Monday, September 16th, 2019
When Former J&K CM is Under Arrest, Where is the Normalcy?: Owaisi on Farooq Abdullah’s Detention
Condemning the use of PSA against Farooq Abdullah, Asaduddin Owaisi questioned how the former J&K chief minister could be a threat as he had met PM Narendra Modi a day before the abrogation of Article 370. New Delhi: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Centre for reiterating that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is normal as it defended the prohibitory orders in the state before the Supreme Court. “When a former chief minister is under arrest, what normalcy are youRead More
In Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu Region, Political Violence Evokes Memories of a Centuries-old War
The YSRCP-TDP tussle is just the latest chapter in the area’s bloody history where two stepbrothers and kings fought the Mahabharata of their era In the 12th century, two royals and stepbrothers were engaged in a bitter conflict in Palnadu, part of present-day Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district. Before his death, king Anuguraju of the Palanati Kalachuri dynasty had anointed his son Nalagamaraju as his successor and left him to the care of the minister Brahmanaidu. Nalagama’s stepbrother was Malidevaraju, who was married to a princess of the Kalyani branch ofRead More
‘UP Can Look at Rolling Out NRC in Phases’: After Khattar, CM Yogi Bats for Crackdown on ‘Outsiders’
The chief minister’s statements come a day after his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar said NRC would be implemented in the state. New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has called the implementation of National Register of Citizens (NRC) an “important and brave” decision of the government and said the state can look at rolling out the exercise in phases if the need arises. “In the first phase, it has been Assam and the way it is being implemented there, it can be an example for us. Using their experience,Read More