A state-run newspaper on Wednesday proudly displayed a world map showing countries that support China’s position on the South China Sea (SCS) disputes — and in what some would describe as a flight of diplomatic fancy, it included India. The countries purportedly backing Beijing, actually most of the world barring North and South America and Australia, were predictably coloured in red in the map on the front page of China […]
All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslim (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi had made a scathing attack on the Islamic State and said that the members of the militant outfit were “dogs from hell”. Condemning the terror attack near the Prophet’s mosque in holy city of Medina, Owaisi said if Muslims find ISIS chief Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, they will cut him into 100 pieces. Addressing a gathering on Friday, the IMIM leader also […]
Islamic tele-evangelist Zakir Naik is once again in the news. And it comes as no surprise that this time too it is for all the wrong reasons. Investigations post the Dhaka attack revealed that two of the attackers were followers of the Mumbai-based preacher. Naik founded Peace TV, a Dubai-based religious channel in 2006. It is through this channel that his sermons reach over 200 countries across the world. It […]
PM Modi today inducted 19 news ministers in his Cabinet and carried out a reshuffle of the portfolios of his ministers. Here’s the complete list of the new Council of Ministers: Cabinet Ministers 1. Rajnath Singh – Home Affairs 2. Sushma Swaraj – External Affairs 3. Arun Jaitley – Finance & Corporate Affairs 4. M Venkaiah Naidu – Urban Development Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Information & Broadcasting 5. […]
As the much awaited Cabinet reshuffle gets underway, the fundamental question that is most pertinent at the moment is, what would be the impact of the soon to be held Uttar Pradesh elections on the reshuffle. After all as the current composition of the Cabinet stands, 13 ministers including the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the Home minister Rajnath Singh are from Uttar Pradesh. Would a reshuffle at this […]
Eminent lawyer and RJD MP Ram Jethmalani said on Sunday that he felt “guilty” and “cheated” for helping Prime Minister Narendra Modi who failed to deliver on his promise of bringing back black money stashed abroad. While addressing a regional convention of Samajwadi Sindhi Sabha, Jethmalani claimed he contributed to making Modi the Prime Minister after BJP leaders promised to bring back black money parked in foreign banks. He […]
Days after a group of men were arrested for planning terror strikes in Hyderabad, MP Asaduddin Owaisi reiterated his anti-Islamic State (IS) stance on Friday. The chief of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and Lok Sabha member from Hyderabad, Owaisi said he plans to invite prominent Syrian scholar, Muhammad Abul Huda al-Yaqoubi, known for his strident opposition to the IS, to his constituency. On June 29, six men were […]
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday triggered a new row when she vociferously sought national scripture status for the Bhagavad Gita. Speaking at the ‘Gita Prerna Mahotsav’, organised “to celebrate 5,151 years of religious book Gita” at the Red Fort Maidan in New Delhi, Sushma said: “Bhagavad Gita has answers to everybody’s problems and that’s why I said it while standing in the Parliament that, ‘Shrimad Bhagwad Gita’ should […]
The alleged killer of British lawmaker Jo Cox was a “dedicated supporter” of a neo-Nazi group based in the United States, a civil rights group reported Thursday. The Southern Poverty Law Centraid that the man named by British media as the attacker, Thomas Mair, had a “long history with white nationalism”. According to records obtained by the Southern Poverty Law Center Mair was a dedicated supporter of the National Alliance […]
If you are an Indian sitting in any corner of the globe and watching Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech last evening, I am sure it was an extremely proud moment for you. Whatever you name it, a PR exercise, a reiteration of bonhomie between two of the largest democracies in the world or even the new avatar that the world has come to view India in, you cannot deny the […]
