Washington, April 2 (IANS) Indian Overseas Congress chief, Satyanarayan Pitroda, popularly known as ‘Sam’, on Thursday urged for free education and healthcare for all citizens, alleging that an “industry” has been made out of the two sectors. During an interaction with IANS, Pitroda also called Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, as the “custodian of the idea of India”.Here are some excerpts from the interview:IANS: There is a debate going on in India about whether Muslims should also …
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Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) Trinamool Congress national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday appealed to people to “boycott the BJP” in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, alleging that the party was targeting voters through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Banerjee made the remarks while addressing party workers at a sit-in demonstration at Esplanade in central Kolkata to protest against nearly 60 lakh people being placed in the “under adjudication” cate…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) Two people have been arrested on the charges of illegally detaining two Bangladeshi citizens in the name of getting visas and extorting money in Kolkata, said the police on Tuesday. Officers of Technocity Police Station conducted a raid on a hotel and rescued two Bangladeshis on Monday.Two individuals, including a Bangladeshi citizen, have been arrested. The police have already started interrogating the two arrested.The connection of the arrested Bangladeshi citizen with t…
Bengaluru, Jan 21 (IANS) BJP’s former national general secretary and Legislative Council member C.T. Ravi alleged that the very fact that Excise Minister R.B. Thimmapur has not been removed clearly indicates that corruption by the Excise Minister is taking place under the patronage of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.Speaking to the media at the BJP state headquarters, Jagannath Bhavan, in Bengaluru on Wednesday, Ravi said that corruption in the Excise Department had become public knowledge more th…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra on Saturday launched a sharp attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that she has transformed ‘Sonar Bangla’ (Golden Bengal) into ‘Bhay Bangla’ (Bengal of fear). He also accused her of indulging in what he described as divisive appeasement politics.He further said that the “TMC stands for ‘Tushtikaran’ (appeasement), Mafia, and Crime by infiltrators”.Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters in New…
Bengaluru, Jan 15 (IANS) Karnataka BJP leader Chalavadi Narayanaswamy on Thursday flagged national security concerns over West Bengal-Bengaluru rail connectivity and appealed to Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw over the alleged unchecked movement of Bangladeshis.Narayanaswamy, who is the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, stated in his letter: “I am writing to bring to your immediate attention a matter of grave concern regarding the potential compromise of nationa…
Mumbai, Jan 7 (IANS) In a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections, NCP leader Nawab Malik on Wednesday accused the party of targeting the Muslim community under the pretext of identifying Bangladeshis.Taking a dig at the Mumbai BJP chief Amit Satam, who claimed a rise in illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators in areas like Malvani, Kurla, and Mankhurd-Shivajinagar, Malik said, “Before speaking on Bangladeshi infiltration, first send …
Mumbai, Jan 7 (IANS) Amid ongoing BMC polls, Mumbai BJP president Ameet Satam on Wednesday raised concerns over a particular community’s “silent demographic and cultural invasion” in the city, saying that it is a planned modus operandi involving illegal encroachments, infiltration, and vote-bank politics.He further targeted Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray, questioning how many Bangladeshis and Rohingya infiltrators were settled in Mumbai by a minister who served in Uddhav’s cabinet.”Demogra…
Bengaluru, Jan 7 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday has taken up a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) questioning the demolition of residential structures near Kogilu Layout in Bengaluru that were built on government land. The petitioners, Jabia Tabassum and others, whose houses were demolished, claimed that around 3,000 people had been residing in the area for nearly 28 years and were rendered homeless following the demolition carried out by the Congress-led government in Wasim Layout a…
Bengaluru, Jan 5 (IANS) The Karnataka BJP on Monday staged a large-scale protest at Kogilu Cross in Bengaluru, condemning the Congress-led government’s move to rehabilitate encroachers on government land following the intervention of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).The BJP leaders asserted that the land belongs to Kannadigas and declared that they would not allow it to be handed over to Bangladeshis.Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka, Leader of the Opposition in the Legis…