Three years ago in 2014, Narendra Modi was the technicolour TV spectacle, evoking awe. He was Hindu Hriday Samrat and Development Man rolled into one. He spearheaded an electoral blitzkrieg that flattened his opponents, stunned onlookers and gave birth to thousands of bhakts. The Modi fan club easily rivalled the adoring cults surrounding superstars Rajnikant […]
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Congress President Rahul Gandhi Interview with National Herald
Congress President Rahul Gandhi talk about his vision for the country and the Congress Party in his first interview as Congress President. #RahulGandhiNHInterview
Gujarat election results: No better time for Congress to reanalyse policies, politics | Manish Tewari
The results of the Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat elections are not a shocker to say the least. Himachal Pradesh has stuck to the cyclical trend of the Congress and the BJP sequentially rotating in and out of government since 1990. In Gujarat the Congress has certainly delivered its best-ever performance since 1990. There cannot be […]
BJP has not won but lost UP civic polls, shows EC data
If we set aside the seats on which voting was done through EVMs, BJP’s victory is limited to only 12-17 per cent. The independent and opposition candidates have given them stiff competition BJP has won the Uttar Pradesh civic polls by a thumping majority. Is it true? No, absolutely not. This is a lie which […]
BATTLE FOR GUJARAT: BJP IS WINNING ELECTION, LOSING NARRATIVE
It may be coincidental, but it is perhaps only appropriate that the Gujarat elections are being held in the week of the 25th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition. The BJP, after all, hasn’t lost a single election in Gujarat over this period and the rath yatra, which led to the Babri Masjid’s destruction, rolled […]
Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s company got greenfield Vijaydurg port without tender for 50 years
Mumbai Maritime Board, on a BOOST basis, gave the project to Asianet chairman’s Hindustan Infrastructure Projects & Engineering, despite never having built a port before BJP-backed Rajya Sabha MP and Asianet News Channel chairman Rajeev Chandrasekhar-helmed company Hindustan Infrastructure Projects & Engineering Pvt. Ltd’s (HIPEPL) proposal to develop and operate an all-weather port at Vijaydurg […]
Modi and Erdoğan: strong leaders putting their democracies in peril
At the beginning of May, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s first post-referendum foreign visit was to meet India’s prime minister Narendra Modi. Despite Erdoğan’s controversial pro-Pakistan statement just before the trip, the pair were pictured sharing friendly hugs as they vowed to tackle terrorism and extend economic relations. As they did so, it was hard not to notice the similarities between the […]
Explosive revelation in Judge Loya’s mysterious death, batch-mate says he was under pressure from Justice Mohit Shah
In a sensational twist to the mysterious death of judge Brijmohan Loya, one of his former batch-mates has revealed that his friend was under tremendous pressure from the former chief justice of Bombay High Court, Justice Mohit Shah. Judge Loya, who was presiding over the fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati, […]
PM Modi violates poll code: public apology demanded
Rajput and Patidar community leaders are said to have demanded a public apology from the Prime Minister for inciting communities in a campaign speech in Gujarat Social media on Friday came alive with a video in which a Gohiwad Rajput Samaj leader in Gujarat is heard demanding a public apology from the Prime Minister for trying to […]
BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar declared assets worth ₹35 crore, hid ₹640 crore investment
he Asianet Chairman mentions only four companies in his election affidavit, does not mention Jupiter Capital, which has investments in Republic Television, Indigo 91.9 FM and Niramaaya Retreats Subverting Modi’s own claim of transparent politics, BJP-backed Rajya Sabha MP and Asianet and Republic TV chairman Rajeev Chandrasekhar has been found to have filed false information […]