View Articles

Howsoever hard Prime Minister Narendra Modi may try to construct Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, there appears to be no possibility of the temple coming up before 2019 Lok Sabha elections. That was why the PM has stated that the government would abide by the Supreme Court’s verdict. Meanwhile, the hearing of the apex court is being extended on one pretext or other.

In his maiden budget, Piyush Goyal has turned into a Father Christmas on February 1.

Rough sleeping rose in most major cities in England last year, government figures revealed on Thursday, with thousands left to languish on the streets as temperatures drop below zero. The findings by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) showed that more than 4,600 people slept on the streets on any given night last autumn – up 165 per cent since records began in 2010.

The North-East is boiling with people there on the streets protesting over the ill-thought out amendment to the Citizenship Act. It is not just the people of north-eastern states but all the democratic and secular minded people of India are genuinely concerned at the way the amendment was brought about which goes against the basic spirit of our Constitution.

LUCKNOW: BJP-RSS and other organisations are working day and night to retain 71 seats won by the party in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. BJP and Sangh Parivar are working to take on the alliance of SP and BSP on one hand and resurgent Congress with the arrival of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on the other.

They provide food for thousands of children every day in the schools. For this they receive a wage ofRs.1250 per month; or, Rs.42 per day. Unbelievable! In this day and age! But this is the reality of Nitish Kumar’s Bihar.

Prime Minister and RSS veteran Narendra Modi has fought many a political battles in his long career but on the eve of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he is facing a big onslaught from the opposition parties, especially the president of the rejuvenated Congress Party Rahul Gandhi on the major economic issues facing the nation, mainly the poor including those living in rural areas.

The Times Now-VMR ‘Tracker Poll’ telecast Wednesday evening projects NDA will get 252 Lok Sabha seats ‘if elections are held today’. The UPA led by Congress will get 147 and ‘Others’ 144. Notably, SP-BSP gathbandhan can hope to notch up 51 of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh; BJP will have to settle for 27 and the Congress will be in single digits. The setback for the NDA, says the opinion poll, will be offset by a near sweep in Maharashtra and creditable showings in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Odisha.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi sounding the poll bugle during their visits to Kerala, political mercury has soared in the state.

BHOPAL: Former BJP chief minister Babulal Gaur, who had stirred a controversy last week by disclosing that he has been offered a Lok Sabha ticket by Congress and he may even consider the offer, has been silenced by the central leadership of the party. Gaur was summoned to the party headquarters by none less than national general secretary Ram Lal and asked to keep quiet and follow the party line.