Vijayadharini appointed Mahila Congress secretary

A month after she was removed from the post of Tamil Nadu Mahila Congress chief, party MLA S. Vijayadharani, was on Friday appointed secretary of the All India Mahila Congress. A statement said the decision was made by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. A vocal legislator, Ms. Vijayadharani found herself in a controversy last year after her followers complained to the […]

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Kanhaiya Kumar’s speech: Here are the top 10 quotes

Kanhaiya Kumar in his fiery speech took a dig at PM Modi, the BJP, Smriti Irani and RSS along with emphasizing his stand on wanting “freedom in India, not freedom from India”. JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, after being freed on an interim bail, returned to JNU campus on Thursday night and addressed the gathering with a power-packed speech. WATCH VIDEO: […]

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The list of what’s cheaper & what’s dearer in the Union Budget 2016

  Following is a list of items that will turn costlier: Cars Cigarettes Cigar Tobacco All services like bill payments, eating out, air travel Ready made garments and branded apparel of more than Rs 1,000 Gold and Silver; jewelery articles excluding silver Water including mineral water, aerated water containing added sugar or sweetening matter Goods and services above Rs 2 […]

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Dalit student suicide: Attempt to make it a caste battle malicious, says Smriti Irani

The Central government swung into damage control mode as the suicide of Dalit student Rohith Vemula, research scholar at the University of Hyderabad (UoH), became a raging political controversy on Wednesday. The government and in fact the BJP too appeared anxious to divorce the death from any caste angle, a politically precarious situation for the party. Union Minister for Human […]

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YSR Congress MP arrested for assaulting Air India official

YSR Congress MP Mithun Reddy was arrested at the Chennai airport early morning on Sunday for allegedly assaulting an Air India official last November. The MP was arrested at the airport at 2am on Sunday and later produced in the Srikala court. He had been taken into a 14-day judicial custody in Chittoor. According to reports, a criminal case was registered […]

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