Punjab panchayat elections marred by violence and criminal influence

Chandigarh: Punjab Panchayat elections were marred by...

Hezbollah drone attack aims Netanyahu’s Caesarea residence

In a statement, the Israel Prime Minister’s...

The unlikely heroes of India’s electric vehicles revolution

Ten years ago, India’s streets were filled...

Abhinandan Mishra

JDU stranded, won’t leave unless pushed out by BJP

‘Many Bihar BJP leaders were never in support of BJP going into an alliance with JDU’.   The Janata Dal United (JDU), which is a part...

I am not an ISI agent: Danish Shah

New Delhi: The Sunday Guardian was able to speak to Shah Mohammad Alam @Danish Shah, who as per a Research and Analysis (R&AW) document submitted by the Finance...

CBI asked to finish probing TMC cases in four months

The Central Bureau of Investigation is likely to question and arrest some high profile leaders belonging to West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress, soon. Some...

BJP will drop many non-performing MLAs in MP

‘Discontent among the voters is spread across several districts, but it is not against the government as such.’   At least 65 sitting BJP MLAs, including...

‘No one can stop BJP from retaining power in MP’

The Congress can never unite in MP, says BJP national vice president Prabhat Jha.   BJP national vice president and Rajya Sabha member Prabhat Jha talked...

PM Modi firm on lateral entry of professionals

This entry of professionals from various fields at the Joint Secretary level will happen in spite of stiff resistance from the country’s powerful IAS...

Air Asia CEO may continue to evade CBI summons

AirAsia chief executive officer Tony Fernandes, who has been named in a first information report (FIR) filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)...

Indian-origin man makes it to Russian Assembly

Originally from Bihar, Abhay Singh was elected to Kursk city Assembly on a ticket of President Putin’s party.   An India-born Russian has created history after...

Bihar Congress set to get new chief

Rahul Gandhi has summoned party’s top state unit leaders for a meeting in this regard on Monday.   Senior Bihar state Congress leaders have been summoned...

Congress hiring strategists for Haryana polls

In the past, too, the Congress has used the services of election specialists, but with mixed results.   The Indian National Congress is in the process...

Canadian intelligence warns of China interference

A report prepared by Canada’s intelligence agency, the “Canadian Security Intelligence Service”, CSIS, has warned its policymakers that China was using its economic ties...

‘Bangla Maoists involved in plan to target PM’

Intelligence agencies are looking at the possibility of a Bangladesh based radical left organisation, “Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party” (PBCP), having links with Indian Maoist...

Bihar BJP wants to go it alone in 2019

BJP leaders from Bihar have conveyed to the party’s central leadership that they are ready to fight the 2019 general elections without ally Janata...

‘Speaking order changed on event morning’

‘The idea was to give the former President the space to express his dissent, in case needed’.   The decision to let former President Pranab Mukherjee...

‘Minority rights are more secure now than ever before’

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi says that the Centre has done more work for the minorities than what previous governments had done in the last six-seven...

Chidambaram FIPB was ‘over-eager’ to clear AirAsia deal

The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), which was directly under the control of the Ministry of Finance, then headed by P. Chidambaram, cleared in...

BJP wooing Sourav Ganguly

The party had apparently offered a ticket to Ganguly for the 2014 general elections.   The Bharatiya Janata Party has stepped up efforts to get Sourav...

Book by MHA officer reveals how UPA manufactured Hindu terror narrative

CBI sat on requests for evidence against Dawood as political quarters, in Chidambaram’s time, were against providing any.   Hindu Terror:  Insider Account of Ministry of...

To counter Modi, Congress identifies 340 seats to play alliance politics

Congress president Rahul Gandhi intends to apply the Karnataka formula to stitch regional alliances in every state to try and prevent the Bharatiya Janata...

DRDO whistle-blowers seek Sitharaman’s intervention

Arun Jaitley had ordered action against two senior scientists in a case in DRDO.   Whistle-blowers and scientists working with the Defence Research and Development Organisation ...

Pakistan deaf to Indian mother’s plea to free jailed son

Fauzia Ansari, the 62-year-old mother of Indian national Hamid Nehal Ansari, who was arrested by ISI after he crossed over to Pakistan from Afghanistan...

‘People with ties to PFI were visiting VP Ansari’s residence’

Intelligence agencies, in 2009, had forwarded specific inputs to the Ministry of Home Affairs about people with close ties to the Kerala based People’s...

Waiting for justice in spy case: Nambi Narayanan

Former ISRO scientist was falsely implicated by IB in 1994 in a spy case.   Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) senior scientist Nambi Narayanan, who...

26/11 investigation shielded Indian hand in the entire case, says former MHA officer

‘After the conviction of Kasab by the Sessions Court, two NAC members were batting for Kasab’s clemency. The whole thing was a collaborative exercise—notwithstanding...

