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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
TopicAnurag Thakur

Topic: Anurag Thakur

Days before Budget, minister Anurag Thakur chants ‘desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maaro saalon ko’

Junior Finance Minister Anurag Thakur, who chanted the slogan at a Delhi election rally, was severely criticised on Twitter, with some asking EC to take note.

Over 99 cases of economic offences registered against MPs, MLAs in five years

CBI has booked two sitting and nine former MPs and five sitting and two former MLAs in 14 cases. The ED has registered 82 cases against lawmakers.

Family season in BCCI as sons, daughters & brothers of top officials take over state bodies

From Anurag Thakur’s brother Arun Thakur to N. Srinivasan’s daughter Rupa Gurunath, kin of one-time top BCCI officials now occupy top posts in state bodies.

BJP’s Anurag Thakur is fighting to save his political clout after losing cricketing clout

His father's loss in the assembly elections, setbacks on the cricket front and a growing chorus against dynastic politics threaten a once rising BJP star.

Twitter CEO or top officials, no one else will do: Parliamentary panel issues summons again

The parliamentary committee took serious note of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey not appearing before it for the earlier summons.

Deep respect for Parliament but not enough time for US officials to attend hearing: Twitter

Micro-blogging site offers to send officials from India team for Parliamentary hearing over allegations that it is biased against the Right.  

Twitter CEO, top officials decline to appear before parliamentary panel: Sources

Twitter cited "short notice of the hearing" as the reason, despite being given 10 days to travel, the sources said.

Parliamentary panel summons Twitter officials over safeguarding citizens’ rights on social media

The panel has also called representatives of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to appear before it.

BJP volunteers write to Parliament IT panel, want hearing against Twitter & FB for ‘bias’

A volunteer group has submitted a document to Anurag Thakur-headed panel alleging that the social media giants are biased against Right-wing accounts.

Dhumal prevails over Nadda as BJP declares candidates for Himachal polls

Union minister Nadda is not even on the list while two-time former CM Dhumal will fight from Sujanpur; elections for the 68 seats will be held next month.

On Camera

India needs to talk about over-tourism, before the great asset becomes the greatest liability

Why should local communities suffer in order to facilitate someone else’s adventures? The trickle-down effects of over-tourism reach the economy, society, and industry.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?