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Kharge attacks PM’s ‘Rozgar Melas’ as of no significance
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of unemployment, saying the PM is handing over some thousand appointment letters when “millions of youth search for jobs”. Kharge said Modi came to power with a promise of two crore...
Amarinder warns of return of 1980s dark days in Punjab
Former chief minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday warned against the return of the dark era of 1980s in Punjab, saying “the way things are unfolding in the state today is quite worrisome” and cautioned the AAP government against any “laxity”. He also condemned the “complete failure” on the part...
Music label sues Rahul over illegal use of KGF songs for yatra
Music label MRT Music, which owns the rights to the tracks of “KGF Chapter 2” in Hindi, filed a copyright infringement complaint on Friday against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Supriya Shrinate and Jairam Ramesh for illegally using the soundtrack of the hit South Indian film in campaign videos of...
AAP Gujarat CM face aspirant quits party, returns to Cong
Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls, former MLA Indranil Rajguru quit the Aam Aadmi Party and joined the Congress on Friday and alleged that the Arvind Kejriwal-led outfit was working as a “B-team” of the BJP in the state. Rajguru, who had joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after...
Karan Singh objects to Jairam Ramesh’s ‘unsavoury remarks’
Veteran Congress leader Karan Singh on Friday hit back at party colleague Jairam Ramesh for criticising his recent article on Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to India and said the “unsavoury remarks” regarding his father were “unacceptable”. In a statement, Singh said he had hoped his views will be taken...
Sachin Pilot writes to Gehlot demanding board for local deity
Congress leader Sachin Pilot has written a letter to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot demanding constitution of a board in the state government in the name of local deity Veer Tejaji. Veer Tejaji was a legendary Rajasthani folk hero, also considered to be one of the incarnations of Lord...
More Govt-Opposition clashes over new parliament building
With Parliament not in session, the battle between the opposition and government has shifted to the parliamentary committees. At a meeting of the parliament committee of home affairs on DONER, i.e., the Northeast development project, the opposition had a heated confrontation with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led chairman. This was...
KCR produces bombshell ‘video’ to expose BJP conspiracy
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) supremo, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has appealed to all the constitutional institutions in the country to help ‘save democracy’ from the hands of the BJP which have been ruling the country for the past eight-half years. He alleged that the BJP’s main motto...
AAP, Opposition fight over Punjab farm fires
With Punjab registering a two-year-high daily farm fire tally on Thursday, stubble burning is turning into a major political issue yet again even as the national capital seems to be getting choked with no let-up in the incidents. On Thursday, Punjab registered close to 2,700 farm fires, a significant...
TMC leader’s Rs 1-cr lottery win under CBI scanner
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) revealed that jailed Trinamool Congress leader from West Bengal’s Birbhum, Anubrata Mondal, had won Rs 1 Crore in lottery in January, ahead of his jail sentence. The shop owner identified as Bapi Gangopadhyay who issued the lottery to Mondal was summoned by CBI...
EC says Gujarat poll date delay to ‘balance’ things
The Election Commission today issued a clarification on why the Gujarat poll schedule announcement for the upcoming assembly elections were delayed and dismissed all allegations of any kind of partiality. “We announced the election dates 110 days ahead of the expiry of the Gujarat assembly. And there will be...
Mamata seeks judicial probe into Gujarat bridge collapse
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sought a judicial commission under the Supreme Court to probe the Gujarat bridge collapse, which left at least 130 people dead. Accountability for the Morbi bridge collapse should be fixed, she said. The Bengal chief minister alleged that the BJP government...
No exception to Bengal in CAA implementation, says BJP
A fresh row erupted in West Bengal after Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari claimed on Tuesday that implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) had started in the country and West Bengal would not be left out. Adhikari’s comment came a day after the...
SC to hear pleas against Shinde govt next week
The Supreme Court will begin hearing cases related to the Maharashtra political crisis on Tuesday, including the disqualification of MLAs, the validity of the Eknath Shinde government, and the powers of speaker and governor. Earlier, the SC had rejected the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena’s plea to stay proceedings pending...
Uddhav faction says Gujarat govt answerable for tragedy
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction on Tuesday said the Gujarat government cannot shirk its responsibility for the loss of lives in Morbi bridge collapse and asked whether it should be termed as an “act of fraud, conspiracy or a mere accident”. When a similar incident took place in...
Goa Cong to seek disqualification of 8 MLAs who joined BJP
The Goa unit of the Congress on Tuesday said it was going to file a disqualification petition against the eight MLAs who recently crossed over to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Congress’ strength in the Goa Legislative Assembly dwindled to three after the exit of eight of...
Kejriwal accuses L-G of stopping yoga classes
Another round of tussle between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ensued in Delhi on Tuesday over free yoga classes. Attacking the lieutenant governor VK Saxena and the BJP, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that “these people” have stopped yoga classes that benefitted more that...
BJP’s 2024 poll template on test run in Gujarat
The Gujarat government’s decision to constitute a committee to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state is far-sighted, aimed at the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) insiders believe. Sources in the party feel with the top brass’s focus on ensuring a majority win in...
