesday, released a "chargesheet" in Chennai targeting the DMK government ahead of the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections. Accompanied by leaders including K Annamalai and Tamilisai Soundararajan, Goyal described the upcoming Assembly election as a "turning point" in the state's history, expressing confidence ...Read More >
Lucknow/Barpeta, April 03: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday addressed a high-voltage election rally in Assam's Barpeta, strongly attacking the Congress and UDF while campaigning for NDA candidate Deepak Kumar Das. Targets Congress, UDF in rally He said Congress had already "fled the ground" ahead of elections and called upon voters to reject the UDF, alleging it thrived on infiltration and vote-bank politics. Stressing national security, Yogi declared that Assam would not ...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 >
Guwahati: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday intensified election campaign of the BJP led NDA by launching a frontal attack on opposition Congress accusing them of protecting infiltrators thereby threatening the demography of the state. Asserting that it was the BJP led NDA which can free Assam of infiltrators and prevent a demographic changes, Mr Adityanath said, "The Congress had been in power for 60 years in Assam. But it only encouraged infiltration, violence and riots. ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said the NDA would not allow the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) to change Assam's demography. Addressing a rally in the election-bound state's Barpeta, Adityanath alleged that the two Opposition parties had played with Assam's culture. "The Congress and the AIUDF tried to change Assam's demography by allowing infiltrators to come here. The infiltrators committed a robbery on your rights. They tried to ...Read More >
Sonitpur (Assam) [India], April 3 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday hit out at the Congress for allegedly creating an "identity crisis" by allowing infiltrators in Assam. Addressing a public rally here ahead of the upcoming Legislative Assembly polls, the Uttar Pradesh CM lauded the BJP government's efforts in preserving Assam's identity and honouring its culture and warriors. Also Read | Fake Sensodyne Toothpaste Manufacturing Unit Busted in Delhi; Owner Arrested ( ...Read More >
Sonitpur: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, "Congress has always promoted infiltration and riots, whereas the BJP drives out such elements. Earlier, infiltrators used to take away the rights of the youth and consume the ration meant for the people of Assam, but now the double-engine government guarantees that every citizen receives their due." Addressing a public rally in support of BJP candidate Ritu Baran Sarma from the Barchala Assembly constituency in the Assam Assembly elections, he urge ...Read More >
Sonitpur (Assam) [India], April 3 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday hit out at the Congress for allegedly creating an "identity crisis" by allowing infiltrators in Assam. Addressing a public rally here ahead of the upcoming Legislative Assembly polls, the Uttar Pradesh CM lauded the BJP government's efforts in preserving Assam's identity and honouring its culture and warriors. "The Congress created a crisis of identity. This crisis of identity was not limited to any ...Read More >
Goalpara (Assam) [India], April 3 (ANI): As Assam Assembly elections near, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday promised that a third consecutive BJP government would tackle infiltrators in the state and focus on the development and welfare of tribal communities. Addressing a gathering here, Shah accused the Congress of turning Assam into a hub for infiltrators. "The Congress turned Assam into a hub for infiltrators. If their government comes to power, infiltrators will infiltrate even with ...Read More >
Malda: Following Supreme Court's intervention in the protests in Malda that led to the gherao of seven judicial officers on Wednesday, a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe has been ordered by the ECI and its team has already departed for the district. On the other hand, the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested the alleged mastermind of the protests from Bagdogra Airport in Siliguri on Thursday night, a senior official said. The alleged mastermind, identified as Mo ...Read More >
Harirampur (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): In a high-stakes political environment as the state prepares for Assembly elections on April 23 and 29, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the BJP of conspiring to create unrest in Malda, alleging they brought in outsiders to provoke violence. She alleged that the recent incident in Malda, where seven judicial officers, including three women, were held hostage by villagerson Wednesday, was a pre-planned conspiracy orches ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Karkardooma Court has recently acquitted 9 persons, including Shah Alam, brother of Tahir Hussain accsued of rioting, causing injuries and other offences. The court acquitted all the accsued persons, giving them the benefit of doubts. This case pertains to an FIR lodged in the Police Station Dayal Pur in 2020. Several complaints were the subject matter of the FIR. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Parveen Singh Shah Alam, Rashid Saifi, Mohd. Shadab, Habib, ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress MP Manish Tewari on Friday paid tribute to his father V.N. Tewari, who was killed by terrorists at their residence in Chandigarh on April 3, 1984, and said that only some get to live and die for their convictions and therefore become eternal and immortal. He further said that his father was only 48 years old at the time. Taking to social media platform X, Tewari wrote, "On 3rd April 1984 - 42 years ago at our home in Chandigarh, terrorists assassina ...Read More >
A Delhi court acquitted nine men accused in a 2020 Delhi riots case, citing unreliable and contradictory witness testimonies, raising questions about the investigation and evidence presented. Photograph: ANI PhotoKey PointsNine men acquitted in 2020 Delhi riots case due to lack of specific and reliable witness testimonies.The court found contradictions and false statements regarding the location and timing of incidents.Investigating officer recorded the wrong date of the incident, further under ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has acquitted nine men in a case related to the 2020 Delhi riots, saying that the testimonies cannot be relied upon in the case as they lacked specificity and were general in nature. Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh was hearing the case against nine persons identified as Shah Alam, Rashid Saifi, Mohammad Shadab, Habib, Irfan, Suhail, Salim alias Ashu, Irshad, and Azhar alias Sonu arrested in a loot and arson case linked to the northeast Delhi riots. In a March 3 ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 2 (PTI) The Election Commission has handed over the probe into the gherao of seven judicial officers engaged in the Special Intensive Revision exercise in West Bengal's Malda to the NIA as the incident plunged the state into fresh turmoil, with the TMC and the BJP blaming each other for it. While Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the poll panel of fomenting unrest to facilitate President's rule in the poll-bound state, the BJP alleged the TMC ...Read More >
