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Akali Dal accuses Kejriwal of ‘white lies’ to mislead farmers
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday asked AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal not to “tell white lies to befool farmers” in Gujarat in the run-up to the assembly elections there. In a statement, former minister and Akali leader Daljit Singh Cheema said it was shocking that Kejriwal was claiming in...
BJP slams AAP leader calling Modi ‘neech aadmi’
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday hit out at Aam Party Party’s Gujarat unit President Gopal Italia for allegedly calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi “Neech”. PM Modi is on a three-day visit to Gujarat where he will dedicate and lay the foundation stone of several projects. His visit assumes...
Torture for Savarkar, Cong leaders comfortable jail life: RSS
RSS leader Indresh Kumar on Sunday said that freedom fighter V D Savarkar was sentenced to double life imprisonment and spent a torturous time in jail, while the Congress leaders had a comfortable time during their incarceration. He also said no more temples can be broken in the country...
Gadkari promises UP roads better than America’s before 2024
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari gifted road projects worth Rs 8,000 crores to Uttar Pradesh on Friday, stating that the roads of the state would be made better than the roads of America before 2024. After the inauguration of the 81st session of the Indian...
Mega PM rallies to bolster BJP standing in 144 seats
Aiming to boost its tally in the 2024 general elections, the BJP has planned dozens of mega rallies by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, covering the 144 Lok Sabha seats most of which it lost in 2019, and where it has been working to brighten its prospects. Sources said on...
Sitharaman sees ‘black magic’ behind KCR party name change
In a surprising accusation that even left Telangana minister KT Rama Rao flabbergasted, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday claimed that Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao had changed the name of his party from Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on the “advice of tantriks”...
Cong accuses BJP of misusing state machinery for HP poll
The Congress on Saturday urged the Election Commission to immediately declare the election schedule for Himachal Pradesh Assembly so that the model code of conduct comes into effect, as it accused the ruling BJP of misusing state funds and machinery. The state Congress also sought a ban on ‘Amritmahotsav’...
No AAP role in Delhi conversions, clarifies Rajratna Ambedkar
Rajratna Ambedkar, the president of the Buddhist Society of India who administered the 22 vows to approximately 10,000 people on Ashoka Vijayadashami, which is considered the “Dhammachakra Pravartan Din”, said the Aam Aadmi Party had no role in the conversion episode, and if the outfit is claiming that, it...
CBI files charge-sheet against Lalu Prasad, wife
The CBI filed a charge sheet Friday against former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, and 14 others in connection with alleged appointments made in Railways in return for land parcels gifted or sold to his family, officials said. In the charge sheet filed before a special...
Kamal Nath initiates probe into woman’s harassment by MLAs
As the report of two Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh being booked for allegedly molesting a woman co-passenger while travelling on a train came to the fore, the ruling BJP on Friday slammed the grand old party for “remaining silent” on the issue. Madhya Pradesh BJP president V.D. Sharma,...
Digvijaya Singh asks why he can’t have ‘fun’
“Why can’t a 75-year-old ‘young man’ have fun,” quipped senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday as he danced to the beats of drums during the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra here. Singh walked over 20 kilometres during the day as he and other Congress members passed through Mandya district...
Tharoor supporters ‘told’ to stop campaigning for him
News18.com has learnt that some of those leaders who are supporting or campaigning for Tharoor have received calls asking them to stay away from canvassing for him or remain neutral. One of these supporters of Tharoor said, “He has a lot of traction and many young members of the...
Cong leader apologises for remark about Murmu
A day after a massive row over comments made by Udit Raj attacking President Droupadi Murmu, the Congress leader has now issued a clarification apologising for ‘mistake in choice of word’, but also said that he will continue to raise necessary questions. The apology comes after his ‘sycophancy’ remarks...
Shinde faction to meet EC over Shiv Sena poll symbol
Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena is set to meet the Election Commission on Friday to stake claim for the party’s ‘bow and arrow’ poll symbol ahead of the Andheri East assembly bypoll in Maharashtra. The move by the Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena is seen as a...
Govt says it is in talks with EC for major poll reforms
A day after the Election Commission released a proposed proforma for political parties to detail their electoral promises and disclose how they intend to fund them, law minister Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday that the government is in talks with the poll watchdog and is considering legislative support for...
Prashant Kishor claims Nitish asked him to head party
Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday launched a blistering attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and claimed that he spurned a recent request by the latter to “lead” the Janata Dal (United). Kishor, who is on a 3,500-km-long pada-yatra’ that would cover every nook and corner of the...
Social media blitz by Sena factions ahead of Dussehra rallies
The stage is set. The two Shiv Senas are ready for what will be one-of-a-kind parallel Dussehra rallies. In a prelude of sorts, social media has emerged as the latest front to generate hype online. While the battle for the bow and arrow symbol is at the Election Commission’s...
Politics all about multiplication, division, says Gehlot
Days after a crisis in Rajasthan Congress, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said politics is all about “multiplication and division”, and what is seen is seldom true and what is true is not seen. The chief minister also took a jibe at the media, saying some organisations run...
