Delhi BJP sends defamation notice to Atishi, demands public apology over her ‘join BJP offer’ claim

Delhi BJP sends defamation notice to Atishi, demands public apology over her ‘join BJP offer’ claim

A file photo of Delhi Education Minister and AAP leader Atishi. | Photo Credit: PTI The BJP’s Delhi unit has sent a defamation notice to senior AAP leader Atishi and demanded a public apology for her claim that the saffron party approached her through a “very close” person to join it. The Delhi minister had … Read more

BRS demands ₹25,000 per acre relief to ryots who suffered crop loss this season

BRS demands ₹25,000 per acre relief to ryots who suffered crop loss this season

Farmers of Chintabai Thanda in Jangaon district pouring their woes at BRS leaders on Sunday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has demanded that the Congress government in Telangana announce a relief of ₹25,000 per acre to farmers whose crops have withered and were abandoned due to lack of water for … Read more

‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans: BJP demands NIA probe, resignation of Congress government

‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans: BJP demands NIA probe, resignation of Congress government

BJP MLC N. Ravikumar in the Karnataka Legislative Council session at the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI A day after supporters of Rajya Sabha winner from Congress, Syed Nasir Hussain, allegedly raised “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans in the corridors of the Vidhana Soudha, the BJP on Wednesday demanded the resignation of … Read more

Maharashtra Backward Class Commission submits Maratha survey report to Shinde; special session on Feb. 20 to address demands

Maharashtra Backward Class Commission submits Maratha survey report to Shinde; special session on Feb. 20 to address demands

Chairman of the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission, Justice (retired) Sunil Shukre hands over the survey report on the backwardness of Maratha community to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in Mumbai on Friday. Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis is also present. | Photo Credit: ANI The Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission on Friday submitted a comprehensive survey … Read more

Suspend synod decision on Mass celebrations, demands lay group

Suspend synod decision on Mass celebrations, demands lay group

A lay people’s group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese has demanded that the Syro-Malabar synod’s decision on liturgy be suspended, and a commission be constituted by Rome to look into what the group called “sabotage” of the synod’s decision on Mass celebration. In a public statement, the lay group, Almaya Munnettam, alleged that the synod’s decision … Read more

Kerala CM demands Union Govt to examine the propriety of Governor Khan’s actions

Kerala CM demands Union Govt to examine the propriety of Governor Khan’s actions

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. | Photo Credit: S. Mahinsha Accusing Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan of attempts to create maximum provocation in every issue, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the Union Government should examine the propriety of the Governor’s repeated breaches of protocol. He was speaking to media persons at Pathanamthitta on December … Read more

Former MLA Vishnu Kumar Raju demands release of pending incentives to IT companies

Former MLA Vishnu Kumar Raju demands release of pending incentives to IT companies

Vishnu Kumar Raju. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Former MLA P. Vishnu Kumar Raju demanded the State government to release ₹21 crore funds which were supposed to be given to 86 IT companies as incentives. Addressing a press conference in the city on October 23, the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said that … Read more

Eshwarappa demands NIA inquiry into Shivamogga Id violence

Eshwarappa demands NIA inquiry into Shivamogga Id violence

Former Minister and BJP leader K.S. Eshwarappa. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Former minister K.S. Eshwarappa has demanded the State Government hand over the investigation into the violence reported in Shivamogga during the Id Milad procession on October 1 to the National Investigation Agency. In a press conference in Shivamogga on Saturday, Mr. … Read more

Dhinakaran demands probe into death of medical student in Kanniyakumari district

Dhinakaran demands probe into death of medical student in Kanniyakumari district

AMMK’s general secretary, T.T.V. Dhinakaran | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT AMMK founder T.T.V. Dhinakaran on Thursday, October 12, 2023, urged the Tamil Nadu government to order a probe into the death of a medical student at a private medical college hostel in Kanniyakumari district. In a social media post, Mr. Dhinakaran referred to reports that … Read more