Happy New Year Mitron!

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address the nation this evening, and according to reports, is expected to spell out the post-demonetisation roadmap.

This will be his second address to the nation since his announcement to scrap 1,000 and 500 rupees notes on November 8.

While announcing the landmark decision, he had asked the people to give 50 days for demonetisation and getting accustomed to a cashless economy. @pgurus

Angry Bird leaves the Nest.

The ruling Samajwadi Party seemed to hurtle towards a split just before assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh after Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav defiantly released a list of candidates for seats already allotted by his father and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to others on Thursday night. His list of 235 candidates includes several party leaders who are close to Akhilesh and who did not make it to the party's official list announced a day before by Mulayam Singh Yadav. The rebels said they have been asked by the chief minister to go back to their constituencies and prepare to contest the elections. @pgurus

Is there a reservation quota for corruption?

The BSP chief had insulted Dalits,  BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad in a swift counter-attack. "Will your corruption be hidden in the name of Dalits?" said, also asking whether the huge amount of money deposited in her party's bank account was a "money conversion exercise."

Sources in the Enforcement Directorate have said that around 104 crores were deposited in a Union Bank account belonging to the BSP in the seven weeks since PM Modi banned 500 and 1,000-rupee notes to combat corruption and black money. At the same bank, 1.43 crores were reportedly deposited in the account of Ms Mayawati's brother, Anand Kumar, sources said. @pgurus

Only Dr Swamy can teach this kid a lesson...

The Metropolitan Magistrate on Monday dismissed BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s petition to seek documents from government departments and the Congress in the National Herald case. 

However, the Court asked Swamy to file the list of witnesses and gave him opportunity to file “appropriate” petition for summoning documents again during the trial, while terming his dismissed petition as “fishing inquiry” and trying to widen the scope of the case. @PGurus 

How to get TRP

Rahul Gandhi is apparently copying Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal’s political style. A month after Kejriwal made sensational bribe allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi Assembly, Rahul made the same allegation today in Mehsana, Gujarat. Rahul claimed that PM Modi received Rs 40 crore as bribe from the Sahara group over a period of six months.

Rahul’s allegation against Modi looks more like a political gimmick as he has not tried to approach any court on the issue for action against the PM. @PGurus 

Jallikattu In Tripura

The Tripura Assembly on Monday witnessed a bizarre scene during the house proceedings as a TMC legislator ran away with the Speaker's mace, stalling legislative business.

The incident occurred while the members were debating heatedly about the alleged "womanising" issue involving ruling CPI-M leaders.

The Congress and Trinamool Congress legislators had approached the Speaker's podium and started sloganeering against Forests Minister Naresh Jamatia.

All of a sudden, TMC MLA Sudip Roy Barman seized the Speaker's mace and ran away with it outside the house abruptly putting a halt to the proceedings.

Coming Soon... Nautanki in UP...

Lionheart Modi

Narendra Modi on Sunday appealed to the people to support the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, asking them to bear the “pain” for “50 days” to help him deliver the “India of your dreams”. 

 I have only asked for 50 days. Give me time till December 30. After that, if any fault is found in my intentions or my actions, I am willing to suffer any punishment given by the country,” PM Modi said.

also warns of action against benami property holders

Dedicated Ramu Kaka of Congress...

Former IAF chief Shashindra Pal Tyagi claimed on Saturday that the Prime Minister's Office was party to the decision in 2005 to change the operational requirements of choppers for IAF's VVIP squadron, which allegedly resulted in AgustaWestland bagging the order.

Manmohan Singh was the prime minister at the time. 

and even in Manmohan Singh in the Coalgate scam is again in the spotlight.

Manmohan Singh name is almost in every case which happened in UPA tenure,not gandhi's. 

Opposition busy tickling the public

Don't mislead people...I want to ask Congressmen who claim people are facing problems how you turned the entire country into a jail for 19 months by imposing Emergency," he said addressing a rally in Ghazipur, adding it was done only to save the seat of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi after the Allahabad High Court verdict against her, and not out of any concern for the poor.

Prime Minister Modi told in Belagavi rally

Time Person of the Year

Donald Trump, the US President-elect who has been named TIME magazine's Person of the Year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wins readers' poll.

TIME's announcement comes just two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the magazine's online readers' poll for Person of the Year 2016. He also won it in 2014, the year in which he was elected PM.

But the outcome of the readers' poll doesn't determine who becomes the actual Person of the Year. TIME's editors do that.

