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Thursday, October 31, 2024
TopicAnantkumar Hegde

Topic: Anantkumar Hegde

Ananthkumar Hegde, Pragya Thakur, Ramesh Bidhuri — why BJP denied tickets to Hindutva firebrands

Latest to join list is former Union minister and six-time MP Anantkumar Hegde. Yet some like Shobha Karandlaje & Madhavi Latha have managed to get poll tickets.

Now, BJP MP taunts Ceat tyres for Aamir Khan ad saying ‘burst crackers but not on road’

Bengaluru: Even before the controversy over Fabindia’s Diwali collection named ‘Jashn-e-Riwaaz’ could die down, another Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Karnataka has taken offence to...

BJP issues notice to UP MLA whose aide ‘shot’ a man, but that has meant little in past cases

From a spate of notices to UP MLAs this year to MPs like Pragya Thakur, there are many instances of BJP not taking action against errant leaders.

BJP asks Karnataka leaders Anantkumar Hegde, Vaman Acharya to apologise for Gandhi remarks

Hegde had described Mahatma Gandhi-led freedom struggle as ‘drama’, while Acharya had initially backed him, saying the MP’s comments were ‘thought-provoking’ before retracting them. 

BJP issues show cause notice to Anantkumar Hegde over remarks in freedom movement

The Congress demanded an apology after BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde claimed India's freedom movement was staged, and was an 'adjustment' with the British.

BJP ‘unhappy’, Congress demands apology after Hegde says freedom movement was staged

BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde Sunday said the freedom movement, led by Mahatma Gandhi and others, was a 'drama' staged with the approval of the British.

BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde tells IAS officer ‘to go to Pakistan’ for resigning from service

Hegde said Sasikanth Senthil's resignation from the Karnataka IAS was an act of arrogance, and called for the govt to take action against him.

Not just Pragya Thakur, BJP disciplinary panel doesn’t really punish any of its leaders

From Sakshi Maharaj to Aakash Vijayvargiya, most of the cases were referred to the disciplinary committee but there was no action, except perhaps a rebuke.

Anantkumar Hegde unfit to be minister, deserves to be sacked: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi slammed BJP leader Anantkumar Hegde after his controversial remarks about a Congress leader's wife at a public event.

The Constitution is not the sum of its words, not reducible to any one or two of them

Our Constitution is not defined by individual words such as “socialism” or “secularism.” It is constituted by the text as a whole, by its structure, by the historical processes, movements, and debates that led to its framing. , writes Gautam Bhatia

On Camera

Sardar Patel had many critics. Jayaprakash Narayan even blamed him for Gandhi assassination

Sardar Patel had many critics, but many of those detractors eventually came to appreciate his qualities, shedding their previous reservations.

iPhone craze, Goa trips, to making ends meet, ‘addictive’ instant loan apps leading many into debt trap

Unsecured loans have been a concern for RBI for a while now. Last year, it took steps to make it more expensive for banks, NBFCs to give them out in bid to deter such borrowing.

India-China disengagement completed at Depsang & Demchok, patrolling to start after Diwali

Corps commanders signed an agreement on 21 October to pull back troops from eastern Ladakh’s two face-off points, following efforts on diplomatic front to ease tensions along LAC.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.