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Text Size: A+ Gurugram/Pataudi: On 4 July, Suraj Pal Amu spoke about “cutting down throats” in a mahapanchayat speech, and also allegedly threatened actor Saif Ali Khan and his family for starting “love jihad” from Haryana’s Pataudi. If Amu’s name is ringing a bell, it’s because he has made headlines for violent threats in the past too. Most people remember him as the Karni Sena chief who called for the beheading of actor Deepika Padukone during the protests over the release of Padmaavat in 2018. The 53-year-old, who became the face of the protests agai...

BHUBANESWAR: While the induction of Ashwini Vaishnaw, an IAS officer-turned-entrepreneur-turned-Rajya Sabha member, into the Union council of ministers was widely anticipated, his direct entry into the Union Cabinet with the crucial portfolios of railways and communications and information technology just two years after his election to the Upper House, and without a stint as a minister of state, has drawn attention. At the swearing-in, Vaishnaw was the sixth to take oath among 15 new Cabinet ministers, a pointer to his position in the pecking order. Technocract Vaishnaw (50), who had been ...

Ashwini Vaishnaw: Back-room boy entrusted to lead from the front SECTIONS Share Synopsis While a deputy secretary in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s PMO, Vaishnaw had contributed immensely to designing the public-private-partnership policy framework for infrastructure projects. After Vajpayee demitted the PM’s office, he had also served as his private secretary. (This story originally appeared in on Jul 09, 2021)While the induction of Ashwini Vaishnaw, an IAS officer-turned-entrepreneur-turned-Rajya Sabha member, into the Union council of ministers was widely anticipated, his direct entry into t...

Ranchi: The induction of 51-year-old Annapurna Devi, a first-time MP from Koderma in the Narendra Modi cabinet could surprise many other aspirants and leaders in the saffron camp in Jharkhand, but political experts maintained that the move is in view of consolidating OBC vote bank, which forms a major chunk after the tribals, for BJP’s mission 2024. Though the BJP had decimated the UPA in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls by winning 12 out of 14 parliamentary seats, six months down the line, the saffron party was thrown out of power in the Assembly elections that year, despite offering the state it...

Ranchi: A first-time MP from Koderma constituency, Annapurna Devi (51), was inducted into the Union council of ministers following a major reshuffle on Wednesday. She is now the third MP from the state to go on central assignment in Team Modi. Khunti MP Arjun Munda is currently holding the portfolio of the Union tribal ministry, while Rajya Sabha MP Mukthar Abbas Naqvi is in charge of minority affairs. While Devi’s portfolio is yet to be announced, her rise in profile has come as a surprise for many in the political circles in Jharkhand, including in the state BJP unit. She is a former l...