Lucknow, Dec 15 (IANS) Dr Ram Vilas Das Vedanti, a prominent figure of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement and former Member of Parliament from Ayodhya, passed away while undergoing treatment in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh.
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) On this day in 2002, Narendra Modi delivered his first comprehensive electoral mandate, barely a year after assuming office as Gujarat Chief Minister. The landmark verdict not only reshaped Gujarat’s political landscape but also marked the emergence of Narendra Modi as a decisive and dominant leader. In the Assembly elections held that year, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered a sweeping landslide victory, winning 127 of the 182 seats. Newspapers of the time famously described the outcome as “Modi magic.”
Cuttack, Dec 15 (IANS) Former Odisha MLA and senior leader Mohammed Moquim, who was expelled from Congress over involvement in "anti-party activities", on Monday said that party national president Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi are "not able to deliver" and a change in leadership is necessary.
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) The ISI and Jamaat-e-Islami have been pushing hard a propaganda campaign against India, whereby it is claimed that New Delhi is interfering with the electoral process in Bangladesh. While India has categorically rejected this claim, Intelligence agencies say that this propaganda would increase as the election date nears.
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday condemned the objectionable slogans raised against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a Congress rally and demanded that the party leadership apologise publicly in Parliament.
Patna, Dec 15 (IANS) Bihar Minister Dilip Jaiswal on Monday expressed immense pride and excitement on the appointment of Minister Nitin Nabin as the Bharatiya Janata Party's National Working President.
New Delhi/Imphal, Dec 14 (IANS) The Manipur BJP Legislature Party held a meeting at the party headquarters in Delhi on Sunday and discussed the peace process and other key issues related to the violence-hit state, a party leader said in Imphal.
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The Scottish mercantile class, gathered in the bustling chambers of Glasgow and the ports of Greenock in 1812, was not merely asking for a larger share of global commerce; they were demanding a radical reordering of the British Empire's financial hierarchy. Their enemy was not a foreign power, but a fellow British institution: the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies—the East India Company (EIC).
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Spiritual guru and former Congress leader, Acharya Pramod Krishnam, on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and the grand old party's "vote theft rally", questioning both its intent and credibility.
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the release of a special postal cover honouring Emperor Perumpidugu Mutharaiyar II, also known as Suvaran Maran, describing him as a visionary ruler, able administrator, and a steadfast protector of Tamil culture.
