11844 stories by IPA Staff
Lovely says he will quit politics instead of leaving BJP
Arvinder Singh Lovely, who recently resigned from the Delhi Congress president’s post, on Wednesday said he will rather quit politics instead of leaving the BJP that he has now joined. Lovely along with other senior Delhi Congress leaders, including former minister Raj Kumar Chauhan, Naseeb Singh and Amit Malik,...
Pitroda quits as Overseas Congress chief after racist remark row
Amid the ongoing row over his racist remark, Sam Pitroda on Wednesday decided to step down as the Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress of his own accord. His decision has been accepted by the grand old party’s national president Mallikarjun Kharge. श्री सैम पित्रोदा ने अपनी मर्ज़ी से...
Siddaramaiah govt rules out CBI probe in sex tape case
The controversy surrounding the alleged sex scandal case involving Janata Dal (Secular) leaders Prajwal Revanna and his father HD Revanna escalated after the Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government on Wednesday ruled out a CBI investigation into the case. This came after JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy expressed doubts over how the...
Sex case: Bose asks staff not to cooperate with police
In the backdrop of a woman employee levelling molestation charge against West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose, the Raj Bhavan here on Wednesday said it would show the related CCTV footage to 100 people, except “politician” Mamata Banerjee and “her police”. Following the allegation, the police requested the...
Modi lambasts Cong after Sam Pitroda’s ‘racist’ remark
Hours after Indian Overseas Congress head Sam Pitroda’s racist remark, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lambasted the grand old party for ‘insulting Indians based on their colour’. “I will not tolerate insult of my fellow Indians,” the prime minister said. He added that he now understands why the...
SP leader’s Ram Mandir remark triggers huge storm
Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav on Tuesday entered into a huge controversy after he commented on the newly-constructed Ram Temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya stating that “the temple is bekaar (useless)”. Intensifying his attack on the BJP-led central government, the Samajwadi Party leader said the temples in our...
EC asks X to remove content from BJP Karnataka unit’s handle
A day after the Election Commission of India directed political parties for the responsible and ethical use of social media, it asked social media platform X to remove an allegedly objectionable post from the Karnataka BJP account after the party failed to do so. The saffron party as well...
Owaisi raises ‘Babri zindabad’ slogans, sparks controversy
AIMIM Chief Owaisi Raises ‘Babri Zindabad’ Slogans, Sparks Controversy | Lok Sabha Elections 2024 AIMIM Chief Owaisi raises ‘Babri Zindabad’ slogans, sparks controversy. On Monday, 6th May, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi once again whined about the demolished disputed structure of Babri in Ayodhya during a...
Third FIR against Prajwal; Revanna’s custody ends today
Amid the ongoing probe in the sex tape controversy in Karnataka, JD(S) leader and MLA HD Revanna on Tuesday was rushed to a hospital after he complained of uneasiness. Revanna, the son of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, is currently in the custody of the Special Investigative Team...
Modi warns Muslims against being used as pawns
Amid the ongoing political slugfest between the BJP and Congress in the wake of the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called on the Muslim community to reflect on their role in national progress, cautioning them against attempts by the opposition to exploit religious divides for political...
Rahul promises to remove 50% quota limit; to fix ‘as required’
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, while campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections on Monday, said that his party would remove the Supreme Court-mandated limit of 50 per cent reservation. “We will give the amount of reservation required by the Dalits, Adivasis, backwards and poor,” he said. Rahul, whose candidature from...
Cong Amethi candidate says he is no Gandhi-Nehru family servant
Congress’ Amethi candidate KL Sharma on Sunday responded to the Bharatiya Janata party’s ‘peon’ dig and said was a ‘pure politician’ and not a servant of the Gandhi-Nehru family. The Gandhi family loyalist further stressed that Union Minister Smriti Irani will be defeated in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections....
Bengal Governor accuses Mamata of playing ‘dirty politics’
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for raking up sexual harassment allegations against him, terming it to be her ‘dirty’ politics. “Mamata Banerjee’s politics is dirty. Still, I will pray to God to save her, but this is difficult even for God....
‘One-Nation One Poll’ in next 5 years, says Rajnath
The NDA, if voted to power again at the Centre, will implement “one nation-one election” system across the country, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asserted on Sunday. Addressing a poll rally at Jammalamadugu in Kadapa district, he slammed the YSR Congress government in Andhra Pradesh and alleged that due to...
Ex-Punjab CM Channi describes Poonch ambush as poll stunt
Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday called the Poonch terror attack in which an IAF soldier was killed and four were injured, a ”stunt” meant to make the BJP win the Lok Sabha elections. The remark by the former Punjab chief minister and Congress candidate Jalandhar parliamentary constituency...
Cong accuses BJP of vandalising vehicles outside Amethi office
Ahead of the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections, some unidentified miscreants attacked the Congress party office in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi was around midnight on Sunday. Several vehicles parked outside the office were also vandalized. The miscreants fled after creating a ruckus, triggering a protest by party workers....
Soren moves Supreme Court against ED arrest
Hemant Soren on Monday moved to the Supreme Court challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case. Advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for Soren mentioned the appeal in front of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud citing urgency in view of Lok Sabha elections....
Revanna says case against him part of ‘political conspiracy’
Karnataka JD(S) MLA H D Revanna on Sunday said his arrest in a kidnapping case– linked to sexual abuse allegations against his son Prajwal– was part of a political conspiracy. The Former Karnataka Minister and Holenarsipura MLA asserted that there had been no ‘black spot’ in his four-decade-long political...
