Liz Mathew

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Liz Mathew

Union Minister of State Anupriya Patel, who leads the Apna Dal (Soneylal), has been demanding a caste census, in Parliament as well as at meetings of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Patel, a key BJP ally in Uttar Pradesh, has argued that the caste enumeration is needed to address social and economic inequalities.

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Liz Mathew

Having blindsided the Opposition, particularly the Congress, with the announcement of caste enumeration in the Census, the BJP is working on a multi-pronged strategy to counter any projection of this as a vindication of the Opposition’s stand. Making the announcement Wednesday, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stressed that while the BJP government had taken the call to count castes in the Census, the Congress at the Centre had dodged this in the past and used it merely as “a political tool”.

2 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Liz Mathew

Indians cutting across religious lines stood united despite the “hurt” the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 25 tourists and a local pony-wallah, had caused, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said. “Jo ghatna hui, isme saara desh aahat mein hai (the entire country is hurt by what happened). But we stood united, irrespective of the religion we belong to,” Singh told The Indian Express.

2 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Liz Mathew

The Congress party is approaching other Opposition parties to write a joint letter seeking a special Parliament session to discuss the Pahalgam attack and the future steps the government is planning to take, sources told The Indian Express on Sunday. In a deadly terrorist attack Tuesday in Pahalgam, a marquee tourist spot in Jammu and Kashmir, 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed. This is a breaking story and will be updated soon.

2 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Liz Mathew

AS INDIA initiates a series of aggressive diplomatic actions such as suspension of the Indus Water Treaty and that of visa services for Pakistani nationals, the government is considering a range of retaliatory military options, including capabilities that allow New Delhi to strike back from within the country’s borders. In a deadly terrorist attack Tuesday in Pahalgam, a marquee tourist spot in Jammu and Kashmir, 26 people were killed.