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Cong embarrasses BJP by retaining Nagpur parishad posts
The Congress retained its hold over the Nagpur Zilla Parishad in Maharashtra as both its candidates were elected to the posts of president and vice-president of the local body on Monday. The Congress’ Mukta Kokarde was elected as the president and Kunda Raut as the vice-president during a special...
Rahul’s yatra enters Andhra, to continue till Oct 21
After a 96% turnout for the Congress presidential post elections, the party resumed its ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh with renewed vigour and a band performance. Of the total 9,915 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates that form the electoral college to pick the party chief in...
Kharge vows continued obeisance to Gandhi family
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said the Gandhi family has struggled to strengthen the party, and he would have no shame in taking their advice and support in case he is elected party president. Kharge, considered close to the Gandhis, joined Rahul Gandhi in Bellary on Saturday...
Tejashwi defends party leader’s abusive comment about Modi
The BJP on Saturday slammed JD(U) president Lalan Singh for using highly objectionable and unparliamentary words while alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014 claimed to be from an extremely backward class though Gujarat has no EBC category. While Singh refused to apologise for the comments he had...
Tension outside Andhra airport after protest against YSR party
Supporters of JanaSena Party chief and actor Pawan Kalyan raised slogans outside Andhra Pradesh’s Vishakhapatnam Airport on Saturday, as he arrived in the city. They briefly protested against YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leaders Roja and Jogi Ramesh, and TTD Chairman YV Subba Reddy. They spoke up against the proposal...
Bal Thackeray’s grandson shifts loyalties to Shinde camp
Nihar Thackeray, the grandson of Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray, has said that he supports the Eknath Shinde faction of the party and is ready to campaign for the upcoming Andheri East Assembly byelection as well as the Mumbai civic body polls. He also did not rule out...
Kharge walks with Rahul during Yatra in home state Karnataka
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, who is reportedly being backed by the Gandhi family in the party presidential poll race against Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor, on Saturday was seen walking with Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Karnataka. It is for the first time that Kharge participated in...
Nitish Kumar hits out at BJP over cases against Lalu
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday declared that he will not realign with the BJP as long as he is alive, accusing the former ally of using investigating agencies for targeting political opponents like RJD president Lalu Prasad. Addressing a function in this north Bihar district, where he...
BJP, Cong struggle ahead of finalisation of HP candidates
With little more than a month left for the Himachal Pradesh polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress seem to be in a quandary over finalisation of candidates with both parties waiting for each other to come out with their final list. With the high-stakes battle, both the...
Thackeray alleges EC ‘bias’ in party name, symbol award
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction has reportedly written a 12-point letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI) alleging that there was bias in favour of the rival camp led by Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde in allotting party symbol and names. Team Thackeray said in the letter that...
1-year residence certificate order in Jammu withdrawn
The Deputy Commissioner of Jammu district has withdrawn an order issued on Wednesday that authorised Tehsildars to issue certificates of residence. The rollback came following the uproar by different political parties over the order that authorised all tehsildars to issue certificates of residence to people living in the district...
Kharge says he will consult Sonia, Rahul if elected chief
Congress presidential poll candidate Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday listed fighting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the most important challenge before his party and accused the saffron outfit heading the government at the Centre of “destroying” the Constitution and “weakening” autonomous bodies. Talking to reporters here, Kharge said he...
Infosys president Ravi Kumar quits, no reason given
IT services major Infosys on Tuesday said its president Ravi Kumar S has resigned from his post. The company did not give any reason for the move which comes just days ahead of its second quarter earnings announcement. “The board of directors placed on record their deep sense of...
BJP’s ‘Gujarat Gaurav Yatra’ ahead of assembly elections
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will launch the ‘Gujarat Gaurav Yatra’ on five different routes from Wednesday to reach out to people ahead of the state Assembly elections due this year-end. The yatra will be launched by BJP president J P Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on...
Chief ministers, Oppn leaders to attend Mulayam funeral
Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav’s funeral will take place with full state honours in Saifai on Tuesday afternoon. Chants of “Netaji amar rahein” reverberated across the village as people from across length and breadth of Uttar Pradesh thronged socialist leader Yadav’s native village for his last darshan Monday....
AAP defends Gujarat chief over ‘neech’ remark against Modi
The AAP on Monday defended its Gujarat unit chief over his alleged derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hit back at the BJP, saying it is using an old video of Gopal Italia to target him now as he comes from a poor family and belongs to...
Uddhav faction challenges EC freeze of party symbol
Maharashtra’s former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has challenged the Election Commission order to freeze the Shiv Sena symbol in the Delhi High Court, contending it was passed in complete violation of principles of natural justice and without granting any hearing to the parties and giving them an opportunity to...
Pawar set to welcome Rahul’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in Maharashtra
NCP chief Sharad Pawar and his daughter Supriya Sule are likely to welcome the Bharat Jodo Yatra when it enters Maharashtra next month, Congress sources said on Monday. The Yatra will enter Maharashtra on November 9. The Bharat Jodo Yatra started on September 7 and has completed over 500...
