New Delhi: The Council of Ministers, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nirmala Sitharaman, will resume work at their Ministries tomorrow (Apr.13), a day before the end of the lockdown to contain the spread of the novel Coronavirus, sources said last evening. Senior officials entitled to official…
The bad BJP faces the good BJP
February 11, 2020By T.J.S. George Power makes small people smaller. When the wheel of history turned and BJP became the ruling party, many of its adherents saw India exclusively as Bharat, their inheritance to play with. The tactically wise among them spoke in moderate terms even as they pushed their agenda forward. Prime Minister Modi, for example,…
J.P. Nadda takes over as BJP Chief from Amit Shah
January 21, 2020New Delhi: J.P. Nadda took over as BJP President yesterday, a responsibility he shared with Home Minister Amit Shah for nearly a year. Nadda, considered number three in the ruling party after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, was elected unopposed since he was the only candidate. Nadda’s name was proposed by ex-Chiefs and…
CM B.S. Yediyurappa receives Amit Shah in Bengaluru
January 18, 2020Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Police have made elaborate security arrangements at Palace Grounds, where Union Home Minister Amit Shah is attending an event today. Shah arrived at the HAL Airport this morning and was received by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, his cabinet colleagues and party leaders. Over 1,400 policemen have been deployed for bandobast. Shah is…
Citizen Mr. India
December 13, 2019Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, passed the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill. I was listening to the proceedings till it was put to vote. My interest was specially in listening to P. Chidambaram, who was there fresh from Tihar Jail and Kapil Sibal, the legal eagle of the Congress party. Due to a diversion,…
Former top Cop Vijay Kumar appointed as Security Advisor to Centre
December 7, 2019New Delhi: Former IPS officer from Tamil Nadu, who played a key role in the killing of Forest Brigand Veerappan in 2004 who had become a headache for Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Governments for years, has been appointed as a Security Advisor to the Government of India. Union Home Minister Amit Shah issued the appointment…
Do not take us for granted
October 31, 2019By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Indian democracy is still alive and kicking. The recent elections to the two States of Maharashtra and Haryana have proved it. All the exit polls had virtually written off Congress, ncp and other parties in these two States. All have to eat the humble pie as their calculations…
Rewriting Indian History
October 28, 2019Losers were no cowards. Time has come to redeem India’s past history Amit Shah, Union Home Minister and BJP National President, speaking at a seminar on Skandagupta Vikramaditya, the 5th Century AD Emperor, held at Banaras Hindu University recently, had said that there was a need to rewrite the Indian History as it was. He…
Stage set for Nationwide NRC, says Amit Shah
October 19, 2019Detention Centre comes up at Sondekoppa in Nelamangala near Bengaluru New Delhi: In an indication that the ruling BJP has started work behind the scenes for the Nationwide roll-out of National Register of Citizens (NRC), Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Detention Centres are being constructed all over the country as the Government is “preparing…
BSY meets Amit Shah
September 22, 2019New Delhi: With the disqualified Karnataka legislators expressing concern about their future with the Election Commission announcing the by-poll schedule for 15 Assembly segments of the State, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) met BJP National President and Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the latter’s residence here this morning. Yediyurappa was accompanied by his deputies…
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