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Former governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Satyapal Malik who levelled serious allegations against PM Modi on Pulwama terror attack and said that PM is not much averse to corruption, has found himself in trouble now. The CBI has reportedly summoned Satyapal Malik to answer questions regarding corruption allegations he made. Earlier, on Friday, Satyapal Malik himself revealed that he was called by the C...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi vacated his official residence in central Delhi today, the last day of the deadline following his disqualification as an MP of the lower house of the Parliament. Rahul Gandhi, and his sister and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, have visited the bungalow twice since the morning. The Lok Sabha Housing Committee, headed by BJP MP CR Patil, had sent him a...

Remember? How in the run up to 2014, an alleged scam emerged involving Robert Vadra and DLF? The BJP picked it up and made into a poll issue. The UPA govt which was already battling allegations of corruption, was on the backfoot, especially because Robert Vadra is related to Gandhi family. And it worked for the BJP. The controversy around the land deal among several other corruption allegations on...

Twenty to 25 leaders of various Khaps who had gone to Satya Pal Malik’s New Delhi house to show solidarity with the former Jammu and Kashmir governor who will be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation were detained by Delhi Police on the afternoon of Saturday, April 22. It is not yet clear if Malik too has been detained, although The Wire can confirm that he has gone into the R.K. Puram...

If you’re wondering why is it unusually hot in your city these days? Well, you’re not alone. Today, the temperature in Mumbai is at 35 degree Celsius. On Wednesday, Mumbai recorded the third highest maximum day temperature in April in the last decade. And the situation is not very different in many other cities or even villages. This is because India is suffering from a heatwave. How bad is it? We...

In a clash of notions on male and female between a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court and the Union government, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Tuesday said there was no absolute concept of man or woman and the postulation was far more complex than categorising a person according to the born-with genitals.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last year, on August 15th, India Celebrated Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. 75 years of Independence. In his speech at the Red fort PM Modi, spoke about the Nari Shakti passionately, the same evening 11 people convicted, not even accused, but those convicted of Bilkis Bano’s gangrape came out of jail, almost with a triumphant look on their face. Bilkis bano, who is now in her 40s was just 19 years old wh...

The Supreme Court begins hearing a batch of requests seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriages, a day after the government reiterated its opposition to any such legal move. Arguing against legal sanction to gay marriages, the centre yesterday termed such requests as ""mere urban elitist views for social acceptance"". A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justi...

Just ahead of Next month’s high stake Karnataka Assembly elections, the BJP is facing a full-blown crisis. Several senior leaders of the party are quitting. And well, they are not just quitting, they are also joining Congress. While the BJP barely recovered from the shock resignation of former DyCM Laxman Savadi, came another major jolt this week to the party. Senior leader of the party, 6 time ML...

There’s a saying in Marathi. Jaat kadhi jaat nahi. Caste never goes away. While this is relevant even today in societal construct, it is also true to political construct, as Politics is a part of the society. And certainly it plays a very important role when it comes to elections. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who was in karnataka’s Kolar on Sunday, as a part of party’s election campaign demanded a...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to a Nandini store on Sunday intensified the Amul-Nandini row in Karnataka. While the Congress called the milk cooperative the state’s pride, the BJP dismissed the move as a “gimmick”. Hours after his rally in Kolar, Gandhi went to a Nandini milk parlour along with state Congress president DK Shivakumar. Tweeted a picture later, he said: “Karnataka’s Pride – NA...

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal while participating in the discussion in the House, narrated a story and targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The title of the story was Chauthi Paas Raja. He said that in this story there was only the king and there was no queen. He sarcastically said that after studying till the fourth standard, the boy dropped out and took up a job at a tea stall. Then he also b...

As many as eleven people were left dead due to heatstroke and over 120 people complained of heat-related health issues at the Maharashtra Bhushan award event in Navi Mumbai's Kharghar on Sunday. "Eleven people have died from heatstroke during Maharashtra Bhushan Award ceremony in Navi Mumbai's Kharghar," Maharashtra CMO said in a statement on late Sunday night.  Learn more about your ad choices. V...

In a bizarre blame game, almost hilarious to that effect has taken place in Tamil nadu. Last sunday, on the occassion of 50 years of Project Tiger, PM Modi visiter Bandipur Tiger forest reserve. In the two hour jungle safari, PM covered about 20 KM. For the trip, the Prime Minister sported camouflage clothing, with a hat. While, during his safari the PM spotted animals, from elephants, nilgai to d...

Four years ago, Karnataka faced a political crisis. More than dozen MLAs from the ruling Cong-JDS govt switched sides and declared support to BJP, bringing down the incumbent govt. BJP was accused of engineering the Defection of MLAs and luring them with money. In the aftermath of the political crisis the party did form a govt in the state, but now the same BJp is facing massive revolt, with just...

Days after Kailash Vijayvargiya stoked controversy for his comments in which he compared the girls wearing “dirty clothes” with Shuparnakha (a mythical figure from the Ramayana), Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Friday slammed the senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader saying “our clothes aren’t ‘gandey' (dirty), your 'soch' (mentality) is.”  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

As the bail extended to Rahul gandhi by Surat court comes to an End today, session court in the city is hearing Rahul Gandhi's plea against his conviction. Rahul Gandhi was convicted in a defamation case over his statement how come all the thieves have Modi surname? The statement was made in 2019 in Karnataka's Kolar; however, the defamation case was filed by BJP leader purnesh Modi in Surat. A mo...

In a major development, Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad has been killed in an encounter by UP Police. Asad Ahmed was wanted in Umesh Pal murder case. He was killed in UP STF encounter in Jhansi. Not only that, but another person, Mohammed Ghulam was also killed in the encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force. The Team was led by Deputy SP Navendu and Deputy SP Vimal. According t...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in Delhi today, leading to speculation of a major coming together of opposition parties to take on the BJP in the national election next year. ""Nitish ji has taken a good initiative of gathering all opposition parties under one roof. We are on board with this and like the way it is...

Old, Rich, Opinionated and Dangerous- that's what George Soros was called by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar almost two months ago. He had said that people like Soros start questioning the democratic setup when the electoral outcomes are not according to their liking. His statement came after the 92 year old billionaire philanthropist at a munich conference said that PM Modi will have to an...

On Monday, the Aam Aadmi Party became a national party, almost 9 years after the party fought its first election. On the other hand, parties like CPI, TMC and NCP lost the tag of National party. The celebrations are on among AAP workers. Whereas TMC chief Mamata Banerjee is miffed with the decision of Election commission and has moved to Supreme court. Now, you might wonder, few months ago Mamata...

Congress Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government in an editorial. She criticised PM Modi and his govt for attacking India’s institutions, misusing government agencies, undermining the judiciary, and compromising the Indian media in an editorial for The Hindu. In the piece titled 'An enforced silence cannot solve India’s problems', Sonia said Prime...

Twitter Labels BBC and NPR As 'Govt Funded', Media Houses Call The Move 'Unacceptable'  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dalai Lama apologises after 'suck my tongue' comment sparks row  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The move by Amul Cooperative Society — the dairy giant from Anand in Gujarat — to venture into the Bengaluru retail market with its dairy products (milk and curd) has been met with flak and suspicion by farmers and residents of Karnataka. Amul’s announcement comes at a time dairy farmers have been expressing concerns over the adverse impact the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) and its flagship bra...