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KCR proposes a Telangana model for whole country
With the slogan “Ab ki baar, kisan sarkar” (this time, a government for farmers), Telangana chief minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) formally launched the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and unveiled its flag. The move came after the Election Commission approved changing the name of his party Telangana Rashtra Samithi...
Cong to take a leaf out of Priyanka’s HP playbook
It may cause a fiscal catastrophe but the Himachal Pradesh win could have given the Congress a pan-India issue for pitching in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections — bringing back the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) nationwide. It was the OPS promise of the Congress that caught the fancy of...
Cong set to lose Opposition leader post in Gujarat
As if a crushing defeat in the Gujarat assembly elections wasn’t enough, a bruised and battered Congress is also likely to lose the post of the Leader of Opposition in the state. Gujarat’s assembly has 182 seats and a party needs at least 10 per cent of these to...
Cong to move winning MLAs to dodge ‘poaching’
Congress has decided to move its winning MLAs to ‘safer’ locations to subvert poaching attempts. CNN-News18 has learnt that the Grand Old Party, which is looking to make a comeback in the hill state as well as stop the BJP juggernaut on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home turf, is...
Congress expels 30 HP leaders for anti-party activities
The Himachal Pradesh Congress on Wednesday expelled 30 office-bearers of its Chopal block committee for anti-party activities. The expulsions came just a day before the counting of votes for the assembly polls held last month. Acting on a resolution passed by the block committee, Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC)...
Rahul cites Rajasthan loan waiver for Cong credibility
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asserted that his party delivers on its promises and has waived loans of 22 lakh farmers in Rajasthan. Addressing a gathering during the Bharat Jodo Yatra here, he accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not fulfilling his promise to give national project status...
Congress, NCP bid to raise Shivaji issue in RS
NCP MP Vandana Chavan and Congress MP Rajani Patil on Thursday moved suspension of business notice under rule 267 in the Rajya Sabha to discuss Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari’s remarks on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. In her notice, Chavan said, “The people of Maharashtra are facing rampant disrespect at...
Shinde, Bommai discuss situation as border row intensifies
The ongoing border dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra intensified on Tuesday, with several Karnataka buses defaced in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg, and likewise buses from Kolhapur smeared with black ink on the Belagavi border. Workers of several outfits from both the states were detained by the police, for vandalising of some...
J’khand HC wants ED made party in minister’s graft case
The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday ordered that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) be made a party in a case involving state Minister Alamgir Alam and Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s former aide Pankaj Mishra. The case pertains to alleged irregularities in the tender of a toll plaza on Barharwa Road...
Pilot says pained by Gehlot’s ‘gaddar’ remark
Rajasthan Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday reacted to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s “Gaddar” (traitor) remark made against him a few days back. Sachin Pilot stuck to his official position that the leadership issue is up to the party but also said he felt “sad and “hurt” about Gehlot’s jibes. Days...
Fresh CBI notice to KCR’s daughter for questioning
The CBI has issued a fresh notice to TRS MLC K Kavitha to appear for questioning on December 11 at Hyderabad in connection with Delhi Excise Policy scam case, officials said Tuesday. The agency is understood to have agreed to the request of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s...
After Rahul’s Bharat Jodo, Priyanka to launch Mahila yatra
After the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra, an apparent ‘Mahila Jodo Yatra’ by the Congress is on the cards. Party sources say that the plan is to reach out to women voters ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. While the average turnout of women voters during the 2019 elections...
Cong insists it is winning in Himachal
Senior BJP leaders from Gujarat hailed the exit polls predicting a big majority for the BJP, saying the party was going to script new history in the state. But the Congress, however, disagreed with the predictions of a comfortable win for its arch rival in Himachal Pradesh and said...
Maharashtra ministers forced to drop Belagavi visit
The situation continues to be tense in the border areas of the western states with Maharashtra ministers cancelling their visit to Belagavi today. The Maharashtra government had directed Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai to visit Belagavi to address the border issue. Patil and Desai have been appointed as coordinating...
Farooq Abdullah alleges booth capture by Army
Farooq Abdullah was re-elected as the president of the National Conference (NC) for another term on Monday. The leader on Monday made a controversial statement, saying that when he was the chief minister, Army had captured a polling booth and did not allow people to exercise their right in Doda. “The voting machine...
Rahul’s yatra enters Rajasthan with grand welcome
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the Bharat Jodo Yatra is teaching him things that cannot be learnt “while travelling in an aeroplane, a helicopter or any vehicle”, as the march entered party-ruled Rajasthan from Madhya Pradesh to a grand welcome by party workers here. Gandhi and his...
Trouble in Assam Cong as leaders keep way from yatra
The Assam version of the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ of the Congress has completed one month. It started from Dhubri district and is set to cover a distance of 834 km from Dhubri to Sadiya before it ends in mid-December. The state leaders launched the yatra from Golakganj town in...
Both AAP, BJP claim victory in MCD poll
More than 50 per cent voting was recorded on Sunday in the election to the 250 municipal wards in Delhi, with main rivals BJP and AAP claiming victory in the high-stakes contest. No major glitches in electronic voting machines were reported and the voting passed off peacefully with high...
