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BJP launches drive to woo minorities in Uttar Pradesh
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about reaching out to marginalised sections of minorities at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Working Committee meeting in Hyderabad, it was not without a vision. Ahead of the 2024 general elections, the BJP is not just wooing the majority community, but is...
Parliament ‘dysfunctional’, says Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday said he was veering to the conclusion that Parliament has become “dysfunctional” and alleged that democracy is “gasping for breath” in India with almost all institutions tamed, emasculated or captured. He also said Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu “failed” to protect...
Dhankhar’s victory margin highest since 1997
National Democratic Alliance candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected as the 14th vice president of India as he defeated the Opposition’s candidate Margaret Alva. Dhankhar, who is the former West Bengal governor, secured 528 votes against Alva’s 182. His victory margin was the highest since 1997. The former Bengal governor...
Opposition parties see a new dawn for Congress in Bihar
The main opposition party in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), believes that the latest actions against the Congress by the Central agencies will benefit the grand old party. According to the RJD, the BJP, which has given the slogan of “Congress Mukt Bharat” is itself providing space to the...
Modi says proud moment for India to have ‘kisan putra VP’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met Jagdeep Dhankhar to congratulate him on his victory in the vice presidential election with resounding support across party lines, and said it was a proud moment for India to have a “kisan putra” (farmer’s son) as vice president. Soon after Dhankhar was...
Buzz over Mamata’s meeting with Modi in Delhi
A meeting between West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and prime minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Friday has triggered speculations about a possible rapprochement between the two. TMC has asserted the meeting was about dues on central government schemes like MGNREGA, and lack of financial aid during Covid...
Thackeray was ready to align with BJP sans Shinde
After a revolt in the Shiv Sena, party president Uddhav Thackeray was ready to align with the BJP in Maharashtra if the dissidents dumped rebel leader Eknath Shinde, a proposal that was unacceptable to rebel MLAs and the national saffron outfit, legislator Deepak Kesarkar claimed on Friday. Kesarkar, a...
ED searches Young Indian office in Kharge’s presence
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday searched the office of Congress-owned Young Indian in Delhi as part of the ongoing probe in the National Herald case. The searches, which lasted for more than six hours, were conducted in the presence of senior party leader Mallikarjun Kharge at the Herald...
SC asks EC to hold action on Shinde camp’s claim
The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Election Commission not to take any decision for now on the Eknath Shinde faction’s plea that it be considered the real Shiv Sena and granted the party poll symbol. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said it would take a...
RSS flays Rahul for ‘politicising’ Tiranga campaign
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) flayed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday for his comments that the Sangh is not supporting BJP’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign launched as part of the celebrations to mark 75 years of Independence. The RSS has also advised Rahul to not politicise the occasion....
Assam ‘hotbed of Islamic fundamentalism’, says Sarma
Meghalaya is on alert even as terror modules are being unearthed in Assam. It is keeping a close watch on movement to and from the state as it is proving to be a “hotbed of Islamic fundamentalism” as per chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma...
Bengal CID teams ‘detained’ in Delhi, Guwahati
West Bengal CID claimed that two of its teams in New Delhi and Guwahati were restrained on Wednesday morning by the local police in the respective places from carrying out investigations into the cash seizure from three Jharkhand MLAs. A senior officer of the probe agency alleged that their...
Partha claims he is victim of conspiracy
Sacked Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee’s aide Arpita Mukherjee told Enforcement Directorate that she had no idea about the money and valuables in two of her apartments as Chatterjee would never allow her to enter the “locked rooms.” In the latest raid, cash and Rs 4.3 crore of jewellery were...
Alva gets boost with AAP, JMM support, but not enough
The Opposition camp Wednesday got a boost with the Aam Aadmi Party and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha announcing support to their joint vice presidential candidate Margaret Alva, but number are still firmly in favour of NDA nominee Jagdeep Dhankhar. The vice presidential poll to elect the successor to M...
Maharashtra CM Shinde says ministry expansion soon
The much-awaited expansion of the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra cabinet is expected to take place in the next four days, a spokesperson of the Shinde camp said on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Shinde himself had said it would happen “soon.” At present, Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister...
Govt denies plans to bring census into concurrent list
The government has no plans to bring the census into the concurrent list and allow state governments to conduct the census, Union Minister Nityanand Rai said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Rai, Union minister of state for home, also said that due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic...
Sena slams BJP on Sanjay Raut’s arrest
The Shiv Sena on Tuesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the arrest of Sanjay Raut by the Enforcement Directorate, saying such targeting of the Opposition did not happen even during the Emergency imposed by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi. In an editorial in the party mouthpiece...
TMC guns for BJP with ‘Guwahati link’ in Jharkhand MLAs case
Politics has picked up after three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand — Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachchap, and Naman Bixal Kongari — were arrested by the West Bengal Police and remanded to 10 days’ CID custody after a huge sum of money was seized from a vehicle with the three legislators...
