Police book unnamed persons after BJP leader’s complaint against social media pages. Congress slams move as an attempt to muzzle the media, calls it ‘mockery of rule of law’.
From implementing the Uniform Civil Code to cracking down on 'love jihad' and the latest education bill, Uttarakhand is becoming the BJP’s new 'Hindutva laboratory'.
Ex-water resources & river development minister says it’s ‘imperative’ to ‘immediately pause’ & maintain balance between nature, environment, tourism & faith in Himalayan states.
BJP central leadership has asked Uttarakhand unit to look into the matter immediately. This is not the first time Rawat has raised concerns over functioning of Dhami-led govt.
The government has sealed over 50 ‘illegal’ madrasas in a span of 2 weeks. Experts say it is using communal politics to take the focus away from crucial issues.
Four-term ex-MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion was arrested Sunday by Uttarakhand police for opening fire outside residence of Umesh Kumar, Independent MLA from Khanpur, in Roorkee.
Issue became embarrassing for BJP after ex-CMs Trivendra Singh Rawat & Ramesh Pokhriyal asked for probe into allegations. Episode has highlighted infighting within state party unit.
Though party won all 5 Lok Sabha seats in state, it is shaky after the bypoll defeats. Former CM Tirath Singh Rawat expressed concern at the way party workers were being treated.
The BJP is spearheading temple freedom movements in southern states, but successive BJP-led governments have taken the opposite tack in Uttarakhand, with pushback from Hindu groups.
Women officers in the forces routinely manage the physiological realities of menstruation. Making menstrual leave mandatory would be two steps backwards for them.
New Delhi is examining the legal implications of the latest set of American investigations into Indian exports under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974, it is learnt.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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