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5 Himachal BJP rebel leaders suspended ahead of poll
Days ahead of Assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh, the ruling BJP on Monday suspended five of its rebel leaders from the primary membership of the party for contesting the election as Independents. Those suspended include former MLAs — Tejwant Singh Negi (Kinnaur), Kishori Lal (Anni), Manohar Dhiman (Indora), K...
Tyagi community to launch anti-BJP campaign
The Tyagi community is gearing up for an agitation against the BJP. After getting released from jail, BJP leader Shrikant Tyagi held a meeting with members of the Tyagi community in Muzaffarnagar on Monday evening and said that the community was planning to hold a gathering of the Tyagi-Brahmin...
SP slams UP law and order situation after triple murder
The Samajwadi Party (SP) has launched a blistering attack on the Yogi Adityanath government on the law and order issue, following a triple murder in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun. Former SP MP Dharmendra Yadav said that the murder of former SP Block Chief Rakesh Gupta, his wife and mother on...
Modi roadshow cancelled due to Morbi bridge tragedy
A roadshow of prime minister Narendra Modi slated for today has been cancelled in wake of the Morbi tragedy where over 100 lives have been taken so far due to a bridge collapse. The Prime Minister will, however, visit the Banaskantha district to lay foundation stones of various development...
Act of God or fraud, Digvijaya asks PM about bridge collapse
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday asked if the collapse of the suspension bridge on Machchhu river in Gujarat’s Morbi district, in which at least 60 persons have died, was an “act of God or an act of fraud”. Singh, who issued several tweets on the incident, was...
Nehru and Patel a unique ‘jugalbandhi’, says Cong tribute
The Congress on Monday paid tributes to India’s first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary, with former party chief Rahul Gandhi saying the most fitting tribute to him would be to keep the flame of unity he ignited shining brighter than ever. Patel is considered the...
BJP buying MLAs like goats for Eid, alleges Gehlot
Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Sunday alleged that just the way goats are purchased for Eid celebrations, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is buying MLAs to topple elected governments in states. He said the BJP had pulled down governments using money power in Arunachal...
EC asks BJP candidate to explain money transfers
Ahead of the November 3 Munugode assembly bypoll, the Election Commission Sunday asked BJP candidate K Rajagopal Reddy to explain the transfer of over Rs 5 crore from his family-owned firm’s account to 23 people and entities within the constituency. In a letter to Reddy, the poll panel has...
Gujarat poll schedule to be announced this week
The Election Commission is likely to announce schedule for the Gujarat Assembly polls this week. Citing convention followed in 2017, the poll panel had not announced the Gujarat poll schedule when it came out with Himachal Pradesh election dates earlier this month. While election in HP will be held...
Rahul Gandhi is a ‘Shiv Bhakt’, says Gehlot
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is a ‘Shiv Bhakt’. Gehlot was in the Nathdwara town of Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district for the unveiling of a 369-foot-tall statue of Lord Shiva, which is claimed to be the world’s tallest. The “Viswas Swaroopam” statue was...
Farooq hopes for return of peace in Jammu and Kashmir
National Conference leader and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah has said he wishes for the return of peace in Jammu and Kashmir so that all communities could live without fear. Recalling the communal bonhomie that existed in the erstwhile state before the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley...
Shinde govt removes security cover of 25 MVA leaders
The Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government has removed ‘categorised’ security cover of 25 leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, an official said. It means these leaders would not have permanent police security outside their houses or escort. The decision...
Akhilesh blames EC for not stopping rigging in poll
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has alleged that the Election Commission did not follow rules while preparing the voters’ list in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls earlier this year. He alleged that there is a “conspiracy” by the BJP government to suppress the voice of the opposition. “Had the...
EC notice to Telangana minister over threat to stop freebies
The Election Commission (EC) issued a notice to Telangana’s Energy Minister Jagadish Reddy on Friday for allegedly threatening voters, saying all welfare schemes will be stopped if they do not vote for the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) candidate in the upcoming Munugode bypoll. The poll panel has given...
Bengal, Delhi, Bihar, Telangana skip Amit Shah’s Chintan Shivir
Several Opposition-ruled states including West Bengal, Delhi, Bihar and Telangana, did not send their political representatives to attend a ‘Chintan Shivir’ being chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Faridabad. According to the official list, political representatives of Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Telangana, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar,...
Parag Agrawal fired as Musk takes charge of Twitter
Elon Musk completed the $44 billion acquisition of the micro-blogging site Twitter on Thursday evening, reports said. A report by the Insider quoted sources as saying that Twitter and Musk formally closed on the billionaire’s offer to take the company private on Thursday evening by paying $54.20 per share,...
Mamata to skip ministerial meeting called by Amit Shah
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is also in charge of the home department, will not attend the two-day meeting of home ministers of states convened by the Centre at Surajkund in Haryana, a senior official has said. The state government will not send Home Secretary B P...
Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes after 4-day Diwali break
After four days, the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed from Makthal in Narayanpet district of Telangana on Thursday, party sources said. The yatra kicked off at 6.30 am from Makthal with State Congress president A. Revanth Reddy, MP Uttam Kumar Reddy, CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka and a number...
