11843 stories by IPA Staff
Row over Shinde sharing stage with CJI ahead of crucial case
The Maha Vikas Aghadi allies on Sunday took a dim view of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde sharing a stage with Chief Justice of India U U Lalit amid the Supreme Court hearing petitions of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena and the CM camp. State NCP president Jayant Patil, whose...
TMC threatens ‘Tea Movement’ in Delhi to defend ‘one Bengal
There is no different Bengal, there is only one Bengal called West Bengal, said Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee in Jalpaiguri on Sunday, responding to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders’ demand for a “separate Bengal” for the past six months. Moreover, Ananta Maharaj Rajbongshi, who has a...
Assam Cong gen sec quits over ‘lack of leadership’
Assam Congress general secretary Kamrul Islam Choudhury on Sunday resigned from the party, terming the state leadership ”directionless and confused”. Choudhury announced his resignation in a letter to All India Congress Committee President Sonial Gandhi. ”… The present instability of Congress party in Assam due to the directionless and...
Cong Bharat Jodo Yatra’s 19-day Kerala leg begins in style
Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra commenced its 19-day long Kerala leg Sunday morning from Parassala area of the capital city. Rahul Gandhi started the yatra after being formally welcomed by Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president and MP K Sudhakaran, Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the state assembly V D...
CBI to probe Delhi Govt ‘irregularities’ in low-floor bus purchase
Delhi LG V K Saxena has approved a proposal to forward a complaint to the CBI to probe the alleged corruption in the procurement of 1,000 low-floor buses by the DTC, official sources said on Saturday. A complaint addressed to Saxena in June this year had highlighted the appointment...
Owaisi party hold over Hyderabad survives many waves
Such has been the dominance of AIMIM in Hyderabad politics for over four decades that its stronghold remained immune to the political waves sweeping the state. No matter which party was in power in the erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh, the support base of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) remained...
Probe ordered into financial irregularities in MP churches
A day after Madhya Pradesh’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) conducted searches at the residence and office of Church of North India Jabalpur Diocese’s bishop P.C. Singh in connection with a cheating case that led to the disclosure of large-scale financial irregularities, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday ordered...
BJP ruckus over amenities in Bharat Jodo Yatra caravans
Sixty truck-mounted containers with colour-coded occupant capacity, a 10-seater conference facility, mobile toilets and a dining area are some of the features of a “Bharat Jodo Yatra” campsite that moves daily to a new location. Rahul Gandhi is staying in a one-bed container that has a small sofa, an...
Kejriwal meets LG first time since CBI raid against Sisodia
Amid the ongoing political tussle in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday met Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena for the first time since the raids by CBI at Deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s residence and said whatever happened was “unfortunate”. He voiced hope that the situation will improve. He had...
Tharoor among MPs doubting transparency in party chief poll
Five Congress MPs have written to AICC central election authority chief Madhusudan Mistry expressing concern about the “transparency and fairness” of the party chief’s election and sought that the list of PCC delegates that make up the electoral college be provided to all electors and potential candidates. In a...
Rice prices jump 5% as Bangladesh cuts import duty
The prices of rice in India in the past week have increased about 5 per cent as neighbouring Bangladesh has again cut import duty on rice from 25 per cent to 15.25 per cent, according to an ET report. The reduction in import duty is expected to increase the...
Fadnavis pot shots at Pawar over Baramati seat in 2024
With the Bharatiya Janata Party talking about wresting the Baramati constituency in the 2024 elections, the Nationalist Congress Party’s state unit chief Jayant Patil on Wednesday said that the sun may rise in the west, but the people of Baramati will never abandon NCP chief Sharad Pawar. However, Maharashtra...
Gujarat BJP chief calls Medha Patkar ‘urban naxal’
Bharatiya Janata Party’s Gujarat unit president C R Paatil on Wednesday termed activist Medha Patkar an “urban Naxal” and a “staunch anti-Gujarat person”, and claimed the AAP is planning to project her as its chief ministerial face in the upcoming state Assembly elections. However, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)...
Kejriwal to launch own version of ‘Make India No. 1’ campaign
Keeping in view next month’s panchayat elections and the Adampur bypoll, Aam Aadmi Party national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is launching the outfit’s “Make India No. 1″ campaign in Haryana’s Hisar on Wednesday. Kejriwal is accompanied by Punjab chief minister and party colleague Bhagwant Mann for...
Nitish Kumar in Delhi trying to weave opposition unity
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who reached the national capital on Monday was conferring with opposition leaders on taking on the BJP together. Earlier, he had a nearly one-hour-long meeting with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. This is the first meeting between Gandhi and Kumar since the latter walked out...
BJP readies blueprint to use UP formula in Odisha for 2024
Eyeing 2024 Lok Sabha and assembly elections, Odisha BJP in charge Sunil Bansal, who is on a two-day state visit, has made a blueprint, which comprises a five-point formula, which he has shared with party leaders. Bansal has sought reports from BJP state president Samir Mohanty and general secretary...
BJP releases ‘sting video’ about AAP govt role in corruption
The row over the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy has got murkier with BJP releasing a “sting video” while alleging that the AAP government is hand in glove in the corruption. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra while playing the purported video alleged that “Kulvinder Marwah, the father of accused number 13...
Senior Cong leader says chief must be a Gandhi
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Pramod Tiwari on Monday said someone from the Gandhi family should be the party’s president, stressing that there will be a fragmentation in the party if it doesn’t happen. Election for the post of Congress chief will be held on October 17...