‘Bengal will try to get Mukul Roy arrested’

Roy has accused Mamata Banerjee of political vendetta to ‘restrain him’ since he is aware of ‘every wrong’ that Banerjee has allegedly done.   The West...

BJP is banking on Ujjwala scheme as a vote catcher for 2019

More than 3.51 crore LPG connections have been made in BPL households under this scheme; 1.54 cr beneficiaries are Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.   The...

Rahul yet to register himself for Mansarovar pilgrimage

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who has said that he will embark on a Kailash Mansarovar Yatra after the Karnataka elections, is yet to register...

MEA spent Rs 87 lakh to find the bodies of Indians abducted by IS

Sushma Swaraj, on 20 March, had informed the Rajya Sabha that the deaths of the 39 Indians were confirmed.   The Ministry of External Affairs spent...

India paid Re 1, Pak crores to lawyers in Jadhav case

While the Indian government had to spend only Re 1 as legal fees to save the life of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, the Pakistan...

JDU unhappy with BJP’s ‘unfair’ treatment

‘To balance the unfair treatment, Nitish Kumar is ignoring the BJP when it comes to decisions taken in Bihar’.   Discontent is brewing within the JDU...

Kamal Nath supporters keen on him as CM face

According to sources, Kamal Nath will be giving a free hand to Digvijaya during allocation of tickets.   Supporters of former Union minister and nine-time MP...

Pakistan will file reply on Kulbhushan at ICJ by 17 July

The fate of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was kidnapped by Pakistan’s ISI backed mercenaries from Iran, then declared a RAW agent and sentenced...

Anti BJP parties relying on arithmetic

Anti-BJP parties, led by the Congress, are pushing for a region-wise alliance, which they believe is the only way to stop Prime Minister Narendra...

Amit Shah shifts focus to MP ahead of polls

Has asked state leaders to call all district and block level party presidents to Bhopal where he will meet them.   After getting reports from senior...

Encroachments make life hell for Ghaziabad residents

NEW DELHI: Unauthorised encroachment of the main Vaishali Market in Ghaziabad is causing a lot of inconvenience to the residents and also leading to...

‘Anti-Modi UK group has Maoist, LTTE, Pak links’

The anti-India protests targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the United Kingdom last week, which was organised by an outfit called the South Asia...

Reconstruction of Sita temple starts at her birthplace

The construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya may or may not happen in the near future, but the reconstruction of a grand temple...

Once leaders decided on Hindu terror, babus had to convey it to public: MANI

‘In Nanded blast, CBI found that the accused Bajrang Dal man was not involved with any groups.’   The Sunday Guardian spoke to retired bureaucrat R.V.S....

Tenants suffer even as landlords dodge taxes

As per the official records, average tax payment made by an individual salaried taxpayer was Rs 76,306 in assessment year 2016-17.   Some financial policies of...

Report naming Congress leaders and Dawood not being made public by government

Officials who have seen the content of the N.N. Vohra committee report, and were involved in its preparation, are wondering why the present BJP-led...

‘Bakarwals, Hindus living in harmony, media wrong about us’

The decades old relationship between the Bakarwal Muslim community in Rasana village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district and fellow villagers who are predominantly...

Bank branches’ auditing becomes stringent

It is not just the branch managers and bank officials who are under stress, the auditors too are feeling the pressure.   The auditing of bank...

Shell companies that were struck off seek restoration

In the latter part of last year, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs had struck off around 2.24 lakh companies for remaining inactive for a...

ISI activates Mushtaq Zargar: 154 Pak terrorists operating in Kashmir

Indian security agencies have identified 154 Pakistani terrorists operating out of Kashmir at present and shared their names with Pakistan. These terrorists have been...

Minutes of Prasar Bharti’s meeting still under ‘process’

The minutes and proceedings of an important board meeting of Prasar Bharti (PB), in which India’s public service broadcaster blocked major proposals that it...

ISI wants daring attacks on Indian security forces

The directive follows India’s ‘Operation All Out’ of 2017, in which more than 200 terrorists were eliminated in the Kashmir valley.   Pakistani intelligence agency, the...

I will campaign against BJP across country: Hardik

‘I am not against dynastic politics. I see Rahul Gandhi as Prime Minister-material.’   Patidar leader Hardik Patel spoke to The Sunday Guardian. Excerpts: Q: Saurashtra is...

Speculation rife over Prashant Kishor’s ghar-wapsi to BJP

‘Kishor’s I-PAC is working on a national campaign for a national political party’.   Political strategist Prashant Kishor Pandey and his firm Indian Political Action Committee...

Upset BJP, RSS workers did not work in UP bypolls

‘The workers and ground-based leaders were extremely angry with the ministers and MPs who had forgotten them’.   Resentment against the corrupt bureaucracy at the local...

Official agencies fail to find ‘adverse conclusions’ against Iqbal Mirchi

The investigation into the terror funding and hawala operations of the Dawood Company has hit a dead wall, with the ED failing to arrive...

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