Shadow Bite

J Jayalalithaa, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and one of India's most powerful and popular politicians, died late on Monday in a Chennai hospital, nearly three months after she was admitted there. She was 68.

Some of her loyalists have expressed their doubts and suspicions about the reasons which led to her untimely and unexpected demise. It is rare to hear that a patient suffering from fever and dehydration would be taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Report

Didi in Dangal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee opened another front in her battle with the centre on Thursday, objecting to the presence of Army soldiers at toll booths on national highways that run through her state, saying the state government's permission should have been sought.

"Is this a military coup?" she asked, adding, "even for a mock drill, the army has to take the state's permission, and they have not."

The Chief Minister spent the night in her office at the secretariat Nabanna, refusing to go home till the Army left.

Pappu Hack Ho Gaya

Hours after Congress vice-president Rahul 

Gandhi’s Twitter account was hacked, the party’s official account was also found to be hacked. Abusive tweets were posted on the Congress’s account @INCIndia earlier Thursday although those tweets were removed within 30 minutes. The party’s website inc.in was found to be hacked as well. also appeared that Rahul's Twitter account was hacked again and again.

Bandh KarLo Bandh...

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who had started the call for a unified protest against the currency ban, will hold a march in Kolkata at 1 pm. Sources said a turnout of at least 1 lakh people is expected. The Aam Aadmi Party will hold a protest at Central Park, the heart of Delhi.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is staying away from the protests, saying he supported the currency ban and was "convinced" that it would help in the fight against black money.

The Congress, Trinamool Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party said they do not want a strike but will hold protests across the country.

Who leaked Sahara – Birla Diaries?

The covert operation of Lutyens’ Gang to malign PM Narendra Modi by dragging him in the fake and manipulated Sahara-Birla payoff diaries fell flat on Friday after Supreme Court rejected the documents as cooked up ones. To fix the outsider Modi in the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, the unscrupulous Gang in Delhi was circulating Sahara and Birla pay off entries to many politicians in India and used shoulders of Prashant Bhushan, Ram Jethmalani and Arvind Kejriwal. @PGurus

MOUN KEY BAAT!!!

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh slammed the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes as a " monumental mismanagement " that might dent GDP by 2%, prompting finance minister Arun Jaitley+ to hit back, saying that the maximum black money was generated during Singh's tenure.

Those who did not consider the generation of so much black money and scams during their regime as a blunder are now finding the crusade against black money a blunder," Arun Jaitley said and rejected the claim that GDP growth would drop by 2% and accused the opposition of avoiding a debate.

Kejriwal needs Answer...

Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal today tore into Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation with the AAP chief asking the government to roll back it in three days while the TMC supremo said such a crisis was not seen even during Emergency. 

Addressing a rally here, Kejriwal alleged that demonetisation was the "biggest scam" in Independent India's history while Banerjee said Modi should not run the country through "dictatorship", calling the protest a fight to save the country.

Brightening The Nation with Modi+...

Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetisation of Rs 500 and 1000 currency notes on the night of November 8, the Opposition parties have slammed the government's move terming it anti-people and said the move has caused chaos and panic across the country.

Poor people are enjoying sound sleep but rich are running from pillar to post to buy sleeping pills: PM Narendra Modi

The Opposition is rattled by what PM Modi has done, he is determined to stop the flow of black money...

No propaganda it's an anaconda...

A Reuters report, November 4th, contains the available information regarding the million-dollar payment, which was made in 2011, when the active effort began to overthrow Bashar al-Assad in Syria. This previously unreported payment, which was intended to go through the Clinton Foundation, was made by Qatar, which, along with Saudi Arabia, are the main sources of funding to the jihadists who are trying to overthrow and replace Assad, the man who is blocking those two countries from building oil and gas pipelines through Syria into Europe. Both Qatar and Saudi Arabia are owned by their country’s royal family, who also own the world’s largest oil and gas reserves, and those royals want to pipeline their oil and gas into Europe and displace the other oil-and-gas giant, Russia, in the world’s largest energy-market...

Politics over ex-serviceman's suicide

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and AAP minister Arvind Kejriwal of doing politics over 65-year old retired Subedar Ram Kishen Grewal  dead body.

Rahul Gandhi is in so much frustration with the popularity of PM Narendra Modi that he is doing politics over dead bodies be it of a student or an ex-serviceman. As they had no issue and wanted to "make capital" out of the tragedy of a ex-serviceman's suicide.. This happens every time there are elections around," BJP secretary Srikant Sharma told a press conference...

