Attorney General R. Venkataramani inaugurates the National Convention on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at O.P. Jindal Global University

IANS | April 13, 2025 3:01 PM

Sonipat (Haryana), April 13 (IANS) “Dr B.R. Ambedkar was not merely a person who drafted the Constitution with certain ideas borrowed from elsewhere, but who wanted to bring into the Constitution certain visions and understanding which today permeate the Constitution and make its working different from ideologies and are premised on equality, justice, fraternity and governance, Attorney General R. Venkataramani said.

Two Bengal BJP MPs write to Amit Shah seeking intervention in Murshidabad situation

IANS | April 13, 2025 2:07 PM

Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) Two BJP Lok Sabha members from West Bengal, on Sunday, wrote separate letters to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking intervention in the prevailing tension in Murshidabad district which has been on the boil for the last few days after protests against the recently promulgated Waqf (Amendment) Act turned violent and targetted Hindus.

CM Yogi slams SP, Congress for depriving Dalits of their basic rights

IANS | April 13, 2025 1:58 PM

New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP), accusing them of being habitual exploiters of Dalits and other marginalised communities, during a key address at the ‘Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Samman Abhiyan’ workshop held in Lucknow.

Communal violence perpetrators in Murshidabad mainly outsiders, says Trinamool MP

IANS | April 13, 2025 12:27 PM

Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Khalilur Rahaman from the Jangipur constituency said on Sunday that initial findings indicate the perpetrators of communal violence in certain areas of the minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal, which has been tense in recent days due to protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, were primarily outsiders and not residents of the district.