Helpless Cong- NCP Join Hands

Facing the onslaughts of Bharatiya Janata Party through extensive poaching of its ranks and file, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress have joined hands for the ensuing Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections. Both the parties will contest 125 seats each in next month's elections. NCP chief Sharad Pawar made the announcement on Monday.Pawar announced that the seat-sharing pact between Congress and and his 20-year-old party has been finalised. As per the arrangement, 38 seats will be left for allies to contest, he tweeted. Maharashtra...

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Fingers Crossed on Karnataka

Fingers are crossed on what will happen in Karnataka elections that has witnessed intense drama and intrigue. Both Bharatiya Janata Party and ruling party in the State Congress indulged in a no holds barred fight leveling acquisition after acquisition on each other. As the state prepares for tomorrow's assembly polls, the Election Commission has issued guidelines to political parties and media for strict compliance with the Model code of conduct till the election is over. The Election Commission has also imposed the ban on public opinion programmes...

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Gold Slips Below Rs 32,000 on low Demand

The prices of gold is experiencing downward train in a country like India that is obsessed with the precious metal. Gold prices fell by 20 rupees to 31,980 rupees per 10 grams at the bullion market today on easing demand from local jewellers along with subdued global cues, extending its fall for the third straight day. However, silver recovered by 100 rupees to 40,300 rupees per kg on scattered enquiries from industrial units. Traders said, besides the fall in demand from local jewellers and retailers at the domestic spot market, a weak trend...

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Data leak: India to Continue Probe Despite Cambridge Analytica Closure

The government will continue with its enquiry into the Cambridge Analytica data leak issue despite the firm announcing closure of business.  Sources said, the ongoing probe will continue as the liability of the company existed prior to the closure announcement.  The UK based data analytics and political consulting firm has been under fire in various countries for allegedly harvesting data from almost 87 million Facebook users and leveraging them for political campaigns. The government had issued notices to both Facebook and Cambridge...

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Congress Allowed Loot of Banks : PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused the successive Congress governments at the Centre of allowing a handful of people to loot banks while denying loans to poor.  Begining his election campaign in Karnataka, Modi addressed several public rallies. He said, despite the nationalisation of banks poor remained out of the banking system until his government started helming the country.  Modi said, there was a time when the poor had no bank accounts, they could not even think of going to a bank. He said, the poor were out of economic mainstream...

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Karnataka Election : Amit Shah Ups the Ante

Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah has established himself as a fearsome strategist not for nothing. He comes with newer moves and counter moves with every poll. It is as if he especially relishes the electoral battles that bring to forth his unfathomable mastery in the poll strategies. The newest salvo comes as he slough it out in the scorching sun of Karnataka. Shah has said that his  party will give account for the money spent during the 2019 election to  the Lok Sabha.  "NDA Government led by Prime Minister Narendra ...

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Baseless : Says SC on Plea to Probe Judge Loya's death

The Supreme Court today dismissed a batch of petitions seeking an independent probe into the alleged mysterious death of special CBI judge BH Loya. A bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, said there is no reason to doubt the statements of judges accompanying Justice Loya that the death was due to a natural cause.Holding that there was absolutely no merit in the petitions, the bench said, attempts were made to scandalize the judiciary by...

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