Former Cricketer Gautam Gambhir joins BJP

Former cricketer Gautam Gambhir has joined the BJP (Bhartiya Janta Party). He is expected to be fielded by the party in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from one of the 7 seats in Delhi. He joined the party in Delhi ..

BJP releases first list of 184 candidates for Lok Sabha Polls

BJP had released its first list of 184 candidates for ensuing Lok Sabha polls covering 20 states. PM Narendra Modi will contest  Lok Sabha elections again from Varanasi seat while BJP president Amit Shah will fight from Gandhinagar in Gujarat ..

P Chidambaram authors book ‘Undaunted: Saving Idea of India’

The book titled ‘Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India’ has been authored by former finance minister P Chidambaram, which was recently released by former vice president Hamid Ansari. The book claimed that fear rules the country today and there is ..

Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh awarded Bharat Ratna

On 26th January 2019, President Ramnath Kovind conferred the Bharat Ratna, the nation’s highest civilian honour, on former President Pranab Mukherjee, along with social activist Nanaji Deshmukh (posthumous), and Assamese musician Bhupen Hazarika (posthumous). Nanaji Deshmukh was a senior RSS ..

India ranked at 41st at 11th edition of EIU Democracy Index 2018

India has been ranked at 41st at the 11th edition of EIU Democracy Index 2018, which provides a snapshot of the state of world democracy for 165 independent states and two territories. The report explaining the index titled ‘Democracy 2018: ..

Varun Gandhi authors “A Rural Manifesto – Realising India’s Future through her Villages”

The book “A Rural Manifesto – Realising India’s Future through her Villages” has been authored by BJP MP Varun Gandhi. In it, he suggested solutions to address the concerns of rural India. The book seeks to open a national conversation ..

Swati Chaturvedi wins 2018 London Press Freedom Award for Courage

Swati Chaturvedi, an Indian freelance journalist, has won the 2018 London Press Freedom Award for Courage for her work in exposing the “IT cell” within the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for keeping an army of angry trolls. She beat ..

Ananth Kumar, senior BJP leader, passes away

Ananth Kumar (59), the senior BJP leader , has recently passed away in Bengaluru on November 12th, 2018. He was in charge of two key ministries – serving as Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers since May 2014 and as ..