Palaniappan Chidambaram is in jail. On 20/8/2019 Justice Sunil Gaur of Delhi High Court rejected his anticipatory bail application in two cases of corruption and money laundering related to INX Media. The court said it was a classic case of money laundering and Chidambaram is the kingpin i.e., the key conspirator in the case. Later…
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Article 370
President Ram Nath Kovind by using powers granted to him by Article 370 virtually revoked it. Home Minister Amit Shah introduced a Resolution in Rajya Sabha ending Statehood of Jammu & Kashmir and splitting it into two Union Territories: Jammu & Kashmir with Legislative Assembly and Ladakh without Legislative Assembly. The house was not adjourned…
Boris Johnson is UK PM
On 23/7/2019 Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson won leadership of Conservative and Unionist Party. He got 92,153 votes i.e, 66.4%. His rival Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt got 46,656 votes. On 24/7/2019, Wednesday, after answering Prime Minister’s Questions in House of Commons Theresa May met Elizabeth II, Queen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern…
Trump as mediator
On 22/7/2019, Monday, Donald Trump met Imran Khan at White House. Journalists were present. Imran Khan raised the issue of Kashmir. Trump said “I was with Prime Minister Modi two weeks ago. We talked about this subject and he actually said “Would you like to be a mediator or arbitrator?” I said “Where?” He said…
Congress in disarray
Rahul Gandhi announced his resignation as Congress President at CWC meeting on 25/5/2019. On 3/7/2019 he put his resignation in writing and made it public. Many Congress members wanted Rahul Gandhi to withdraw his resignation. He did not agree. He did not want any member of Gandhi family to be President of Congress. That ruled…
India strikes back
On 16/6/2019 28 products from USA came under tariffs or higher customs duty in India. This was in retaliation against American tariffs on Indian aluminium and steel since some months and ending Generalised System of Preferences on 5/6/2019. For too long USA has dictated to India and India has meekly surrendered. Don’t buy oil from…
Rajnath Singh and committees
On 6/6/2019 when an official release was issued about cabinet committees, Rajnath Singh was only on 2 committees –Cabinet Committee on Security and Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs. Amit Shah was on 8 committees. In 16 hours Rajnath Singh was on 4 more committees: Political Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs, Investment and Growth, and Employment and Skill…
Cabinet 2019
On 30/5/2019 at 7 p.m. Narendra Modi took oath as Prime Minister and after him 57 others took oaths as ministers. Swearing-in ended at 9.04 p.m. Some BJP allies got one ministry each. JD(U) refused to be part of cabinet as it did not get more than one ministry. Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj were…
Lok Sabha 2019
On 19/5/2019 seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections ended. TV channels came out with their exit polls. India Today – Axis: NDA 339-365, UPA 77-108, Others 69-95. Republic TV – C Voter: NDA 287, UPA 128, Others 127. News18 – IPSOS: NDA 336, UPA 82, Others 124. Times Now – VMR: NDA 306,…
Iran and oil
USA does not want India to buy oil from Iran. It is India’s right to buy anything from any country. USA threatens sanctions against any country that buys oil from Iran. For long India has succumbed to US pressure. There was plan of Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline. India withdrew to please USA. Oil trade is mostly in…