Amidst launching  slew of economic and infrastructure projects, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Patna might well have kicked of BJP’s poll campaign in the state. At a gathering in Bihar’s capital city where he shared the stage with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, he said that developmental needs in Bihar required a significantly larger package than the Rs 50,000 crore he had promised ahead of the elections last year. […]

The Parliament’s Monsoon Session has kicked of quite as per plan. 4 disruptions and eventual adjournment at the Rajya Sabha was Day One’s highlight and Day 2 doesn’t promise to be significantly different with talks of silent dharna ensuing in the days to come. We have been lamenting about the loss of significant legislation time, reforms taking a backseat and a severe loss of the tax payer’s money used for […]

                                            The home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has called for an urgent meeting with Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to discuss the ceasefire violation at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday. As the country’s top leaders discuss the violence at the […]

Iran and six major world powers reached a landmark nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of negotiations with an agreement that could transform the Middle East. US President Barack Obama praised the deal as one built on verification, not trust, and said it would help stop the spread of nuclear weapons in the Middle East. “Every pathway to a nuclear weapon is cut off,” Obama said in […]

The bureaucrat from Telangana who has sued Outlook magazine for deeply disparaging and sexist remarks about her told NDTV, “I want Outlook to apologise to women across the country, this is an insult to women in general.” Explaining her decision to seek legal action, senior IAS office Smita Sabharwal said, “It is a matter of professional pride. I have spent 14 long years in service. The write up hurt very […]

  So, someone having Government of India provided ISP is playing around with Wikipedia to establish that Indian National Congress’s Gandhi & Nehru dynasty had Muslim lineage. 1. They started off with Gangadhar Nehru (grandfather of Jawaharlal Nehru). His page was edited to declare his name as Ghiasuddin Ghaz. Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gangadhar_Nehru&type=revision&diff=668737361&oldid=666748498 It says “Gangadhar was born as aMuslim by the name of Ghiasuddin Ghazi but changed his name to a […]

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: “Tanned. Rested. Ready.” That is Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s new 2016 presidential campaign slogan and the “tanned” part is supposed to be a reference to his skin tone. “The liberal media that developed this week was disgusting: Apparently Bobby isn’t brown enough for them,” wrote Timmy Teepell, Mr Jindal’s campaign manager, in an email to supporters. Well, this will make the left even more upset. We […]

We’ve seen oddly partisan answers on Google before (remember its answer to “What killed the dinosaurs?”), but this one will really rile up the Republicans. Ask Google “Who’ll be the next president?” and you’ll be given this reply: It’s not the result of dirty tricks by Hillary’s campaign, but due to Google offering up a card that draws on a paragraph from this Huffington Post article giving reasons why it […]

By having a notice issued to T-News, a Telugu news channel backed by the family of Chief Minister KCR, in the dead of midnight, his bete noire and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has taken his war with Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to a new low. For those who came in late, T News is the first Telugu news channel that has aired the purported audio tapes of […]

  There is more twist to the Sushma Swaraj –Lalit Modi saga. Some unexpected and interesting developments took place just hours after one of Sushma Swaraj’s Union Cabinet colleagues, Arun Jaitley came out with a statement in defence of her. Talking of Sushma Swaraj’s help extended to former IPL Commissioner, Lalit Modi, Jaitley said that whatever she had done was in good faith and bonafide. However soon after some documents […]