You've got MAIL

A week ago, the US election looked to be over. Hillary Clinton was riding so high in the polls after a disastrous series of gaffes by Donald Trump. Friday’s shock intervention by the FBI may not be enough to change that outcome on its own, but it has certainly set political imaginations running wild.

The worry for Democrats is that fresh inquiries regarding Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state come at a difficult time. Not only is it hard to prove a negative and re-establish her innocence with barely a week to go until the election, but the letter to congressional officials from director James Comey capped a tricky run of news that was already making a sizable dent in her polling lead.

Bengaluru steel flyover 'Beda'

The flyover, which will cost around Rs 2,000 crore, will involve uprooting 812 trees, and some heritage structures might also get ravaged. Also, environment experts say the steel bridge will increase the temperature by one or two degrees in India's coolest city, given that the material absorbs heat and releases it back in its surroundings.

People are most concerned about the environmental impact the flyover will have. While BDA has said it would plant 60,000 saplings to compensate for the loss of trees, environmentalists are not convinced.

Mistry's Unethical Mystery

Tata Sons said Mistry’s letter had damaged the group in front of its 6 lakh-plus employees. “It is unforgivable that Mr. Mistry has attempted to besmirch the image of the Group in the eyes of the employees,” 

Mistry was replaced because he had lost the confidence of the board. Ratan Tata was brought back as interim chairman. The decision sparked a bitter tussle between Mistry and Tata Sons. 

Tata Sons issued a statement expressing "deep regret" that the letter marked confidential to the group's board members was made public in an "unseemly and undignified manner."

Aloo And Baloo...

A Twitter war broke out between Arvind Kejriwaland Congress's Amarinder Singh on Monday with both the leaders challenging each other to an open debate ahead of the assembly elections in Punjab next year.

Kejriwal had accused Singh of using state revenue minister Bikram Singh Majithia's "drug money" for his campaign. He also asked Singh why the Badals decided to drop cases against the former chief minister.

Singh then challenged Kejriwal to an open debate rather than spewing allegations...

Musharaf chickened out...

The schedule of events on 22 October 2016 at the New York University conference titled The first Collegiate Conference on India and Pakistan has changed, drastically. Former President and Chief of the Army Pervez Musharraf and Fmr. Ambassador of Pakistan to the US Hussain Haqqani are no longer going to be speaking at the event.

Donkeys committed Suicide...

Chhattisgarh Congress MLA R K Rai suspended for making “derogatory” remarks against Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi.

Action has been taken against him for making comments against Rahul Gandhi (in the past). I can’t call a donkey a horse. If the party feels my observation is wrong then either it is blind or (is) acting like a blind person,” 

“I am not at all sad with the move because I am a true and vocal tribal representative. I am free now,” R K Rai told to media

Modi Chicken Masala...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hit out at Pakistan calling it the mother ship of terrorism. "In our own region, terrorism poses a grave threat to peace, security and development. Tragically, the mother ship of terrorism is a country in India's neighbourhood," Modi said at the BRICS summit here in Goa.

Modi was unsparing in his attack on a state sponsor of terror saying: "Terror modules around the world are linked to this mother-ship. This country shelters not just terrorists, it nurtures a mindset, that loudly proclaims that terrorism is justified for political gains." Modi asked all BRICS member countries to speak in one voice against this threat (terrorism emanating from Pakistan).

Hillary's heinous weapon...

Trump again argued on Friday that the sex assault allegations are part of a global conspiracy by the "establishment" including the media and powerful special interests to defeat his campaign. 

"The whole thing is one big fix. It's one big fix. It's one big ugly lie. The press can't write the kind of things they write, which are lies, lies, lies," Trump said in Greensboro. "The only thing I said is hopefully our patriotic movement will overcome this terrible deception...

 

"Trump also accused Clinton of "character assassination," saying in Charlotte that it's Clinton's "specialty."

Surgery didn't cure Cancer...

After India carried out surgical strikes across the Line of Control on September 29, security forces in the Kashmir Valley have confronted large attacks by Pakistani terrorists. Earlier this week, two members of the LeT were killed, three days after they attacked a government compound in Pampore.

Attacks on security forces have increased since the killing of 22-year-old Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani in July this year.

Dipa Karmakar to return BMW

Gymnast Dipa Karmakar on Wednesday revealed that she was planning to return the BMW that was gifted to her by the President of Hyderabad Badminton Association Mr. Chamundeswarinath.

