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Hyderabad: The Central government’s ill-thought-out Agnipath scheme for short-term recruitment in the Indian Armed Forces has come under tremendous fire from various sections of the society, including ex-servicemen, doctors, engineers, politicians and members of the BJP too. Voicing extreme concern over what is being described as a disastrous move, they demanded that the BJP government […]

Hyderabad: The meticulously constructed ‘pure as white’ image that Prime Minister Narendra Modi donned for the past eight years seems all set to crumble with several skeletons smacking of favouritism towards the Ambani and Adani Groups tumbling out of the cupboard now. What is striking is that Modi’s foreign jaunts, touted by the ruling BJP […]

Hanamkonda: Scores of BJP activists led by party district president Rao Padma have staged a protest with electronic gadgets like TV, washing machine, fan and others over the steep hike in the power tariff in front of the NPDCL head office at Nakkalagutta here on Wednesday. They have demanded that the power Discoms roll back […]

Suryapet: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Wednesday opined that alternative agenda rather than alternative political parties required for the country in the present context of the situation. Speaking to the media here, Jagadish Reddy said that the people were looking for the alternative agenda and alternative policies in the country. People would build the […]

Hyderabad: The Bowenpally police booked cases against a few persons in connection with trouble that cropped up after a protest in support of now suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Monday night. Trouble broke out when one person Kanne Prakash of the BJYM and a resident of Alwal along with a group of persons staged […]

Patna: After Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the time has come to rewrite history, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar claimed how could anyone change the history of the country. Shah had earlier said that historians have not pointed out the past incidents and rulers of the country. “Those who wrote the history explained the […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Joint Action Committee has given a call for a ‘Million March’ to protest against the reported anti Prophet comments of now suspended BJP party spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Mohd Mushtaq Malik, convener of the T&AP JAC, said 35 Muslim and other secular organizations would come forward to organize the march […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has complete clarity and was heading in the right direction, equipped with a well-researched agenda to prevent the country from falling into a deep abyss of communal politics, said former MP Vundavalli Arun Kumar. He felt that only a handful of Chief Ministers like Mamata Banerjee, Chandrashekhar Rao […]

Hyderabad: Mild tension prevailed at Hasmathpet in Alwal when a group of persons reportedly took out a rally in support of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Monday evening. According to the police, around 8 pm, a group of Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) workers took out a rally holding posters of ‘We Support Nupur […]

New Delhi: The Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind has moved an application in the Supreme Court seeking to issue directions to the State of Uttar Pradesh that no precipitative action be taken in Kanpur District against the residential or commercial property of any accused in any criminal proceedings as an extra-legal punitive measure. The development came a day […]

Karimnagar: BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar opined that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao was the only alternative to the BJP at the national level. Though people were not interested in the BJP government at the centre, they had to bear the saffron party since there was no other alternative. Even if the […]

By Arun Sinha The Kashmir Files, the film centred on the exodus of Hindus from Jammu & Kashmir at the height of the separatist militancy in the 1990s, drew a picture of the then prevailing environment, which can be encapsulated as follows: one, the Central government was totally indifferent to the slaughter and sufferings of […]

New Delhi: New Delhi is in the grip of hectic political activity ahead of the Presidential election. The ruling BJP is reportedly making moves to rope in at least 15 MPs from Congress to vote for the BJP Presidential candidate. To ensure a good margin, the party is also planning to woo Congress MLAs from […]

Hyderabad: Amid TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s efforts to take the BJP head-on at the national level, NRIs from various countries came together to extend their support in his endeavours. They strongly felt that the nation needs his leadership for qualitative change in national politics. The participants of a video meeting, organised […]

Karimnagar: BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar advised the public to be cautious towards a section of the people who were trying to create conflict between Hindus and Muslims. He also advised the people to maintain restraint towards the political leaders those trying to make politics in the name of religion. Minister made […]

New Delhi: The continuing erosion in the support base of the BJP in national politics is turning into a major cause of concern for the central leadership of the saffron party, particularly Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and this has prompted them to look elsewhere, particularly the newer groups, to fill the yawning gap. In an […]

Khammam: The BJP’s divisive politics have been posing a threat to the nation’s socio-cultural integrity, stated CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka. The saffron party’s promotion of provocative religious hatred to retain power in a country with different religions, States and cultures leading to unrest and separatism. It was not good for the country’s constitution, democracy and […]

Adilabad: Security has been beefed up to prevent untoward incidents in the district headquarters in the wake of clashes between sections over a social media post, here on Sunday. About 200 armed forces were deployed in different parts of the town to avert untoward incidents following the incident. They were drawn from Telangana State Special […]

Ahmedabad: Even as the Aam Aadmi Party sees itself the main contender to the ruling BJP in Gujarat, where the Assembly polls are due later this year, some political experts and the Congress feel the AAP will split the opposition votes, benefitting the BJP. The Congress also claimed that the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP was the […]

Ujjain: Accepting Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s fund for weight loss challenge, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Ujjain Anil Firojiya claimed to have reduced 15 kg weight in less than four months and is entitled to get Rs 15,000 crore fund for development in his constituency as promised by Gadkari. Firojiya, a first-time MP said […]