Author: News Analysis India

YouTube TV must be feeling a crunch from its recent price increase that raised the streaming TV service’s monthly subscription to $50. For “a limited time only,” YouTube TV is offering a two-week free trial instead of the usual one-week duration. Droid Life spotted the longer-than-usual free trial. Sadly (but predictably), this is only for new customers and won’t do you much good if you’ve already tried and canceled YouTube TV. The fine print reveals that this promo will run from today until August 14th. There are a number of other YouTube TV trial “deals” happening — particularly if you’re a Verizon Wireless or…

Home minister Amit Shah on Friday took a swipe at Digvijaya Singh in the Rajya Sabha saying the Congress leader is angry and it is natural as he just lost the elections.Shah was responding to Digvijaya Singh’s comment where he said the Congress doubted BJP’s intent on the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019.The Rajya Sabha passed the amendment bill to ban individuals as terrorists.The home minister said, “In three cases of the NIA, no one was punished and I will tell you why. Because earlier in these cases political vendetta was done and attempt was made to link a particular religion to terror.”Earlier, Digvijaya Singh had…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today credited the BJP’s winning streak in elections in Tripura to “the power of development politics”, and asked party workers in other states to learn from the “Karyakartas” of the north-east state after the party won the panchayat elections. “Tripura’s faith in BJP remains unwavering! I thank the people of the state for blessing the party in the Panchayat Elections across the state. The transformative work in Tripura’s rural areas is positively impacting many lives. Kudos to the local unit for the hardwork!” PM Modi tweeted this morning. The 25-year rule of the Left in Tripura under four-time…

A delegation of Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) Chhattisgarh had a courtesy call on Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and thanked him for reduction of Collector Guideline by 30 per cent. While expressing gratitude for the decision taken in favour of the people, the visiting members led by CREDAI President Ravi Fatnani also apprised the Chief Minister on their views on several issues like increase in registry fee, excessive delay in layout approval and diversion cases. They were also grateful to Chief Minister for reduction in recently increased registration fee of 4 per cent to 2 per cent…

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel citing the benefits of meeting people in Jan-chaupal said it helps in knowing how administration is working across the state. “I am apprised working of all the departments and it assists me in taking action to bring them on right track”, he said. Baghel was talking to a section of media persons here at his official residence on Wednesday during the Jan-Chaupal programme. Stating that he meets people from, all walks of life, he said some people come with their personal problems while some other come with the grievances of their respective villages. Talking about the…

Union minister of women and child development Smriti Irani, a first-time member of the Lok Sabha, has been allotted a coveted front-row seat in the Lok Sabha, which has witnessed among the biggest changes in terms of seating arrangement with six parliamentarians who were front benchers in the last LS not returning to the house. Irani, a senior minister of the NDA government, defeated Rahul Gandhi from his family bastion of Amethi in one of the most hotly-contested battles in the recent national election. A two-time Rajya Sabha member, Irani has also held portfolios such as human resource development, information…

The season of defections has started in Maharashtra, two months ahead of the assembly polls. On Tuesday, four opposition legislators including three from the Nationalist Congress party (NCP) and one from the Congress joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a function organised by the party in Mumbai. This is being seen as one of the first such functions that the BJP might end up hosting over the next two months as the inflow from the opposition camp continues until the eve of the polls. Water resources minister Girish Mahajan glibly told reporters a day earlier that as many as fifty opposition…

President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the Triple Talaq Bill passed by Parliament, turning it into a law which makes the practice of instant divorce among Muslims a punishable offence, a government notification said.The gazette notification, published on Wednesday, says the president has given assent to the bill passed by Parliament. The Act will replace an ordinance promulgated on February 21 this year to the same effect.The new law — The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 — makes talaq-e-biddat or any other similar form of talaq having the effect of instantaneous and irrevocable divorce pronounced by a Muslim husband void…

Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “betraying the people who voted for an independent and hassle-free economy.” His comments came shortly after Cafe Coffee Dday founder VG Siddhartha’s body was found in the Netravati river in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. Siddhartha, who disappeared on his way to Mangaluru from Bengaluru in Karnataka, had said in a letter a few days ago he felt harassed when the Income Tax Department attached “our shares on two separate occasions to block our Mindtree deal and then taking position of our Coffee Day shares, although revised returns have…

Amidst a growing discomfiture within its ranks, the Congress may appoint an interim chief later this week to shepherd the party in the run-up to the formal election for the president’s post. In an informal discussion with party leaders in Parliament on Tuesday, Rahul Gandhi insisted that the decision on the alternative arrangement after his resignation from the president’s post be expedited. Gandhi, however, categorically turned down any suggestions to appoint anyone from the family, including his sister Priyanka Gandhi, as party chief. “An interim in-charge or president may be announced and the person may take charge later this week.…