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.
Rajasthan HC stays FIR against BJP leader Amit Malviya for allegedly mocking Raul Gandhi
Amit Malviya was accused of mocking the Congress leaders, in response to a comment made by Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi where she had credited her son Rahul for the successful handling of coronavirus crisis in Bhilwara district.
Yogendra Yadav spreads fake news over MPs’ salary, claims decreased allowance as increased: Read details
As per a government order, the Members of Parliament, who had taken a 30% cut in their salary recently, will now also have to forfeit a total of Rs 21,000 per month from their constituency allowance and office allowance.
Are states like Bengal, Rajasthan and Maharashtra refusing to accept their own migrant workers? Here is what we found
According to sources in the Railways Ministry, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Maharashtra are not giving permission for the trains carrying their own migrant workers back from various states
Coronavirus death rate in West Bengal is highest at over 12%, IMCT concerned over state govt’s lack of transparency
IMCT highlighted how the State claimed to have surveyed 50 lac people but did not provide any evidence for the same to the team.
Rahul Gandhi tried hard for a pro-UPA statement, Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee focused on cash transfer to people to kickstart the economy
Abhijit Banerjee stated that many people are still left out of welfare schemes and for that the governments should take the risk of corruption and misappropriation and just make funds available to local authorities so they can distribute money to the people who need it.
Maharashtra govt files an application in the Supreme Court alleging that Arnab Goswami was “terrorising” the police in his debate
The application avers that the statements made by Arnab Goswami in the debate on his Republic Bharat channel were aimed at "browbeating, terrorising and intimidating the investigating Officer"
On migrant workers, ticket prices and bureaucratic language
And there is absolutely no justification for states asking the so called migrants to pay for tickets back “home.”
After it is clarified that passengers don’t need to pay for Shramik Special train, Sonia Gandhi says Congress will pay, but how?
This offer to pay for the migrants' fare came two days after the Railway Ministry had clarified that the state and central governments are facilitating the movement of migrants through Shramik Special trains.
Fresh FIR registered against journalist Arnab Goswami by Mumbai Police for allegedly spreading hatred against Muslim community
New FIR filed against Arnab Goswami by Mumbai Police for allegedly creating hatred against Muslim community
Once upon a time, Mumbai Police had waited till Eid to arrest Azad Maidan rioters
The Mumbai police had allowed the Muslim youths, accused of rioting in Azad Maidan to celebrate Eid before making an arrest.
