Ahilyanagar, July 22 (IANS) Veteran social activist Anna Hazare has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fix ministerial accountability and engage in constructive dialogue with youth and environmental activist Sonam Wangchuk regarding recurring national examination leaks and student grievances. In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, Hazare emphasised that enforcing accountability and accepting the resignation of a concerned minister over systemic irregularities would demonstrate administr…
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Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), July 18 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday urged the Centre to hold talks with climate activist Sonam Wangchuk after the latter was admitted to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital following deterioration in his health, resulting from 20 days of hunger strike.Speaking to reporters, Hazare said: “There should be an understanding; the problem can be solved only through dialogue and mutual understanding.””As far as possible, attempts must be made to solve the issue by h…
Mumbai, July 18 (IANS) The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) on Saturday came down heavily on the central government for allegedly ignoring and defaming climate activist Sonam Wangchuk.In an editorial published in the party mouthpiece Saamana, it said Wangchuk, along with a student named Neha, has been on a hunger strike at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar for the past 21 days, demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the widespread NEET-UG question paper leak scandal.Th…
Mumbai, July 16 (IANS) Actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee has strongly criticised comedian Kunal Kamra after his appearance at activist Sonam Wangchuk’s ongoing protest.She has also accused him of using the movement to further his own agenda, and said he should make Sonam Wangchuk break his fast, and sit on one himself instead.Reacting to the controversy, Devoleena shared a strongly worded post on X (formerly Twitter). She wrote that this was a classic case of “washing hands in the flowing Ganges,”…
Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Monday launched a blistering attack on the Central government over its “callous silence” regarding the rapidly deteriorating health of innovator and activist Sonam Wangchuk.In a scathing editorial in the party’s mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, the Thackeray faction demanded the immediate resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the massive NEET-UG examination scam and called for a nationwide youth mobilisation …
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) Bringing the curtains down on one of Maharashtra’s longest-running and most politically sensitive criminal cases, a special CBI court in Mumbai on Saturday acquitted all eight accused in the 2006 murder of senior Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar and his driver Samad Abdul Wahid Kazi, citing lack of evidence.Among those acquitted was former Maharashtra Home Minister and ex-NCP MP Padamsinh Patil, 86, who was alleged by the CBI to be the key conspirator behind the killing…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Meenakshi Natarajan, currently in news over the rejection of her nomination as Congress candidate for Rajya Sabha election in Madhya Pradesh scheduled for June 18, has earlier, too, made headlines, though she prefers to remain in the background as an aide to party leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi. Political temperatures rose on Tuesday after her nomination was rejected during scrutiny, with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav alleging Congres…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Financial scams — chit funds, Ponzi schemes — have victims who lose their savings, but when a political movement built on honesty and hope begins to crumble, the loss is far deeper. Because what is taken away is not just wealth, but trust in the very idea of change. Politics, at its best, is supposed to be different. It is not meant to serve. That is why the rise of the India Against Corruption movement in 2011 felt like a turning point. The country was weary. The UP…
Ahilyanagar (Maharashtra), April 26 (IANS) In light of politicians changing parties after election victories, veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Sunday called for the introduction and implementation of legislation that would prohibit leaders elected under the banner of a specific political party from defecting. He also urged the public to deliberate thoughtfully before voting for a particular leader.His response came in the wake of a significant political upheaval triggered by the defection …
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Bansuri Swaraj on Saturday launched a blistering attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its Chief Arvind Kejriwal, criticising the AAP supremo of adopting “double standards” by leading luxurious lifestyle while promising the opposite to the people.She also alleged that “ideological bankruptcy” is now visible in the AAP since few of its founding members have now quit the party.Addressing the press after seven AAP Rajya Sabha MPs merged w…