Modi Secularism

The victory of the Kisan movement has wider implications and will bring confidence to all those on the side of justice and the values of democracy and secularism enshrined in our constitution.

Alleging that for the Congress secularism is a "vote-hijacking machine", Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said the BJP is the most secular party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the "icon of our constitutional commitment to secularism"

Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today performed a delicate act over the ongoing farmers' agitation against the new agricultural laws: On one hand, he asked the Narendra Modi government to "protect India's international reputation" by solving the issue earlier. Yet, the Janata Dal Secular leader also asked the protesters to give Defen...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, earlier this week, tweeted birthday greetings to senior Janata Dal Secular leader HD Kumaraswamy. Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddiyurappa, central ministers Pralhad Joshi and Sadananda Gowda, many state ministers, BJP general secretary CT Ravi and MPs Pratap Simha and PC Mohan, also wished the opposition leader. Socia...

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has strongly reacted to Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray regarding reopening of places of worship in the state.

The Shiv Sena, which is ruling Maharashtra with two parties of secular credentials. Is not allowing the power sharing deal affect its core support group. The party has demanded that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray be invited to the event.

My secular friends are going to be angry - or at least upset - with me. My submission is that "Hanuman Bhakt Kejriwal" is the best antidote to the polarising politics of Modi and Amit Shah. It works brilliantly as a counter-strategy to the BJP's politics of Hindutva.

Union Minster Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act does not alter the country's secular credentials and accused opposition parties of spreading "misinformation" on the new law.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today cited the BJP taking 12 out of 15 assembly seats in the Karnataka by-election as proof that people "trusts" the BJP when it comes to political stability. The BJP galloped ahead in the 12 seats in a big boost for Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's four-month-old government, formed after defections from the previous Co...

Farmers' welfare and development will be the main priorities of the Uddhav Thackeray-led coalition government in Maharashtra, leaders of the Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP alliance said in a joint press conference held in Mumbai today, hinting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Bullet train project may have to take the backseat for now.

Janata Dal Secular chief Deve Gowda has said that his party will not ally either with the BJP or the Congress for the Karnataka assembly bypolls in December. His assertion comes amid speculation of the Janata Dal Secular cozying up to the BJP ever since its coalition government with the Congress collapsed on the floor of the state assembly earlier ...

Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) chief HD Deve Gowda had some words of appreciation for Prime Minister Narendra Modi who went plogging on a beach in Tamil Nadu's Mamallapuram on Saturday, ahead of his second round of informal talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

As Houston gave a stirring welcome to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, rolling out the red carpet to a stadium packed with 50,000 members of the Indian community, a senior US lawmaker introduced him to the stage with a speech that included a word of praise for Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.

Shortly after the HD Kumaraswamy government lost the trust vote in the Karnataka assembly, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor compared the developments that led to the ruling coalition's downfall to a past decision by the Narendra Modi government to curb the sale of cattle.

India has rejected the findings of a report on religious freedom published by the US State Department that claimed, among other acerbic allegations, "mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities" continued throughout the year.

The victory of the Kisan movement has wider implications and will bring confidence to all those on the side of justice and the values of democracy and secularism enshrined in our constitution.

Alleging that for the Congress secularism is a "vote-hijacking machine", Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said the BJP is the most secular party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the "icon of our constitutional commitment to secularism"

Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today performed a delicate act over the ongoing farmers' agitation against the new agricultural laws: On one hand, he asked the Narendra Modi government to "protect India's international reputation" by solving the issue earlier. Yet, the Janata Dal Secular leader also asked the protesters to give Defen...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, earlier this week, tweeted birthday greetings to senior Janata Dal Secular leader HD Kumaraswamy. Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddiyurappa, central ministers Pralhad Joshi and Sadananda Gowda, many state ministers, BJP general secretary CT Ravi and MPs Pratap Simha and PC Mohan, also wished the opposition leader. Socia...

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has strongly reacted to Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray regarding reopening of places of worship in the state.

The Shiv Sena, which is ruling Maharashtra with two parties of secular credentials. Is not allowing the power sharing deal affect its core support group. The party has demanded that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray be invited to the event.

My secular friends are going to be angry - or at least upset - with me. My submission is that "Hanuman Bhakt Kejriwal" is the best antidote to the polarising politics of Modi and Amit Shah. It works brilliantly as a counter-strategy to the BJP's politics of Hindutva.

Union Minster Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act does not alter the country's secular credentials and accused opposition parties of spreading "misinformation" on the new law.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today cited the BJP taking 12 out of 15 assembly seats in the Karnataka by-election as proof that people "trusts" the BJP when it comes to political stability. The BJP galloped ahead in the 12 seats in a big boost for Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's four-month-old government, formed after defections from the previous Co...

Farmers' welfare and development will be the main priorities of the Uddhav Thackeray-led coalition government in Maharashtra, leaders of the Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP alliance said in a joint press conference held in Mumbai today, hinting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Bullet train project may have to take the backseat for now.

Janata Dal Secular chief Deve Gowda has said that his party will not ally either with the BJP or the Congress for the Karnataka assembly bypolls in December. His assertion comes amid speculation of the Janata Dal Secular cozying up to the BJP ever since its coalition government with the Congress collapsed on the floor of the state assembly earlier ...

Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) chief HD Deve Gowda had some words of appreciation for Prime Minister Narendra Modi who went plogging on a beach in Tamil Nadu's Mamallapuram on Saturday, ahead of his second round of informal talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

As Houston gave a stirring welcome to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, rolling out the red carpet to a stadium packed with 50,000 members of the Indian community, a senior US lawmaker introduced him to the stage with a speech that included a word of praise for Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.

Shortly after the HD Kumaraswamy government lost the trust vote in the Karnataka assembly, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor compared the developments that led to the ruling coalition's downfall to a past decision by the Narendra Modi government to curb the sale of cattle.

India has rejected the findings of a report on religious freedom published by the US State Department that claimed, among other acerbic allegations, "mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities" continued throughout the year.