Politics

UP Assembly Elections 2017: Are stock markets betting on a BJP win in Uttar Pradesh elections?

Out of the 690 seats at stake in states going to assembly polls 2017 -- Uttar Pradesh (UP), Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Punjab – UP alone has 403 Assembly seats, which is about 60% of total seats

Jan 31, 2017

Donald Trump fires acting US Attorney General Sally Yates

US President Donald Trump sacked the federal governments top lawyer Sally Yates after she criticised his executive order banning refugees and citizens from seven Muslim-majority nations. Yates said late on Monday (30 January) that the Department of Justice would not defend Trumps directive in court, which resulted in her being relieved of her position.

Jan 31, 2017

UP Elections 2017: Samajwadi Party Govt moved court seeking withdrawal of 19 criminal cases against its leaders over the past 5 years

The alleged cases cover several crimes such as rioting, fraud, kidnapping, extortion and also culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Jan 31, 2017

India news live updates: Honda recalls 41,580 units of Accord, Civic and Jazz models to rectify faulty airbags

The had demanded and accepted bribe worth Rs 5 lakh.

Jan 31, 2017

US President Donald Trump fires Attorney General Sally Yates over her defiance of immigration ban

Sally Yates had, in a letter to top lawyers in the Department of Justice, refused to defend the immigration ban brought by Trump.

Jan 31, 2017

Thousands protest outside Downing Street against Donald Trumps travel ban

A vast crowd of protesters gathered outside Downing Street to voice their opposition against Donald Trumps controversial Muslim travel ban.

Jan 31, 2017

Prime Minister Theresa May booed and called facist over Donald Trump invitation

Prime Minister Theresa May was booed and shouted at as she departed the Joint Ministerial Committee on Brexit in Cardiff on 30 January. The Prime Minister extended an invitation for a State Visit to Donald Trump when she visited Washington on 27 January, the same day the President of America signed an executive order barring people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the US for 90 days. A petition requesting the invitation be rescinded has reached over one million signatures.

Jan 30, 2017

Theresa May will never walk alone...the shade of Neville Chamberlain strides with her

British PM from 1937 to 1940, Chamberlain became known for his policy of appeasing Adolf Hitler and looking for peace, as the drums of war were already playing Deutschlandlied on the borders of Poland

Jan 30, 2017

No jobs in Bengal: Over 25 lakh people, including many highly educated, apply for just 6,000 Group D vacancies

The figures revealed the state of employment in the state even as authorities ignored the reality.

Jan 30, 2017

Democrat Senator Chuck Schumers teary-eyed speech condemning Trumps immigration ban

US Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer gave an emotional speech demanding President Donald Trump reverse an executive order targeting immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Schumer, the senior Democrat in the Republican-controlled Senate, said his party would fight to overturn the policy.

Jan 30, 2017

Reince Priebus insists Trump administration will apologise for nothing after travel ban

Donald Trump signed an executive order on 27 January imposing a temporary travel ban from seven predominantly Muslim countries. This led to condemnation from around the world, and numerous protests at airports across the United States.

Jan 30, 2017

Protests erupt across US after Donald Trump signs immigration order

Thousands of people have been protesting to voice their outrage over President Donald Trumps executive order restricting entry into the country for travellers from seven Muslim-majority nations.

Jan 30, 2017

Rahul Gandhi defamation case adjourned till March 3

Rahul Gandhi had accused the RSS of assassinating Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.

Jan 30, 2017

UP BJP MLA Suresh Rana clarifies after making controversial 'curfew' remark

Rana had said there would be curfew in Kairana, Deoband and Moradabad if he wins in the upcoming UP Assembly elections.

Jan 30, 2017

Mulayam says won't campaign for SP in UP elections: Were his presidential dreams dashed by Akhilesh's PM ambitions?

Mulayam Singh Yadav has also said he is against the SP-Congress alliance that will fight the UP Assembly elections.

Jan 30, 2017