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Govt re-examining colonial-era sedition law: Centre to SC

May 2, 2023

The Supreme Court on Monday deferred hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the sedition law after the Centre said it is at an advanced stage of consultation on reexamining the colonial-era penal provision. A bench of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice J B Pardiwala noted the submission of...

Afzal Ansari disqualified from Lok Sabha after conviction

May 2, 2023

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Afzal Ansari was on Monday disqualified from the Lok Sabha, pertaining to his conviction by the MP/MLA Court, Ghazipur in a kidnapping and murder case. Afzal Ansari is the brother of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and represented the Ghazipur constituency. “Consequent upon his conviction by the...

SC can directly grant divorce, and without six-month wait

May 2, 2023

The Supreme Court said on Monday it has the discretion of exercising the plenary power it commands under Article 142 of the Constitution to dissolve a marriage on the ground of “irretrievable breakdown”, and the authority to dispense with the 6-month waiting period mandated under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955...

BJP pushes ideological battle in Karnataka; promises UCC, NRC

May 2, 2023

For the first time since the Assam assembly polls in 2021, the issue of National Register of Citizens (NRC) has made a return to the BJP election manifesto for any state as the BJP on Monday promised to implement it in Karnataka to ensure deportation of “all illegal immigrants” if...

This election is not about you: Rahul hits out at PM

May 2, 2023

Hitting out at the Prime Minister over his charge that he was "abused 91 times", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said Narendra Modi should understand that the Karnataka election was not about him. Asking the Prime Minister to speak about the BJP government's work and future programmes for Karnataka,...

Amit Shah claims BJP ended 4 per cent Muslim quota

May 2, 2023

Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister, launched a massive roadshow here on Monday to solicit support from the public before the Karnataka Assembly elections on 10 May. He waved at a sizable, enthusiastic throng along the route. Shah, standing on a specially designed vehicle accompanied by Tumakur Member of Parliament...

BJP will not make Lingayat CM anyway, claims Kumaraswamy

May 2, 2023

Former Karnataka CM and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy said on Monday that the BJP "will not make" a Chief Minister from the Lingayat community "at any cost" in the state. Kumaraswamy made these remarks while campaigning for party candidate Hanumanta Mavinamara in Badami town. I have said this before; the...

BJP’s JP Nadda holds roadshow in Bengaluru

May 2, 2023

Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Monday held a roadshow in Karnataka's Bengaluru as part of the BJP's mass outreach campaign ahead of the state Assembly polls on 10 May. A large number of BJP supporters surrounded JP Nadda's procession. People also showered flowers and waved BJP flags...

PM Modi, UP CM to campaign in coastal Karnataka

May 2, 2023

n the upcoming days, Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will both campaign in the twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. Uday Kumar Shetty, the BJP's election in-charge for the Mangaluru section, informed the media in Udupi on Monday that the Prime...

‘JhootLoot Moneyfesto’…this is how Cong mocks at BJP manifesto

May 2, 2023

On Monday, the Congress referred to the BJP's manifesto for Karnataka as "bogus" and a "JhootLoot BJP Moneyfesto" and asserted that people will vote out the party. In its manifesto for the 10 May assembly polls released on Monday, the ruling BJP promised to implement the Uniform Civil Code and...

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