According to media reports, the decision to return the car was taken jointly by Karmakar's family and her coach, as maintaining it would be a challenge for them, considering there are no service centres in Tripura. Moreover, the poor condition of roads in the state also made her to return 35 lack worth BMW car gift.

Salute to Indian Air Force...

"We would like to have more (Rafales) but it is a decision which will be taken in the near future, based on capability and desirability for the aircraft of this kind," the Air Force chief said at the annual IAF press conference.

Any air force will be proud to have an aircraft of Rafale class, which in the mid-weight category. In terms of weapon capability, its avionics, instrumentation and electronics are exceptional. It is one of the leading fighter aircraft of the current generation.

Backfired...

Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi over his "dalali" barb at Narendra Modi, BJP today called his remarks "a new low in Indian politics" and said he was speaking in "frustration" as the Prime Minister was drawing "praise" after he gave nod to the army to carry out the surgical strikes. 

"It is most shameful. Such remarks reflect his mental bankruptcy. The army and the Prime Minister are getting praise from everywhere for the surgical strikes. Modi is being praised for his decision and he is unable to digest it. Rahul Gandhi is in frustration,"

Live evidence of the surgical strikes...

But what could be the reason that he still refuses to believe the Indian Army after conclusive evidence by Indian media?" 

Kejriwal in a video message had asked the Modi government to counter Pakistan propaganda refuting claims of surgical strikes and had cited international media reports in this regard.

BJP said he was seeking proof of the strikes and attacked him for question the army's assertion.

Pakistan's Hero Kejriwal

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s apparent appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide the proof of surgical strikes carried out by the Indian Army on terror launch pads in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir has triggered a controversy.

In a video released on Monday, Kejriwal had saluted Prime Minister Modi for carrying out the surgical strikes but he had indirectly appealed to the PM to release proof of the surgical strikes to expose Pakistan’s false propaganda over the issue.

Save Delhi from Curse...

With three dengue and Chikungunya related deaths being reported in the national capital, Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government has come under severe criticism for its ministers being away at such a crucial time. According to an India Today report, Delhi government’s key people such as Satyendra Jain, Gopal Rai, Imran Husain, Manish Sisodia and Kejriwal himself were not in town even as a major health crisis erupted. The report suggests that while Kejriwal is busy campaigning for AAP in Punjab. There is also news of him being on a cough treatment trip. Sisodia is in Finland, Gopal Rai in Chhattisgarh and Imran Husain is on a Haj tour. Satyendra Jain, the Health Minister of Delhi, was in Goa!

Hard to follow but “we’ll still follow it"...

The apex court had on Monday modified its earlier order, directing the Karnataka government to release 15000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu, and directed the Siddaramaiah government to release 12000 cusecs of water for farmers.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday urged the protesters not to damage public property. The chief minister said the order of the Supreme Court is hard to follow but “we’ll still follow it”

Hotel management students cater for AAP...

Anirban Gupta, dean, hotel management, PCTE, said, “The Delhi CM was overwhelmed by the hospitality of our students. It is part of our curriculum that students have to undergo industrial training and this assignment of hosting the Delhi CM will also be considered in it.

Interestingly, the college has claimed that “students working for the Delhi CM and AAP team’s hospitality will get credit, marks and will also be evaluated for this assignment.” according to "the Indian express"

The Cauvery row erupted after the Supreme Court on 4th Sept 2016 Monday directed Karnataka to release 15,000 cusecs to Tamil Nadu for the next 10 days to address the plight of farmers there. Subsequently, on September 6, Karnataka released the Cauvery water amid snowballing protests by farmers. The Karnataka government had also said it would approach the apex court seeking modification of its order because of the difficulties in implementing it, given that the live storage in four reservoirs in the Cauvery basin now was 46.7 TMC ft against their capacity of 104 TMC ft.

Rahul Gandhi's ‘Khat-Sabha’ became ‘Cot-Marathon’

Nearly 1,000 stringed cots – khats in local parlance – were taken away on Tuesday by villagers attending a rally by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who launched his Deoria to Dilli yatra to connect with voters ahead of next year’s assembly elections.

As soon as Gandhi left the meeting venue, Rudrapur Inter College ground, villagers jostled to collect the stringed cots popular in the countryside.

Men, women and children all scampered to collect one each, carrying off the loot on their heads, bicycles and motorbikes.

