Politics
News and views regarding the political landscape of India. From national political parties to regional news, we try and cut through the noise to explain how Indian politics is shaping up.
Tamil Nadu police register FIR against Firstpost columnist Abhijit Majumder over opinion piece on Udhayanidhi Stalin’s anti-Hindu remark: What happened
Earlier in June 2020, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) served a legal notice to Abhijit Majumder for criticising the grand-old party.
‘Women with lipstick and bob-cut hair will reach Parliament’: RJD’s Abdul Bari Siddiqui makes sexist remark on women’s reservation, BJP reacts
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui made a highly sexist remark while opposing the Women's Reservation Bill
I defy you to show me discrimination: S Jaishankar rubbishes claims of institutional prejudice against minorities in India
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"...We have also had a culture of vote banks and there are sections who had in their own eyes a certain privilege…and it's a phenomenon," Jaishankar said during an interaction at the Hudson Institute in the US.
Congress workers attack actress Archana Gautam and her father during their visit to party headquarters. Here is what happened
Archana Gautam's father, is expected to take legal action in Meerut concerning the incident, possibly filing a case today.
ISKCON sends ₹100 crore defamation notice to BJP MP Maneka Gandhi over her ‘ISKCON sells non-dairy cows to butchers’ comment
ISKCON issued a statement describing the accusations as "unfounded" and expressed its "deep pain" at the "defamatory, slanderous, and malicious accusations" made by the BJP leader.
Cauvery water dispute: 44 flights cancelled, 5 protestors taken in custody at Bengaluru airport amid Karnataka bandh by pro-Kannada groups
As many as 44 flights were cancelled to and from Karnataka amid the state-wide bandh on 29 September due to the Cauvery water dispute
“Murderers can go to Canada and take shelter”: Bangladesh extends support to India, slams Canada for refusing to extradite criminals
Bangladesh's Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said that Canada should stop sheltering all the murderers
Bengaluru: Tamil actor Siddharth faces protest, made to leave film promotion amidst Cauvery water dispute with Karnataka
While Siddharth was in the midst of his interaction with the media, a group of men from the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike Swabhimani Sene entered the venue and requested his departure.
Pakistan: Politicians fight on live debate after Nawaz Sharif’s party leader calls Imran Khan ‘Jewish agent’ and ‘bootlicker’
PML-N leader Afnaullah Khan posted on X that although he believed in non-violence, he was a soldier of Nawaz Sharif and that he taught a befitting lesson to PTI's Sher Afzal Khan Marwat.
Dhruv Rathee’s radicalised fans attacked us, broke our car: YouTuber Karolina Goswami and her husband say they were targeted in Europe for fact-checking Rathee
YouTuber Karolina Goswami and her family were attacked by supporters of pro-AAP YouTuber Dhruv Rathee after she fact-checked Rathee