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New Delhi, April 2 – BJP MP Nishikant Dubey criticised the Congress party on Thursday for what he described as the "illegal detention" of Dr. Colonel B. Ramchandra Rao, a member of the Azad Hind Fauj, calling it a "dark chapter".Notably, Rao was a witness before the G.D. Khosla Commission...

New Delhi, April 1 Senior Supreme Court advocate and former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader H S Phoolka, best known for representing victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in their quest for justice, joined the BJP on Wednesday.This move is being seen as a significant boost for the BJP as it...

New Delhi, March 31 The Congress on Tuesday criticized Home Minister Amit Shah, saying he accomplished a remarkable feat in the Lok Sabha when he "rallied and harangued for 90 minutes" without once using his favorite abusive word.The opposition party's criticism came a day after Shah declared...

Wellington, March 30 The identity of the nephew of one of Indira Gandhi's assassins, convicted in a drug case, was revealed after he lost a bid in a New Zealand court to keep his name secret, a local media report said.Baltej Singh, who is serving a 22-year prison sentence for importing over...

New Delhi, March 24 BJP MP Nishikant Dubey questioned the diplomatic approach of the then government led by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, referring to historical developments involving Sri Lanka. He said that former Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa had written a strongly worded...

New Delhi, March 16 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday accused the Congress of neglecting other Dalit leaders like Babu Jagjivan Ram, following a controversy sparked by the Congress' demand for Bharat Ratna for the late Kanshi Ram, a leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party.Notably, Leader...

New Delhi, March 16 Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday recalled that eminent jurist Nani Palkhivala had penned a letter to then-prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1975, in which he dismissed a verdict of the Allahabad High Court against her, saying it was “erroneous” in both fact and law.On...

Hyderabad, March 11 Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has alleged that the Speaker of the Telangana Assembly made the decision on the disqualification petitions against defecting MLAs under pressure from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao (KTR) accused the Congress...

New Delhi, March 6 The forced sterilization campaign in 1975-77 was a result of northern Indian chief ministers perceiving Sanjay Gandhi as a "rising force," who spearheaded the mass vasectomy and tubectomy campaign in an extra-constitutional capacity, Veteran politician Karan Singh said on...

New Delhi, March 6 – Praising the skillful diplomacy of former Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Congress launched a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government on Friday for "continuously ceding diplomatic space.""India's strategic autonomy and...

Mumbai, March 5 The Maharashtra government told the legislative assembly on Thursday that it would revisit the demand to confer the Bharat Ratna posthumously on freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.Speaking during a discussion on a private member's resolution moved by BJP's Sudhir...

Kozhikode (Kerala), March 3 Former Union Minister K. P. Unnikrishnan, who was considered one of the prominent figures in Indian politics during the 1980s and 1990s, died in the early hours of Tuesday, his family said.He was 89 years old.He died while undergoing treatment for age-related...

New Delhi, February 27 The BJP on Friday cited various books to allege that former prime minister Indira Gandhi was "compromised" due to influence from external forces, and said that the Congress and Rahul Gandhi will have no respect in people's eyes if more instances from the past were brought...

New Delhi, February 25 – Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal launched a scathing attack on Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, and the Gandhi family on Wednesday, alleging that they have repeatedly "compromised national interests."Addressing a press...

Gandhinagar, February 23 – The ruling BJP and the opposition Congress engaged in a heated debate in the Gujarat Assembly on Monday after Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel moved a resolution to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the national song "Vande Mataram."During the debate, Deputy Chief...

New Delhi, February 18 Congress veteran Mani Shankar Aiyar said on Wednesday that he is a "Gandhian", a "Nehruvian" and a "Rajivian", but not a "Rahulian" because Rahul Gandhi "is far too much younger than me and far too distant from me in his political life”.Aiyar added that he did not say he...

New Delhi, February 18 Congress veteran Mani Shankar Aiyar said on Wednesday that he is a "Gandhian", a "Nehruvian", and a "Rajivian", but not a "Rahulian" because Rahul Gandhi "is far too much younger than me and far too distant from me in his political life."Aiyar added that he did not say...