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday blamed Union home minister Amit Shah for the hostage-taking of judicial officers during protests in West Bengal's Malda against voter deletion as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), and demanded his resignation. She claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wanted to derail the April 23-29 assembly elections and impose President's rule. "Amit Shah entirely did it...the entire conspiracy... using the ECI [Election Commission of India]. He has t ...Read More >
Addressing the 'Vijay Vishwas Sabha', Kejriwal claimed that a "wave of change" was building in Gujarat and accused the BJP of suppressing opposition voices by targeting AAP workers. He alleged that party workers were being detained frequently as the BJP reacted to AAP's growing support base. The AAP chief criticised the BJP's three-decade rule in the state, alleging that it had failed to deliver basic services such as quality education, healthcare and irrigation. He also accused both the BJP an ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 2 (ANI): BJP leader C.R. Kesavan slammed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday, asserting that the CM is in a state of panic and is attempting to spin a 'non-existent North-South narrative' ahead of the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. Speaking to ANI, Kesavan alleged that Stalin has consistently weaponised regional and linguistic identities for electoral gain. He asserted that the people of Tamil Nadu won't be deceived again and now have ...Read More >
Kharagpur (West Bengal) [India], April 2 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Kharagpur Sadar, Dilip Ghosh, on Thursday expressed doubts over the possibility of holding free and fair elections in Kaliachak, stating that "the place also has problems with law and order." BJP leader Dilip Ghosh, while talking to the reporters, said, "Did Mamata Banerjee or her family fight for independence? Whoever did, it is history. There was no BJP, there was RSS, who fought... This is not the fir ...Read More >
Senior human rights lawyer Harvinder Singh Phoolka, who has been fighting a long legal battle for victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday. Phoolka, a Jat Sikh from Bhadaur town of Sangrur, was earlier with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and was a former legislator in the Punjab Assembly. After joining the BJP on Wednesday, Phoolka recalled how he and his wife, who was then expecting, had escaped the rioters in 1984 after his landlord's family hid th ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Wednesday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying it had made plots to trigger violence in the state, similar to those in Uttar Pradesh and Manipur, but said that the plans were effectively thwarted by the DMK. "There are no caste clashes in Tamil Nadu, no communal riots like in BJP-ruled states, no mob violence like in Uttar Pradesh, and no continuous unrest like in Manipur," he said while addressing a rally in Trichy. "We have als ...Read More >
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, launching his election campaign for the Assam assembly polls on Wednesday, warned voters to remain vigilant against Congress, accusing the party of plotting to introduce a "dangerous law" in the state.Modi referred to the Communal Violence Bill that the UPA govt had attempted to implement before the 2014 elections. "In that bill, the majority community was held responsible for riots while minorities were always considered victims. It was communal in itself ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Senior Supreme Court advocate and former AAP leader H S Phoolka - best known for representing 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims in their fight for justice - joined BJP in Delhi on Wednesday. Phoolka's joining is seen as a boost for the saffron party in Punjab in the run up to the 2027 assembly elections. With joining BJP, the anti-Sikh riots crusader Phoolka also ended his hiatus from active politics. He joined the party in the presence of Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi minist ...Read More >
New Delhi: Senior advocate H.S. Phoolka joined the BJP on Wednesday ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections next year, marking his return to active politics.Phoolka, known for representing victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence, described his earlier association with the Aam Aadmi Party as a "mistake" and said he believes the BJP, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, can address issues such as law and order and drug abuse in Punjab."I have been fighting the fight for the 1984 riots (victims) for t ...Read More >
She cited credible reports indicating that BJP agents submitted a large number of Form 6 applications for the enrolment across districts. "These do not seem to be routine applications for voter inclusion but a mischievous ploy to include non-residents in the electoral roll," Banerjee wrote to Kumar. "There are serious concerns that these applications may pertain to individuals who are not genuine residents of Bengal and have no legitimate connection to the state. Similar patterns were reportedl ...Read More >
Chandigarh, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Wednesday welcomed senior advocate and former Punjab Leader of Opposition H.S. Phoolka into the party, calling it a significant moment in the ongoing fight for justice and truth. Chugh said Phoolka has fought tirelessly for over four decades for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and played a key role in ensuring punishment for hundreds of perpetrators. He said Phoolka's joining the BJP reinforces the values ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 1 (PTI) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday alleged that the ruling TMC and other parties used Muslims of West Bengal for votes but did nothing for the community's development. Owaisi, while addressing a poll rally at Naoda in Murshidabad district in support of candidates of Humayun Kabir-led Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP), also claimed that in the past 50 years, members of the Muslim community had voted for the Congress, Left Front and the TMC, but their condition did not i ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 1 (ANI): A survey by agency Lok Poll has projected that the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) aliiance led by incumbent CM MK Stalin will retain power in Tamil Nadu securing 181-189 seats with a 40.1 per cent vote share in the forthcoming Assembly elections. Sharing the findings on X, Lok Poll wrote: "The most wanted Tamil Nadu Survey is Out. Here's the vote share & seat projection from our mega ground survey: DMK+ --- 181-189 | 40.1%, ADMK+ -- 38-42 | 29%, TVK ...Read More >
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