RG vs 4G

Congress today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take action against Reliance Jio if the telecom company has failed to take permission from the PMO for using his photograph in full-page advertisements while launching the service. 

"There are certain norms for displaying Photo of the Prime Minister in an advertisement. As a former Union minister, I am aware that prior permission has to be taken." 

"Had Reliance taken permission from the PM or the PMO. This is needed otherwise the Prime Minister's photo would be on Cadbury or any chocolate. Such a permission has to be given After a deep thought as the Prime Minister is not just an individual but an institution,"

Rahul & Ramya Both Playing targeting RSS...

Congress leader and actress Ramya, has once again landed in trouble after a case was filed against her on Wednesday for her alleged anti-RSS remarks made in Mandya.

At a media interaction after inaugurating the Tiranga Yatra organised by National Students' Union of India (NSUI), the actress turned-politician had said that the RSS had no contribution in the freedom struggle of the nation. Both Rahul and Ramya both trageting RSS in some or other way... 

AAP's Women and child Development Minister on Duty...

Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday evening sacked minister Sandeep Kumar from his cabinet with immediate effect over an objectionable CD. The CD contained a sex tape and similar images

Sandeep Kumar was the Minister for woman & Child Welfare and Social Justice in the AAP cabinet. Kejriwal announced his decision to sack Sandeep Kumar on Twitter.

Modi's Upgraded Diplomacy...

India and the United States on Monday signed a logistics pact that will allow mutual basing facilities on a case-by-case basis, with the navies of the two countries becoming first movers in testing the logistics of operating together.

Alternative Non-lethal Weapons to Fight Mob...

"In 2010, it was said pellet gun is a non-lethal weapon which can cause least damage but now we feel there should be some alternate to this," .

Now security forces should use less lethal weapons such as sound cannons, pepper shotguns and chilli grenades. "Alternative non-lethal weapons are available to disperse crowds during demonstrations. The panel sought our inputs and we have suggested that sonic weapons, pepper ammo and chilli grenades could be less harmful. The government is looking at these options,"

This precaution is to protect the protesters who are pelting stones and attacking with petrol bombs on soldiers... But sorry to say nobody is bothering about the soldiers, how they are suffering in their posts mental and physical away from there families... 

Rahul takes U-turn

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi took a sharp U-turn on Wednesday as he told the Supreme Court that he did not ever blame the RSS for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi but had only said that a "few individuals in the organisation" were responsible for it.

His lawyer Kapil Sibal said on Wednesday, "Rahul Gandhi never accused RSS as an institution for the crime. He had only blamed certain individuals of that organisation for it. There is no collective denunciation of the RSS."

YES you CAN...

P V Sindhu will now play Carolina Marin, the world No 1, in the Badminton final on Friday 19-8-2016 and wish Sindhu grabs the gold.

She confirmed a place in the gold medal round with a 21-19, 21-10 victory over Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the women’s singles semifinal at the Riocentro Pavilion on Thursday 18-8-2016.

Past records will count for nothing when the two players fight for gold.

Modi has reminded Pakistan that it lives in a glass house...

It was more than a tactical counterpunch in response to Pakistan’s raking up of the turmoil in Jammu and Kashmir over the past few weeks. After all, on Aug.14, Pakistan’s Independence Day, prime minister Nawaz Sharif dedicated the country’s independence to the “freedom of Kashmir” from Indian rule.

The larger message from the Indian prime minister to Pakistan is that those who live in glass houses should not throw stones,” said G Parthasarathy, a former Indian high commissioner to Pakistan. “What India is saying now is that we have long ignored the Balochistan issue. But that doesn’t mean we can’t raise the issue.

Adulterating milk is heinous crime than corruption...

The Supreme Court on Aug,5,2016 said that offenders found guilty of adulterating milk with harmful chemicals should spend their life behind bars and directed the central government to raise the penalty to deal with the menace. The apex court said the present six-month imprisonment "was" hardly a deterrent" and cited the government's own admission in parliament four months ago which said that two out of three people in the country drink milk laced with detergent, caustic,soda,Urea and paint.

Hafiz warns of nationwide protest on Rajnath's arrival in Pakistan

Hafiz Saeed has warned of a countrywide protest in Pakistan by his outfit if the Indian home minister Rajnath Singh arrives in Islamabad to attend the SAARC ministerial conference

He added that protest demonstrations will be held and rallies will taken out in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Multan, Faisalabad, Muzaffarabad and other cities of the country on August 3