Wednesday, April 24th, 2019
Mamata accuses Modi of using demonetisation to turn black money white and buy votes
On Wednesday, West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using demonetisation to convert huge amounts of black money into white and then spending it to buy votes. She was speaking at a public meeting in Serampore in Hooghly district in support of Trinamool Congress candidates. The allegations Addressing Modi directly, Banerjee said he might have forced notebandi on people, but he could “never buy voters in Bengal”. She said Modi would be removed after the election and that her side would show what a bigRead More
Delhi court stays non-bailable warrants against Kejriwal, Sisodia and Yogendra Yadav
A Delhi court on Wednesday stayed the non-bailable warrants it had issued against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and Yogendra Yadav, president of Swaraj India, after the three failed to appear before it in a criminal defamation case filed in 2013. The order Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal passed the order after lawyers for the three leaders asked for the warrants to be cancelled. The court said it would take up the main matter on April 29. The trial court had earlier summoned theRead More
Tea, sleep, anger and mangoes: PM Modi’s non-political chat with Akshay Kumar
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar interviewed Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a conversation that steered away from politics and focused on Modi’s personal life, habits and childhood. Kumar had earlier shared a short teaser of the interview on Twitter. Childhood and early life Modi said he learnt Hindi while selling tea, by talking to traders from Mumbai who came on goods trains, since he was a Gujarati. As a child he attended RSS camps, where he played many group games; he said such games build team spirit, and he later grewRead More