Could have acted against Deshmukh, Shinde in Adarsh scam: Prithviraj Chavan
Mumbai: Just a day before the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has triggered a controversy. In his interview to a daily, the Congress leader admitted that he failed to act against former chief ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushil Kumar Shinde in the Adarsh... read more »
Congress cracks whip on Shashi Tharoor, removes him as AICC spokesperson
Taking a dim view of Shashi Tharoor’s praise of Narendra Modi and his appreciation of the “Swachh Bharat” campaign, the Congress cracked the whip on Tharoor on Monday, removing him as All India Congress Committee (AICC) spokesperson. Congress President Sonia Gandhi has accepted... read more »
Hinduism is ‘global heritage’, not ancestral property of Indian...
New Delhi: Quite vocal about his views on Hinduism, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh’s chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that for Indians ‘Hinduism’ is not their ancestral property but a heritage that belongs to everyone in the world. Bhagwat, who was present at the launch of the... read more »
‘Mr Modi, I Will Rule From a Village, not Jail’, Says Chautala
t a rally in Rohtak, Mr Chautala responded to PM Modi’s barb that if he won, he would have to rule from jail. “Modi says I will take oath and rule from jail. I am from a village and will rule from there,” said the former Chief Minister, who is serving a 10-year jail term for... read more »
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