Topic: AIMIM
‘Symbol of universal brotherhood’, Ram Mandir rules prime time but politics never far behind
A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.
Butchers set to be tested for Covid-19 ahead of Eid in Hyderabad
Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi tells ThePrint process will most likely start Tuesday. Those who test positive will be quarantined or admitted to hospital depending on symptoms.
Worst yet to come, Centre will realise nothing’s left for poor as economy reopens: Owaisi
In an exclusive interview to ThePrint, Hyderabad MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi says lockdown enforced by PM Modi was unplanned and unconstitutional.
Trump’s trade spin, who’ll bell the Congress cat & India’s unequal pyramid
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TRS-led Hyderabad civic body passes resolution against CAA, first in India to do so
The resolution caused a row after AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi alleged that the resolution also condemned the NPR & NRC, a fact denied by the mayor.
Caught between Amit Shah and Owaisi, is Mamata Banerjee’s politics in Bengal floundering?
In a veiled reference to AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has warned TMC workers to not listen to “some extremists among minorities” from Hyderabad.
Asaduddin Owaisi’s dream is coming true
AIMIM is now more than a symbol, challenging the Muslim blackmail of secular parties in polling booths, from west to east.
Owaisi has merely let the open secret out: ‘secular’ parties had ditched Muslims long ago
An eerie silence dominates Muslim-populated areas in India’s hinterlands. Leaders stay away and photo-op with clerics is a thing of past.
If you want Muslim votes, why are you coy like a new bride: Owaisi to secular parties
Insult to Muslims that none of the so-called secular parties are talking to or about them, says Owaisi. Say clearly Hindutva politics will prevail, he adds.
BJP, Congress take on Telangana CM for floating idea of new party
Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao had said that both BJP and Congress 'failed' to meet the people's aspirations and he would form a national party 'if necessary' to tackle them.
Students in Kashmir attended regular classes for only two weeks in the last one year
The price Kashmir’s economy paid for 5 August: ₹40,000 cr and unemployment levels twice the national average.
India isn’t facing up to the true financial cost of Covid
Truth is currently as scarce as capital in India. The govt doesn’t have the appetite for large-scale socialisation of private losses, lest the opposition accuse PM Modi of cronyism.
Defence
India, China generals meet today as ‘PLA keeps up Pangong incursions, blocks army at Depsang’
The fresh round of dialogue comes as India and China have hit a stalemate in military talks with regard to disengagement at multiple flashpoints in Ladakh.
Modi redefined secularism with Ram Mandir as Hindu voters were fed up of Sonia-Left version
Assumptions that Indian secularism died with Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan are bunk. It is enshrined in the Constitution, and is worth preserving.