Author: News Analysis India
Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi will not get bail, said the High Court in the UK, where he is currently living. Nirav Modi was arrested on March 20 and has been in Her Majesty’s Prison Wandsworth, one of the largest prisons in Western Europe. The 48-year-old, wanted in India in the Punjab National Bank fraud case, had asked for a review of a lower court order that denied him bail. He will now need permission from a lower court to re-apply for bail at the magistrate’s court. Nirav Modi had argued that he had arrived in the UK in January…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday unveiled a bust of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar at the Hare School ground. Trinamool Congress leaders, ministers in the West Bengal government, as well as some spiritual leaders, attended the event to mark the unveiling of social-reformer Vidyasagar’s bust. As per the event schedule, the unveiled bust will now be taken from here to Vidyasagar college where it will be re-installed at the same place where a similar statue was broken in May during a political clash. Moreover, the TMC chief will march to Vidyasagar College to participate in the re-installation event of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday asked top bureaucrats to prepare a five-year plan for each ministry with well-defined targets and milestones in sync with the people’s mandate in the election to change the status quo and improve quality of life, officials said. In a meeting with secretaries of all ministries, the prime minister said each ministry should come out with an “impactful decision” for which approvals will have to be taken within 100 days, they said. The prime minister said people were yearning for a better life and the government must focus on ensuring ease of living, and asked the…
India is likely to join China and Russia in voicing reservations about US trade protectionism at the SCO summit in Bishkek this week, which will mark prime minister Narendra Modi’s maiden foreign outreach beyond South Asia in his second term. At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO) meeting on June 13-14, leaders of these three nations along with other member states may pitch for a “new type” of multilateral trading system based on rules, people familiar with the issue told ET. The continuing trade war between the US and China and its impact on the global economy will be among the key talking points at the meet, one of…
Congress chief ministers of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh are camping in the capital, in what is seen as related to the post-defeat review in the party.Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel has been here for two days during which he is said to have met members of Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s office as also other senior AICC leaders. Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot arrived here on Sunday. It points to post-poll action in the party after the big defeat in the Lok Sabha contest. Congress also suffered massive reverses in states ruled by it.All eyes are now on Rahul who returns from his thanksgiving trip to Wayanad on Monday. There is uncertainty in…
Punjab minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu Monday met party president Rahul Gandhi in Delhi and apprised him of the “situation” in the state, days after Chief Minister Amarinder Singh divested him of the crucial local government department. “Met the Congress President, handed him my letter, appraised him of the situation !” Sidhu tweeted. The cricketer-turned-politician also posted a picture in which he seen along with RahulGandhi, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and senior leader Ahmed Patel. Sidhu had made attempts to meet Rahul Gandhi last week after he was divested of the local government and tourism and…
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Monday that the Centre and the cadres of the ruling BJP were trying to incite violence in the state and conspiring to bring down her government.She also said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was trying to throttle her voice as she was the only one in the country to protest against them. She said the Centre also had an equal responsibility as the state governments in case any violence or riot took place in any state.”If there is any riot or violence in any state, then the central government cannot shrug off its responsibility,” she said.”This (inciting…
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, who led his Congress party to a stunning victory late last year in assembly polls, will unveil his vision for development on Saturday at the first-ever Intellectuals Meet in mineral-rich Chhattisgarh. Over a hundred intellectuals from Chhattisgarh and outside are scheduled to assemble at Raipur’s premier hotel, Babylon Inn, to hold a round-table discussion on key national and international issues. The mega function will begin at sharp 10.30 am. C Uday Bhaskar- India’s top security expert, will address intellectuals about the security challenges that the country is presently facing internally and externally. Country’s leading media…
In the last week of August 2014, three months after the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office, Rajnath Singh relinquished the post of BJP president. Rajnath became Union home minister, the number two according to official protocol and the mood about the new government was euphoric. Suddenly, news based on an unsubstantiated source put the government, particularly Rajnath, in an awkward position. It was picked up by outlet after outlet until it became a talking point inside the corridors of power. The news pertained to a supposed conversation between Modi and Rajnath’s son Pankaj, now an MLA in Uttar…
Continuing his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the second day of his visit to Wayanad, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said Saturday his Lok Sabha election campaign was filled with “lies, poison and hatred”, but the Congress stood for truth, love and affection. Gandhi, addressing party workers at Kalpetta town in his Lok Sabha constituency after taking out a massive roadshow, said his party would continue to fight Modi, his lies and hatred with love. He also said Modi represents “anger, lies, intolerance and the worst sentiments of the country.” “On the national level, we are fighting poison. Modi’s…