NON-PERFORMING UP MLAS NOT TO GET BJP TICKET
NEW DELHI: With Uttar Pradesh assembly elections months away, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has drawn up its electoral strategy for candidate selection and ticket distribution. The BJP is opting for a comprehensive, multi-tiered survey process to evaluate sitting legislators and identify winnable candidates for all 403 assembly constituencies. While the ruling party currently holds […]
SC TO ORDER SIT PROBE INTO STUDENT PROTEST VIOLENCE, RELEASE OF STUDENTS WITH NO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today observed that there was a need for a fair and independent investigation into the allegations of injuries to the students and police officials during the student protests which took place across the country last week. The Court hinted that it might constitute a Special Investigation Team headed by a […]
GOVT PUSHES EXAM REFORM BILL
NEW DELHI: The Monsoon Session of Parliament witnessed another stormy day on Monday as the Opposition intensified its attack on the Centre over the use of force against student protesters during the July 20 Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) march, while the government pressed ahead with its legislative agenda by introducing amendments to tighten India’s anti-paper […]
OWAISI WANTS TO TIE UP WITH SAMAJWADI PARTY IN UP
NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi is open to an alliance with the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, a key state where elections are viewed more as a semi-final before parliamentary polls. Owaisi has sent out a message to Samajwadi chief Akhilesh Yadav that now is the time for talks, before it’s too late. “The […]
AFTER PRADHAN, GADKARI IN CROSS HAIRS ON E20 PROTEST IN DELHI
NEW DELHI: The protests over ethanol-blending were drowned out by the paper leak agitation that ended in Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. Emboldened, E20 protesters are now planning a march to Parliament Street. A recent survey claims 60% of pre-2023 vehicle owners are facing issues. The sparks were visible even during the final days of the CJP’s […]
SC SAYS CAN’T LATHICHARGE JUST BECAUSE OF AGITATION: HEARING TUESDAY
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear: that the right to peaceful protest is “absolutely guaranteed” under the Constitution, underlining that there can’t be lathicharge just because there is an agitation. The top court was hearing a mentioning of a plea moved by RJD leader Manoj Jha flagging the use of force […]
CJP WON’T STOP HERE
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke addressed student protesters following the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Reading out the names of students who lost their lives due to paper leaks, Dipke observed two minutes of silence and called the resignation a victory achieved through persistent resistance. He stated, “We have bloody […]
PRADHAN FIRST MINISTER TO QUIT BECAUSE OF A ROW SINCE AKBAR IN 2018
NEW DELHI: Hours before talks between Centre and Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday, Dharmendra Pradhan quit as the education minister. His resignation is a rare one. So rare, in fact, that to find a parallel, one has to rewind the clock all the way to 2018, when MJ Akbar stepped down from his post […]
PM OUTSMARTS RAHUL ON HIS BID FOR GEN Z
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has outsmarted Rahul Gandhi trying to win over the Generation Z, with an appeal directly to the youth. Dharmendra Pradhan read his message right to resign amid massive student protests over the NEET leak fiasco, saying he was resigning taking moral responsibility on his own as his stepping down […]
CJI DENIES PETITION ON CJP PROTESTS
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Friday said media reports wrongly claimed that he refused to list a matter related to student protests in Delhi. He clarified that no petition had been filed before the Supreme Court. According to the CJI, only a representation was mentioned before the Court and some reports […]
