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‘Kamal Nath will be dragged out by collar if he addresses rally in Delhi’: Manjinder Singh Sirsa slams Congress for naming MP CM star campaigner New Delhi: Hours after Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s name appeared in Congress’ star campaigners list for Delhi Assembly polls, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president and Akali Dal leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Wednesday said that Kamal Nath will be dragged out by his collar if he addresses a public rally. Asserting that Nath will not be allowed to campaign in Delhi at any cost, Sirsa told ANI, “We challenge the Congress party that...

As Congress-ruled States Bring in Resolutions Against CAA, Tharoor Terms Move ‘Political Gesture’ Kolkata: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said bringing in resolutions against the CAA is more of a “political gesture” by the states as they hardly have any role in granting citizenships. In an interview to PTI, the lawmaker said in the implementation of the National Population Register (NPR) and the proposed nationwide NRC, the states will have a vital part as it will be their officials who will conduct the exercise because the Centre doesn’t have the required manpower. “That’s more of a political gesture. The citizenship is...

‘If I was not a minister, I would have bid for Air India’: Piyush Goyal Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said if he was not a minister, he would be bidding for Air India, the debt-laden airline government seeks to divest. “If I wasn’t a minister today, I would be bidding for Air India. It has some of the best bilaterals the world over… a well managed and efficient Air India with lot more good aircraft put in using these bilaterals is nothing short of a gold mine to my mind,” Goyal said in Davos, Switzerland, at a session...

If a country wants a National Register of Citizens, why should it be opposed: Rajnath Singh LUCKNOW: No one will be pressured during the enumeration process of the National Population Register (NPR), senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday. “If any government official, during the NPR exercise, asks you for your name, address, date of birth, name of your father, when did you come…you won’t be pressurised to answer. Whatever you reveal will be noted down,” Singh said at a pro-CAA BJP rally in Meerut. Rajnath Singh, also India’s defence minister, reiterated there was no discussion on NRC in...

Amaravati row: Jagan govt hires former AG Mukul Rohatgi to defend three-capital move With its move to develop three state capitals challenged in the Andhra Pradesh High Court by Amaravati farmers, the Jagan Mohan Reddy-led state government has hired senior lawyer and former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to argue its case. The planning department of the state government has earmarked Rs 5 crore for hiring his services and has issued orders for immediate release of Rs 1 crore towards advance. Rohatgi will defend the state government in all the cases relating to Amaravati. Various groups and individuals have filed petitions...

Shivaji’s Raj Mudra & Total Saffron: On Balasaheb’s Birthday, Raj Thackeray Unveils MNS’s New Flag Mumbai: Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday unveiled the new flag of his party, which is saffron in colour and has a Rajmudra in centre. The colour was changed from saffron, blue and green to just saffron, while the Raj mudra in the flag was used during Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj rule. Thackeray began his mega rally by garlanding the picture of Savarkar along with B R Ambedkar, Probodhankar Thackeray and Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The flag launch came on a day when Shiv Sainiks...

Adani Group aims to become world’s largest solar power player by 2025: Gautam Adani Billionaire Gautam Adani on Wednesday said his group is aiming to become the world’s largest solar power company by 2025 and the biggest renewable energy firm? by 2030. In a Linkedin post, the Adani Group chairman said the age of renewable energy has dawned upon the world faster than most could have anticipated. “Our vision is to become the world’s largest solar power company by 2025 and the largest renewable power company by 2030,” he wrote. In 2019, the Adani Group was ranked as the sixth...

‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’: Anil Kumble reacts after PM Modi uses ‘broken jaw’ example to motivate students Former India captain Anil Kumble thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the latter used his example to motivate students ahead of exams. During the ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ event for students getting ready for exams, the Prime Minister asked them to remember Kumble bowling with a broken jaw and also the epic partnership between VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid in the historic Kolkata Test. Taking note of PM Modi’s motivational speech, Kumble thanked the Indian Prime Minister and wrote: “Honoured to have been mentioned in...

The Curious Case of BJP’s Tajinder Singh Bagga, Twitter ‘Troll’ Who Could be Future Neta The Bharatiya Janata Party surprised all — including analysts with its midnight announcement of fielding popular Twitter “troll” and BJP’s Delhi spokesperson Tajinder Singh Bagga as a candidate in the upcoming Delhi elections. Bagga, the 34-year-old Twitter “star” started his career by founding an ultra-nationalist fringe outfit called Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena, an outfit that physically attacks political and ideological opponents such as Prashant Bhushan and Arundhati Roy and participated in disruptions of public events. But why did BJP choose Bagga, whose antics and often problematic...

5G: India will no longer be behind technology curve, says Trai Chief India will no longer be behind the technology curve following the timely launch of fifth-generation or 5G networks, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) chairman Ram Sewak Sharma said on Tuesday. “Now, we have come to a stage where technology develops in India first. With 5G, we will no longer remain behind the technology curve,” Sharma said at the Telecom Summit 2020 organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association (TEMA). But he pointed to challenges like funds scarcity and...