The peace and harmony committee of the Delhi legislature on Saturday summoned a senior Facebook official to depose before the committee on September 15 for alleged inaction to address harmful content on its platform. The committee is also investigating whether “there is any role or complicity of Facebook officials in …
Read More »Rahul Gandhi attacks the Modi government for the management of Covid-19, the fall in GDP and the loss of jobs
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi continued his attack on the government on Saturday over declining Gross Domestic Product (GDP), job losses, and the growing number of Covid-19-related cases and deaths in the country. After mocking the Modi government, he said that its “well-planned fight against Covid-19 has put India in …
Read More »NDA to win 220 seats in Bihar Assembly elections, says Union Minister Nityanand Rai
File photo of Union Minister Nityanand Rai. A committee meeting on Friday was attended by BJP National Chairman JP Nadda, former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Bihar Election Officer Devendra Fadnavis, and Bihar BJP Chief Sanjay Jaiswal, among others. PTI Last update: September 12, 2020 12:12 PM M. IST FOLLOW US: …
Read More »Breaking the fake news is Mamata Banerjee’s key battle strategy for 2021 polls – kolkata
With the crucial 2021 assembly elections approaching, the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal has begun to prepare for a battle against the fake news and rumors that can circulate via social media sites and microblogging sites to project Trinamool’s ruling Congress in a bad light. The prime minister had …
Read More »‘BJP will not rest until Sushant Singh Rajput receives justice’: Fadnavis
On his first visit to Bihar after taking office as BJP chief election officer in Bihar, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Friday that the death of the late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput is not a problem of the polls, but that his party “would not rest …
Read More »At a packed event, Dilip Ghosh says Mamata imposes blockades to stop BJP rallies
File photo of Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh. Dilip Ghosh’s comments came on a day when West Bengal reported more than 3,000 positive Covid-19 cases and 41 deaths. Kolkata Police Commissioner Anuj Sharma also tested positive for the fatal virus as the overall count rose to 1.93,175 on Thursday. News18 …
Read More »BJP’s US subsidiary registers as foreign agent
The US affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party – Overseas Friends of BJP-USA (OFBJP-USA) – recently registered with the US government under a law that requires individuals and entities participating in political activities on behalf of a foreign constituent to file a public disclosure of their links and activities. OFBJP-EE. …
Read More »‘Didi, a barrier between the people of Bengal and plans for the needy’: JP Nadda attacks Mamata Banerjee
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chairman JP Nadda addressed a state executive meeting of the party’s West Bengal unit on Thursday via video conference, attacking Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and calling her a ‘barrier’ between the people of the state and ‘good plans for the needy’. “Mamata I did it becomes …
Read More »Poets qualified as naxal by both Congress and the BJP, What is Kabir Kala Manch?
Role in the violence of Bhima Koregaon In December 2018, members of the Kabir Kala Manch who performed poetry, songs and plays at Elgar Parishad, accused of causing violence in January 2019, were charged with making “inflammatory speeches”. The conference was held in Pune to commemorate the 200th year of …
Read More »Is the BJP deriving political mileage from the Sushant Singh Rajput case?
Patna: As widely anticipated, the National Democratic Alliance coalition parties in Bihar have incorporated the death of Sushant Singh Rajput into their campaigns for the upcoming assembly elections in the state. None other than the Chief Minister of State, Nitish Kumar, who also heads Janata Dal (United), displayed his name …
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